Accidents - Other power garden tools - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 186
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Accidents - Years:

Year 2002:	68
Year 2006:	71
Year 2007:	15
Year 2009:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other power garden tools
USING A POST HOLE DIGGER AND WAS TAKING IT OFF OF ITS TRACTORE WHEN IT STRUCKE HER ON SIDE OF HEAD DX- CONCUSSION LAC JAW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other power garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A METAL POST HOLE DRIVER, DX. PUNCTURE WOUN D TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
SCALP LAC-HIT HEAD ON POST HOLE POUNDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
HAND HELD POST HOLE DIGGER - JAMMED BAR INTO GROUND, PULLED BACK, HIT S ELF IN HEAD. DX; LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other power garden tools, Tables
79 Y/O W/F TRIPPED OVER GARDEN PLOW HIT HEAD ON WASH TABLE SUSTAIN ING A CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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