Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,598
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1998:	94
Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	179
Year 2001:	201
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	218
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	176
Year 2007:	145
Year 2008:	189
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	63

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/01/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
61YOF WORKING IN HER GARDEN USING A SHOVEL,WAS SHOVELING LOST BALANCE FELL INJURED FEMUR;FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
79 Y/O/F FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES DX: L FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING LEAVES AT HOME AND INJURED THIGH DX. LEFT THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Day wear
PATIENT WAS GARDENING WITH DIRTY GARDEN TOOLS, IT ACCIDENTALLY SLIP- PED OUT HER HAND, WENT THROUGH PANTS. DX-RT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL, LANDED ON RAKE, PW TO R THIGH DX; PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL AND TRIPPED OVER A RAKE IN YARD THIS AM. DEFORMITY TO R UPPER LEG. DX. FX R FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT IN THIGH WITH SHOVEL AND INJURED LEG DX// CONTUSION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT TRIPPED WHILE RAKING LEAVES @ HOME - STRAINED UPPER R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SPLINTER R THIGH/84YOF SUSTAINED SPLINTER R THIGH FROM A BAMBOO RAKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS WORKING W/SHOVEL IN YARD AND FELL. DX: L FEMORAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
L LEG PAIN AFTER RAKING LEAVES YESTERDAY DX: LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD, PART OF THE WEDGE BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO LEG DX: LAC TO THIGH WITH FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
THIGH CT-HIT W/A RAKE WHILE RAKING LEAVES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Floors or flooring materials
DX LEFT THIGH CONTUSION: SLIPPED ON GARAGE FLOOR AND HIT LEG ON RAKE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
64 YO - DX: POSTERIOR THLIGH & BUTTOCK STRAIN - RAKING LEAVES YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK ONTO HANDLE OF SHOVEL HEMATOMA TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE.PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. REPORTS FALLING WHILE RAKING LEAVES, COMPLAINS OF BILATERAL UPPER L EG PAIN. DX. BIL UPPER LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS SHOVELING AND DIGGING ALL WEEK, C/O PAIN ALL OVER. HAD STENT PUT IN HIS RT LEG 5 YRS AGO, THINKS MAYBE THIS MAY BE RELATIVE. LYMPHANGITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT FEMUR FX. PT WAS SHOVELING IN GARDEN AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT DOING YARDWORK AT HOME AND FELL WHILE USING A PITCHFORK SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
83 YO M INJURED R THIGH WHILE RAKING YARD AT HOME. DX; R HAMSTING STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SLIPPED ON ACORNS IN YARD WHILE RAKING AND DID THE SPLITS AND STRAINED THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2001	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2001	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2001	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2000	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2000	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/1999	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/23/1999	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/1998	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/1998	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/1997	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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