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Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 505
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Date: 09/10/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT IN YARD AND CUT LEG ON WHEELBARROW LEFT LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT LACERATED LOWER LEG ON A WHEEL BARREL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WALKED INTO WHEELBARROW INJURING LEG, ABRASION R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CUT LOWER LEG ON WHEELBARREL DX CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
72YOM LACERATED L SHIN ON WHEELBARROW WHILE CARRYING MANURE. DX: LACERA TION, L SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 67 YOF LACERATED HER RIGHT SHIN WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER A WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT IN BACK YARD CLIMBING A HILL HELD ONTO A WHEELBARROW FOR SUPPORT WHEELBARROW FELL ON TO PT. DX TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DRIVING BARROW IN YARD - METAL PART PUT A GASH IN LEG ABRASION RIGHT TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LIFTING HEAVY WHEELBARROW AT HOME AND STRAINED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. STATES A WHEELBARROW FULL OF SAND TIPPED OVER AND FELL ONTO L LEG 2 WEEKS AGO. DX. PAIN L LEG, DVT (DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. C/O L CALF PAIN, HIT LEG W/WHEELBARROW APPROX 1 1/2 WEEKS AGO. DX. CONT R/L LEG AT CALF, R/L CALF DVT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
MOVING ROCKS IN WHEELBARROW AT HOME, WHEELBARROW TIPPED ONTO LEG CALF AVULSION 19 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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