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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 382
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 63 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 65 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 |
| LOWER CHEST WALL STRAIN-SINCE SHE SHOVELED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT USING A SHOVEL TO DIG AT HOME ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN THE CHEST CO NTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT HURT CHEST WHILE DIGGING HOLE WITH SHOVEL. DX: STRAIN TO CHES T WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LT RIB PAIN. FELL AND LANDED ON SHOVEL DX: CHEST WALL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RAKING LEAVES AND BURNING THEM IN HER YARD WHEN SHE HAD A SEIZURE AND F ELL INTO THE FIRE BURNING 2% OF BODY ON HER SIDE;DAUGHTER PULLED HER O |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HOEING WEED IN GARDEN AT HOME, BEGAN HAVING CHST PAIN. DX: ACUTE MI. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT COMPLAINT OF CHEST PAIN RAKING LEAVES, MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT LIFTING AND SHOVELING ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TREE FROM GROUND, CHEST W ALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST PAIN. PT WAS DOING YARD WORK WITH SHOVEL AND DEVELOPED PAIN INCHE ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 82 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST CT-FELL IN HER YARD WHILE WORKING-CHEST HIT A SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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