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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 619
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Date: 10/13/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
OUTSIDE YESTERDAY RAKING LEAVES. CELLULITIS RT HAND-ACUTE ALLERGIC REAC TION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WHILE GARDENING, CUT RT. HAND ON SHOVEL DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT HAND HURTS SINCE SHE FELL WITH A HOE AT HOME. DX RIGHT HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Fences or fence posts
RUPTURED VEIN DORSUM RT HAND, POSSIBLE INFECTED WOUND DORSUM RT HAND,RHUS DERMATITIS,USING SICKLE TO CLEAN FENCE,BUMPED HAND ON FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS SHE CUT HER LEFT PALMAR ASPECT OF HAN D WITH GARDEN SHEARS JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
INFECTION OF HAND - BLISTER ON HAND FROM WEEDING WITH A TROWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT PICKED UP A RAKE AND INJ RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES SOMETHING IN HAND FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT HANDEMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WORKING ON LAWN AIRIATOR WHEN TEETH FELL DOWN ON HAND DX LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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