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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 72 YR OLD FEMALE RAKING LEAVES INJURED WRIST SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| FELL OVER LAWN RAKE - SPRAIN LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WALKINGBACKWARDS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON A RT HY PERFLEXED WRIST RT WRIST BUCKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 75 YOF WAS HOEING IN GARDEN; FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND. FRACTURE, LEFT WR IST. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 77 YOF WAS HOEING IN HER GARDEN AND FELL FORWARD TO THE GROUND. FRACTUR E, RIGHT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| TRIPPED ON IRREGULAR SIDEWALK @ HER HOUSE WHEN SHE WAS RAKING SOME LEAV ES DX FX WRSIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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