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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,537
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 58 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: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| C/O THIGHT PAIN S/P GETTING THE FOOT CAUGHT ON A WHEELBARROW&FELL 4 HOU RS AGO>>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | 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: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX MECH LBP: LONGSTAND'G RECURRENT EPISODES OF BACK PN THIS EPISODE AFTER MOV'G HEAVY WHEELBARROW LOADED W ROCKS IN YARD 4D AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT RECEIVED FRACTURED RIB WHEN FELL AGAINST WHEELB ARROW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT STRAINED SHOULDER USING WHEELBARAROW AT HOME 3 WEEKS AGO. DX. STRAI NED SHOULDER, PSEUDOSUBLUXATION L SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS USING A WHEELBARROW TO MOVE ROCKS IN YARD AT HOME WHEN WHEELBARR OW FLIPPED OVER CAUSING PT TO FALL.. DX. HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING A WHEELBARROW HURT LEG SPRAIN CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX ACUTE LS MUSCLE STRAIN: WORK'G IN YARD FRI. REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP BARROW & FELT SHARP PAIN R LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT SLIPPED AND HIT FACE ON WHEELBARROW. DX: R FACIAL LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| LOADING WOOD INTO WHEELBARROW - FELL ON FOOT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| C/O FACIAL PAIN S/P TRIPPED&FELL HITTING FACE AGAINST A WHEELBARROW >>FACIAL BONE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Footwear |
| DX FX 5TH TOE: W PUSH'G A LWAN FERTILEZER CART INTO THE GARAGE LAST NOC W WEAR'G CLOGS AND STRUCK CART WHEEL W L FOOT CAUSING PAIN & SWELL'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX SPRAIN SH/ARM: PT STATES HE WAS WORK'G IN THE YARD YTDY, PUSHING A WHEELBARROW W I TWISTED AND TRIPPED OVER RESULT'G IN R SH PAIN TO PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| FOREARM LAC-CUT ON WHEELBARROW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX L SH PAIN S IMPINGMENT/L POSTERIOLATERAL NECK PAIN: RE-INJURED SH W USING A WHEELBARROW TO CARRY BEAUTY BARK; DX 29 JUL W L SH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 51YO M PARTIAL GARTER MINISCUS MUSLCE TEAR WJILE PUSHING CART IN YARD DOING YARD WORK AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS FILLING WHEELBARROW TIRE AT GAS STATION WHEN IT EXPLODED. DX: R THUMB/INDEX OPEN FX/DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT PULLING HEAVY WHEELBARROW UP HILL;NHOW C/O PAIN RT SHOULDER MUSCLES, RT NECK PAIN. DX:ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN CERVICAL/DORSAL REGIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| BUMPED LEFT LOWER LEG ON LAWN CART HAS HEMATOMA ON LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT FELL STRUCK CHEST AGAINST A WHEELBARROW AND SUSTAINED A CARDIAC CONT USION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| THYROID CARTILAGE FX/51YOM WALKING W/WHEELBARROW, TRIPPED & FELL FORWAR D ONTO THE EDGE OF THE WHEELBARROW.HIT THROAT ON WHEELBARROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS MOVING A LAWN WAGON, THE HANDLE FELL ON HIM CAUSING A FX TO RT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| WHEELBARROW FELL ON FOOT/ FX LT 4THAND 5TH TOE, CONTUSION LT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 76 YO INJURED FINGER ON WHEELBARROW AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 67 YO F CONTUSION TO FOOT DROPPED WHEELBARROW ON FOOT 1 WEEK AGO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| LOWER LEG LAC-WHEELBARROW FELL AGAINST LEG-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Power saws |
| AT HOME USING A POWER STRAIGHT EDGE BLADE SAW TO CUT A BOLT OFF WHEELBA RROW CAUSING A LACERATIONTO LT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT HIT LEG ON WHEELBARROW AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING HEAVY WHEELBARROW THAT TIPPED OVER, PULLED HER OVER WITH WHEELBARROW. DX-LEFT HIP FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX FIBULAR FX, R: WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW IN HER YARD AND STEPPED IN HOLE WITH R FOOT; AS SHE FELL SHE TWISTED BOTH ANKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 54 YOM STATES A WHEELBARROW FELL AGAINST HIS LEFT LOWER LEG SEVERAL DAY S AGO AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO WHEELBARROW DX: CHI . SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS GARDENING AND FELL HITTING HEAD AND FACE ON FLOWER CART DX- CHI DENS FX C1 C2 FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT USING WHEELBARROW AT HOME HAS LOW BACK PAIN LUMBAR SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 65 YO M LACERATION TO HAND CUT ON WHEELBARROW AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING WHEELBARROW UP HILL WITH LOAD OF DIRT FELT POP IN LEFT CALF. DX-LEFT LOWER LEG STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| R RIB CONT/55YOF FELL AND HIT R SIDE OF RIBS ON WHEELBARROW. HAPPENED A T HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| LOW BACK PAIN-AFTER LIFTING HEAVY WHEELBARROW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX FULL THICKNESS AVULSION TO R KNEE: 78YOF PT STATES WHEELBARROW HIT R LOWER LEG WHIL HAULING WOOD, NO FALL SUSTAINED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT STATES WAS PUSHING WHEELBARROW AND FELT A POP IN HIP DX RT HIP STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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