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Accidents - Go-carts - 50+ years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 774
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:194Lower Trunk:140
Upper Leg:76Lower Arm:71
Upper Arm:70Hand:70
Face:63Wrist:38
Head:31Elbow:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls
52YOM, RIDING A GO-CART&COLLIDED WITH A WALL @ 35MPH >>MULTI RIBS FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/22/2010Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
55YO WHITE MALE CRASHED GO CART STEERING WHEEL BROKE & CART FLIPPED SCRAPED ELBOW, DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
58YOF,DRIVING GO CART, APPOX. 30 MPH,AFTER FEW XS ROUND TRACK,BECAME UN AWARE OF SUROUNDINGS& CRASH INTO PARKED CARTS DX:CP R/OMI,ABD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/03/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Go-carts
54YOM, ON ****, SUFFERED A TRAUMA TO THIGH WHILE ON GO-CART,THOUGHT WAS A BRUISE,GOTTEN WORSE DX: INFECTED HEMATOMA,DIABETES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/24/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Go-carts
DX HEMOPTYSIS: 57YOM REPORTS, COUGHED UP BLD, REPORTS STRAIN' CHEST WHILE MOVING "GO-CART" CHEST PN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
CONC. 59 YOM WRECKED GO CART GOING 15 MPH HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
72YOM; PT STATES GO CART FLIPPED ON HIM; PT C/O CHEST WALL PAIN; DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
52 YOM WAS DRIVING GO-CART IN BOAT YARD AND BOAT FELL ON TOP OF HIM CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/16/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
51YOM-BURN TO THE PALM OF LEFT HAND ON A GO-CART. DX: BURN LT. HAND PALMAR ASPECT#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
64YOWM PT WRECKED ON GO-CART AT RACE TRACK. DEFORMITY TO L WRIST. DX . FX L DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2010Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
62YOM WAS IN GO-CART ROLL OVER ACCIDENT DX: MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS FACE , UPPER LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2010Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
65 YOM PT ROLLED OVER IN GO-CART. MULTIPLE ABRASIONS TO THE LEFT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
56 YO F HURT BACK LIFTING GO-CART. DX LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
54 Y/O MALE WAS IN GO CART ACCIDENT A FEW DAYS AGO & HAS CHEST PAINS DX: MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
52 YOM TURNED A GO-CART ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
A 61 YR OLD MALE RIDING A GO CART DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AND PRESSURE AND ADMITTED FOR S T E M I
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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