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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 406
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Date: 11/21/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING HER YARD AT HOME AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT WRIST STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING A PICK TO DIG ROOTS AND DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN TENDONITIS WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
C/O PT WAS DIGGING WITH A SHOVEL AND INJURED WRIST DX LT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HURT WRIST HOEING BEANS DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS GARDENING AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER A SHOVEL STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2005Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL WHILE RAKING YARD DX: FX RT SCAPHOID, FX RT RADIAL STYLOID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT IS A GARDENER BY HOBBY WAS DOING ALOT OF SHOVELING IN HIS GARDEN AT HOME STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS SHOVELING IN SOME HARD DIRT LAST WEEK NOW PAIN IN HIS LEFT HAND AND TINGLING RADIAL NEUROPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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