Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,349
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Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 - 73 YOM C/O LBP AFTER RAKING LEAVES A FEW DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES IN YARD AND DEVELOPED SEVERE BACK PAIN EXACERBATING HIS S CIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
53 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BACK STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE RAKING LEAVES IN HER YARD. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
60 Y.O. B MALE W/BACK PAIN. PT STS PAIN BEGAN WHILE RAKING LEAVES W/A R AKE @ HOME. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 52 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: Other unpowered garden tools
52 YOWM STATES HE INJURED BACK IN THE SACRUM AREA AFTER SPENDING 6 HOUR S SHOVELING AND CARRYING COAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2002	Age: 70 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2002	Age: 59 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
INGUINAL HERNIA - 59 YOM PRESENTS WITH ACUTE ONSET PAINFUL LUMP RIGHT G ROIN THAT STARTED WHILE RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 56 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
WHILE RAKING LEAVES, HURT LOW BACK DX: ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES AND FELL-HIP POPPED OUT-DX-R HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FX R HIP/84YOF WAS RAKING LEAVES, TRIPPED AND FELL ON R KNEE & TWISTED INJURING R HIP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
BACK / SHOULDER PAIN SINCE RAKING LEAVES DX: ACUTE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 59 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
PATIENT WAS USING A SHOVEL IN HIS DAD'S YARD SUSTAINING LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
84 YOMC RAKING LEAVES AND WENT TO TURN AROUNG AND FELL DOWN/ FRACTURE R. HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL ON RAKE DX. RECTAL PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX;LOW BACK STRAIN. PATIENT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND HAS BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 53 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
REPORTS SHOVELING IN YARD AND FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN BACK. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR, DEGENERATIVE C4-L5.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 77 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
LUMBAR PAIN. PT WAS DIGGING HOLES WITH A SHOVEL IN GARDEN AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RT HIP AND WRIST FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A RAKE ON YARD AND TRIPPED OVER RAKE AND FELL AND INJURED HIP AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LOW BACK PAIN-AFTER SHOVELING IN HIS YARD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 53 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
LEFT HIP STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING AND HIP BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT, WHO HAD MVA 5 DAYS AGO, HAS INCREASED BACK PAIN WHEN RAKING YARD. D: SCIATICA, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 62 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, Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT SHOVELING MULCH AT HOME ON 7-13 CONTINUED BACK PAIN STRAINED LOWER B ACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 71 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: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LOW BACK PAIN W/L SCIATICA/71YOM C/O PAIN THAT STARTED AFTER WORKING W/ PICK AXE. OTHER COMMENT STS BEGAN AFTER SHOVELING DIRT.3RD COM NO INJ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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, Fertilizers
LUMBAR STRAIN-AFTER SHOVELING MULCH-ALSO HAD FALLEN ON HER NKNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE - WAS DIGGING HOLES WITH POST HOLE DIGGER AND FEL T A POP IN LOWER BACK, CRAWLED TO SOFA WHERE EMS PICKED HIM UP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 56 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, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
SHOVELING AT HOME, ABRUPT LEFT LOW BACK PAIN, EARLIER PICKED UP WHEELBA RROW. ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN WITH MUSCLE SPASMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
BACK PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN SHOVELING IN GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT USING RAKE AT HOME, FELL FX RT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 61 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
USING PICKAXE TO PLANT HEDGE AT HOME AND SPRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 67 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: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR STRAIN-PAIN AFTER HE SHOVELED GRAVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT COMPLAINT OF HIP PAIN AFTER RAKING, R HIP PAIN MILD DJD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEFT HIP DIS. PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND BENT OVER INJURING HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 WAS RAKING AND PULLED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 56 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 STATES WAS RAKING HER YARD & HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 58 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
58 YOM WAS USING A YARD RAKE TO CLEAN UP THE YARD. DEVELOPED LOW BACK P AIN. LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TICK BITE - WAS BITTEN BY A TICK WHILE RAKING LEAVES OUTSIDE HOME IN TH E YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING SHOVEL TO DIG GRAVE FOR DOG - MUSCULAR LUMBAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 80 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
C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER DIGGING W/ SHOVEL LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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 HAD INCREASED PX WHILE SHOVELING. DX: LOW BACK PX, LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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