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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 373
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS USING A RAKE WHEN HE GOT DIZZY AND FELL BACKWARDS AND RECIEVED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| P/W AMS, S/P RAKING THE LEAVES, CALLED 911 " CONFUSION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT OUTSIDE AT HOME RAKING LEAVES, STEPPED ON DUMPSTER LID FLEW UP HIT PATIENT N HEAD. DX-LACERATION SIDE OF HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: RAKE FELL AND HIT HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| SHANKING DIRT OFF A BOXWOOD SHRUB, HIT SHOVEL AND SHOVEL HIT HEAD CAUSI NG SCALP ABRASION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN A RAKE STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT HIT HIMESELF IN HEAD WITH PITCH FORK. DX: 7 CM LACEARATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HAD A SHOVEL FALL ON HER HEAD LACERATION TO SCALP* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT BY SHOVEL/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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