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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 204
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:14
50+ years old:189

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/18/2008Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING LEAVES AT HOME AND INJURED THIGH DX. LEFT THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Day wear
PATIENT WAS GARDENING WITH DIRTY GARDEN TOOLS, IT ACCIDENTALLY SLIP- PED OUT HER HAND, WENT THROUGH PANTS. DX-RT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL, LANDED ON RAKE, PW TO R THIGH DX; PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL AND TRIPPED OVER A RAKE IN YARD THIS AM. DEFORMITY TO R UPPER LEG. DX. FX R FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranchFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ON FRIDAY, ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF INTO THE THIGH WITH RAKE HANDLE WHIL E MOVING COW MANURE, NOW WITH SWELLING&REDNESS TO THE AREA>> CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT IN THIGH WITH SHOVEL AND INJURED LEG DX// CONTUSION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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