Accidents - Decorative yard equipment - 26-50 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,436
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	406	Head:	256
Finger:	241	Foot:	225
Lower Trunk:	188	Mouth:	138
Face:	127	Wrist:	123
Lower Leg:	84	Neck:	84
Upper Trunk:	80	All Of Body:	77
Toe:	77	Shoulder:	71
Ankle:	69	Upper Arm:	69
Eyeball:	61	Knee:	49

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Decorative yard equipment
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT HEAD ON WOODEN BIRD HOUSE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
CLEANING "KOI POND", SLIPPED & FELL INTO POND, HITTING STONE EDGE FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT INSTALLING A NEW MAILBOX WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HER IN THE MOUTH. DX1 CM LAC TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
CUT HAND ON MAILBOX DX: R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 50 YOF WAS CLEANING A CONCRETE BIRD BATH AND IT F ELL OVER ON HER LACERATING HER FOREHEAD, HAS AN ABRASION LEFT KNEE ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Decorative yard equipment
35YOM-HYPOGLYCEMIC=MVA-RESTRAINED DRIVER-SUGAR DROPPED-RAN OFF ROAD HIT A FEW MAILBOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
45 YOF ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON YARD DECORATIONS IN HER YARD AND HURT HE R FOOT. CONTUSION OF RIGHT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
35 YOWM FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING AND HIT A MAILBOX WHICH THEN CAME THR OUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND HIT PT. DX. FX. L LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
LEFT 4TH TOE FX-DROPPED A DECORATIVE STONE ON FOOT. C/O NUMBNESS AND PA IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Swimming pools
PT HIT LEG AGINST FOUNTAIN IN POOL, CONTUSION TO LEG(TYPE OF POOL NOT I NDICATED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
FACIAL LACERATION X2,ETOH.PT WAS INTOXICATED AND HAD A BIRD BATH FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
HIT ON TOP OF HEAD DECORATIVE WIND MILL BLADE DX LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT SLIPPED ON STEPPING STONE ON WAY TO MAILBOX AND INJURED FOOT. D: PLANTAR FASCIITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
50 YO MALE WAS CLEANING FOUNTAIN AND SLIPPED ON ALGAE KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
HIT HAND ON A MAILBOX CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
28YOWF W/LACERATION TO CHEST. CUT WITH YARD ORNAMENT.DX:LAC TO CHEST.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
STEAIN BACK; LIFTING BIRD BATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND FELL AT POND STORE LANDING ON COPPER FOUNT AIN WITH SPIKES ON IT. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
38 YOF FELL AT HOME IN THE YARD; HIT HEAD ON YARD DECORATION. LACERATIO N OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
RESTRAINED DRIVER IN MVA, FELL ASLEEP , HIT MAILBOX/ NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
L FOOT PAIN AFTER FALL WALKING TO MAILBOX. DX R ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
CLEANING GARAGE, CUT WRIST ON METAL BLADE OF WINDMILL (GARDEN DISPLAY). DX. LAC L WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	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: Decorative yard equipment
R HAND CONT;ABRAS/28YOF PUNCHED MAILBOX AT 2:30PM TODAY. C/O PAIN OVER 5TH MCP W/ABRAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT TRIPPED OVER A DECORATIVE YARD BRICK WHEN SHE FELL TO THE GROUND STR AINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
LEFT 3RD FINGER LAC, PT INJURED FINGER WHEN DOING HIS GARDENING AND HIT HIS FINGER ON A RAILROAD TIE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT UNHELMETED DRIVER OF A MOTORCYCLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A MAI LBOX FRACTURED UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Decorative yard equipment
36 YO F BIRD BATH FELL ON HANDDX R THUMB CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
DROPPED A FOUNTAIN ON RMF TONIGHT-LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Decorative yard equipment
46 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON BRICK EDGING WHILE WOR KING IN HER YARD. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT STEPPED OUT OF CAR AT FRIEND'S HOUSE AND HIT MAILBOX. D:LIP LACERATI ON, DENTAL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 42 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: Decorative yard equipment
BACK STRAIN-SINCE PICKING UP A FOUNTAIN WEIGHING 200#-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
32 YOM WAS CARRYING RIALROAD TIES TO PLACE AROUND HIS FLOWER GARDEN; ST RAINED LOWER BACK. LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 27 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
CONTUSION AND STRAIN OF LEFT LEG (CALF) CLEANING FISH POND AT PARENTS HOUSE, STEPPED OUT AND SLIPPED ON GRASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
RT WRIST FX-FELL OVER LANDSCAPING TIMBERS-AT THE PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
WAS IMPALED BY OLD RUSTY NAIL FROM BIRD FEEDERDX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
STRUCK HEAD ON MAILBOX - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
COLLIDED WITH A BIRD FEEDER AND LAC FACE ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PATIENT DROPPED A BIRD BATH ON HER LEFT FOOT. DX-CONTUSION LEFT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Decorative yard equipment
43 YO MALE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON MAILBOX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 40 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: Decorative yard equipment
40 YOM HAD RAILROAD TIE FALL ON HAND CONTUSION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
42 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO FINGER. PT INJ SELF ON HIS MAILBOX. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT WAS WALKING AT HIS BROTHERS HOUSE SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT KNEE AGAINST A DECORATIVE YARD STONE LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PATIENT WAS STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE CHECKING THE MAILBOX. DX-5CM KNEE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PATIENT WAS A RESTRAINED DRIVER INVOLVED IN MVA, HIT A MAILBOX. DX-ACUTE CERVICAL, THORACIC AND LUMBAR STRAIN, ACUTE HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT TRIPPED OVER SOME DECORATIVE FLAGSTONE AT HOME FRACTURED LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Ladders
PT WAS PUTTING UP FLAG AND LADDER SLIPPED. DX: CHEST PX, CHEST WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Sleds
PT. COMPLAINS OF L LEG PAIN AFTER HITTING A MAILBOX WHILE SLEDDING. DX . L HIP CONT. L HIGHT, KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PIECE OF METAL BIRDHOUSE FLEW IN EYE - FB REMOVAL EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT LAC RT HAND ON A RUSTY MAILBOX 2O MIN PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 27 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: Decorative yard equipment
PATIENT HURT WHEN GETTING MAIL FROM MAIL BOX IN CAR. CAR MOVED WHILE HAND WAS IN MAIL BOX. DX: RT SHOULDER STRAIN/CERVICAL SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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