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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 604
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS STANDING ON RUSTY WHEELBARROW AND FELL OFF, LAC TO L LEG. DX. L AC L LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING A WHEELBARROW HURT LEG SPRAIN CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT HIT SHIN ON WHEELBARROW AT HOME TODAY D/ LEFT LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 45YOM AT HOME MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS IN WHEELBARROW,DEVELOPED PAIN RT CALF;LOWER LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 51YO M PARTIAL GARTER MINISCUS MUSLCE TEAR WJILE PUSHING CART IN YARD DOING YARD WORK AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| BUMPED LEFT LOWER LEG ON LAWN CART HAS HEMATOMA ON LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| LOWER LEG LAC-WHEELBARROW FELL AGAINST LEG-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS BUILDING A TREE HOUSE, PLAYING NEAR A WHEELBARROW, WHEN FELL AGAINST THE RIM OF THE WHEEL, CUTTING LEG. DX: LACERATION TO R L LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT HIT LEG ON WHEELBARROW AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX FIBULAR FX, R: WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW IN HER YARD AND STEPPED IN HOLE WITH R FOOT; AS SHE FELL SHE TWISTED BOTH ANKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 54 YOM STATES A WHEELBARROW FELL AGAINST HIS LEFT LOWER LEG SEVERAL DAY S AGO AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS USING A WHEELBARROW TO CARRY LARGE BOULDER, WHEELBARROW COLLAPSED AND TIPPED OVER TO RIGHT LEG, RIGHT LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING WHEELBARROW UP HILL WITH LOAD OF DIRT FELT POP IN LEFT CALF. DX-LEFT LOWER LEG STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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