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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING GALVANIZED PIPE FOR HIS SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH A CUTTING WHEEL, SLIPPED INJURING HIS ARM. DX-RT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A GARDEN HOSE AND FELL. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX, CLASS OPEN IMPACTION W/SIGNIF DISPLACEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 70YOF AT HOME,ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED OVER THE GARDEN HOSE,FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND; FRACTURE OF ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2007 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A GARDEN HOSE THAT WAS IN HER GARAGE SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Fences or fence posts |
| FX/DISLOCATED L DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA; REPORTS STEPPING OVER CEMENT BLOCK FENCE TO PLACE SPRINKLER IN GARDEN & . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING ON HER SIDEWALK, TRIPPED OVER A HOSE INJURING HER RT ARM.DX-LT MIDSHAFT ULNAR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 56 Y/O M INJURED R FOREARM WHEN TRIPPED AND FELL OVER GARDEN HOSE AT H OME. DX; R FOREARM STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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