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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,312
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HAND LAC-66 Y/O M-CUT ON YARD EDGING TOOL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 7 CM SIMPLE HAND LAC.: HELPING HUSBAND UNLOAD HIS TRUCK, CUT RT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL, COULD HAVE BEEN RUST ON A SHOVEL, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| STATES WHILE KNOCKING LEAVESOFF A TREE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF A LEAN-TO-ROOF-8FT ONTO A RAKE THAT WAS ON THE GROUND. CONT TO HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| WAS HIT IN THE HAND WITH A SHOVEL ACCIDENTLY, C/O PAIN. DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| SHOVELING AND SPLINTER IN HAND. DX HAND CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CUT ON METAL TROWEL. DX-L HAND LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT GOT HAND SMASHED BETWEEN SHOVEL AND WHEEBARROW. FX L 2ND METACARPAL & PHALANX 4. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 53YOM WAS DOING SOME GARDENING USING A SHOVEL WITH RT HAND,DEVELOPED BLISTER,IT BROKE;CELLULITUS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT BROKE SHOVEL AND SPLINTER WENT INTO HAND 4 DAYS AGO. DX: R HAND SPLINTER W/INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LT HAND INJURY; RAKE FELL ON IT. SWELLING/BRUSE. DX: LAC/HEMATOMA HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| SIBLING PUT *** GARDEN TOOL THROUGH PTS HAND, NOW W/LAC TO HAND; HAND L ACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HAND LAC-PT USING GARDENING SHEARS AND CUT PALM OF HAND AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AT HOME WHEN HE SCRAPED THE PALM OF HIS L HAND O N A RAKE. DX L HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT STRUCK IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A SHOVEL LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2009 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RT HAND CELLULITIS: PT USING SHOVEL TO REMOVE DIRT ON SUNDAY, HAND WAS SWOLLEN MONDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PUNCTURE HAND ON RAKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS WORKING IN HER GARDEN AND THER TROWEL SLIPPED AND SHE THRUST HAN D FORWARD STRIKING GROUND. DX: FRACTURE 5TH METACARPAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| R HAND LAC ON GRUBBING HOE DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 35 YO M CELLULITIS TO HAND BLISTER POPPED WHEN SHOVELING * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 58YOF TRIMMER FELL ON LEFT HAND, CONTUSION OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CUT HEAD ON METAL RAKE DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HAND AND WRIST PAIN SINCE RAKING LEAVES 2 DAYS PRIOR TENDINITIS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| 58 YO M LACERATION TO HAND USING A TROWEL AND FILE AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT STATES WAS SHOVELING DIRT/MUD TWO HOURS AGO WHEN HE HIT SOMETHING H ARD AND STARTED WITH HAND PAIN DX NON DISPLACED FX RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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