Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,510
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Foot:	420	Lower Trunk:	339
Hand:	218	Finger:	163
Knee:	162	Neck:	150
Ankle:	145	Head:	117
Eyeball:	93	Shoulder:	93
Face:	90	Lower Leg:	88
Wrist:	75	Lower Arm:	74
Pubic Region:	71	Unkown:	71
Upper Trunk:	59	Toe:	59
Upper Arm:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT ON HEAD W/SHOVEL. DX: PERIORBITAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH BACK STRAIN FROM RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
C/O ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING S/P SLIPPED&FELL LANDING ONTO INVERTED ANKLE WH ILE RAKING THE LEAVES>>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT CUT RT HAND ON A RAKE WHILE GARDENING THIS MORNING. DX-RIGHT 4TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TRAPEZIUS STRAIN-AFTER RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ROLLED RT ANKLE WHILE RAKING LEAVES. SPRAIN RT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Motor vehicles or parts
HELPING PARENTS RAKE LEAVES AND THEN LOAD THEM INTO TRUCK WHILE THROWI NG THEM IN TRUCK NOTED PAIN IN NECK&UPPER BACK D CERVICAL THORACIC STR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR SPR;STR/21YOM WORKS DOING ALOT OF YARD WORK, RAKING. DID ALOT OF LIFTING YESTERDAY AND NOW HAS BACK PAIN. HABIT OF CRACKING BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Footwear
GREAT TOE LAC-ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF W/ PITCHFORK THAT WENT THROUGH SH OE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT INJ LT KNEE RAKING LEAVES DX: LT KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT ON FACE WITH A METAL RAKE BY YOUNGER SISTER AT HOME TODY DX/ FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE-C/O PN AND SWELLING WITH TEARING OF RT EYE AFTE R SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE WHILE RAKING LEAVES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WASA RAKING LEAVES AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES IN YARD AT HOME WHEN DEVELOPED STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER D CERVICAL AND TRAPEZIUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DROPPED A DIGGING BAR ON FOOT AT HOME. DX FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL AT SCHOOL. DX-CONTUSION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT USING A SHOEVL WHEN HIS FOOT MISSED THE SIDE OF THE SHOVEL AND TURNE D RIGHT ANKLE STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Alcohol
FOOT PW-STEPPED ON A RAKE WHILE INTOXICATED-@ HOME
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PIECE OF WEDGE HIT LOWER LEG WHILE SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERAT ION AND REMOVAL FB LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
L MID FING LAC/22YOM AT HOME CUT FINGER USING GARDEN SCISSORS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT GOT CUT WITH POST HOLE DIGGER. DX; 10 CM LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
STEPPED ON A RAKE/ PLANTAR PW RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS USING A SICKLE TO CUT DOWN SHRUBS; DEVELOPED GEN. RASH. DERMATITIS , GEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HAS BEEN RAKING&CLEANING THE YARD FOR 2 DAYS, NOW WITH NON RADIATING CH EST WALL PAIN >> MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT JUMPED OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK AND LANDED ON A PITCH FORK. DX: PW L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN WHICH BEGAN AFTER SHOVELING AND WORKING IN YARD A LL DAY. D: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Baseball
PT TRYING TO HIT A BASEBALL WITH A RAKE AND PUNCTURED WRIST WITH RAKE DX// PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STEPPED ON METAL RAKE WHILE BAREFOOT,PUNCTURE WOUNDS LEFT HEEL. DX:L EFT HEEL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
R EYE INJURY ON HAND TOOL NON POWERED AT HOME WHEN TRYING TO HELP DX: C ONTUSION TO EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT INJURED HAND WITH A RAKE AT HOME DX// RIGHT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
UPPER ARM STRAIN-PAIN SINCE SHOVELING GRAVEL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
16YOM WAS FOOLING AROUND WITH FRIENDS,WHEN A PITCH FORK WENT THROUGH FOOT;PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SHOVELING IN YARD, HIT A ROCK WITH SHOVEL, FELT ACUTE PAIN IN LOWER BACK DX: LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK SHOVELING AND BENDING OVER TO PLANT FLOWERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
KNEE LAC-FELL ONTO RUSTY COW MANEURE COVERED PITCH FORK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH ARM PAIN SINCE DIGGING DITCHES 3 DAYS AGO. D: ARM MUSCLE STRAIN , HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HORSING AROUND W/FRIEND, GOT HIT W/RAKE DX; L FA LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Martial arts
PT WAS CUT W/A SHOVEL DURING MARTIAL ARTS CLASS. DX: R HAND LAC 3.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
BENT FINGER BACKWARD ACCIDENTALLY WHILE SHOVELING OUTSIDE >> FX/SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING A SHOVEL HIT SHOVEL TO FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TESTICULAR CONTUSION: YESTERDAY DOING YARD WORK AT HOME STEPPED ON RAKE (HANDLE) CAME UP AND HIT "PRIVATE AREA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ANKLE SPRAIN: RAKING LEAVES AT HOME, STEPPED INTO A HOLE, TWISTED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE WOUND LT FOOT: PITCHING WET LEAVES OUT OF CREEK AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HIMSELF WITH PITCHFORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING LEAVES STRAINED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT LAC FINGER WITH A GARDEN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Stairs or steps
CONTUSION HAND - 24 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH INJURY TO LEFT HAND - WAS C LEARING STEPS OF ICE AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND WITH A PICKAXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR STRAIN-SUS INJ TO BACK WHILE RAKING LEAVES TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT KNEE WITH A SHOVEL, ABRASIONS TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER - PATIENT DOING YARD WORK WITH RAKING AND LIFTING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX C0NCUSSION: SUSTAINED ACCIDENTAL TRAUMA TO HEAD WITH END OF SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 19 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
19 YO USING SHOVEL INJURED LEG SPRAIN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS AT LOWES, REACHED FOR GARDEN HOE AND IT FELL ON R GREAT TOE. DX . CONT R GREAT TOE SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX SCALP LAC, SCALP CONTU: GASH ON TOP OF HEAD, HIT HEAD WITH A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT INJURED HAND WHEN USING A WEDGE. DX: RIGHT 2ND MCP JOINT SWELLING WITH FOREIGN BODY, METALLIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING MUD IN YARD, FELL FORWARD ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HANDS & FELT S HOULDER POP OUT, NOW W/SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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