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Accidents - Power tillers or cultivators - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 376
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:77Hand:77
Lower Leg:68All Of Body:68
Ear:68Shoulder:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/17/2003Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT CUT ON TILLER; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
FELL AND CUT EAR ON ROTARY TILLER AT HOME. DX; LACERATION EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TOLEG WHILE TILLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
C/O LT LEG PAIN, WEAK AND DIAPHORETIC AFTER TILLING GARDEN TODAY/ NEAR SYNCOPE, MUSCULAR LEG PAIN
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 04/19/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT STATES HE WAS LIFTING A TILLER INTO HIS TRUCK AND DEVELOPED ABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
USING *** YEASTERDAY AND INJURED SHOULDER. DX. SHOULDER INJURY, CAPSULA R INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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