Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 180
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PAIN RIGHT ARM AFTER SHOVELING DIRT. CONTUSION OF ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT HUMERUS FX. PT FELL IN GARDEN WHEN SHOVELING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
UPPER ARM PAIN WHILE USING A GARDEN TOOL IN RAKING MOVEMENT. " BICEPS TENDRON, RUPTURE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL OVER SHOVEL (SPADE) INJURED UPPER ARM..FX TO UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Weight lifting
C/O RT UPPER ARM PAIN, WAS RAKING LEAVES TODAY AND WEIGHT LIFTING/ MYOFASCIAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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