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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 421
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Date: 11/27/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING SAND AND WOOD HANDLE BROKE CUTTING RT HAND C/O PAIN RT HAN D LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HAND CT-AFTER USING A SPADE TO CHOP TREE ROOTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HAND STRAIN-PAIN FROM RAKING LEAVES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2004Age: 64 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
TENDONITIS L HAND - SWELLING IN HAND AFTER SHOVELING DIRT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2004Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
90 Y/O F WITH NUMBNESS OF L HAND AFTER RAKING YARD AT HOME. DX; CARPAL TUNNEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEFT HAND LAC, PT INJURED HAND WHEN RAKING YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT HAND PAIN. PT INJURED HAND WHEN USING A SHOVEL IN GARDEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS MOVING A SHOVEL WHEN THE NEIGHBORS DOG GOT SCARED AND BIT HER HA ND/ LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
A WOODEN PITCH FORK HANDLE BROKE CAUSING LACERATION TO PATIENT'S THUMB. NOT WORK RELATED -RETIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS RAKINGLEAVES AND FELL INJURING HAND DX LT HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HAND LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON A SICKLE WHILE CUTTING TALLL GRASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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