Accidents - Go-carts - 0-5 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,018
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	295	Head:	278
Hand:	100	Lower Arm:	94
Lower Leg:	68	Unkown:	47
Upper Trunk:	31	Finger:	20
Knee:	15	Ankle:	15
Lower Trunk:	15	Neck:	15
Wrist:	5	Upper Arm:	5
Foot:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
CONTUSION TO ANKLE WHEN STRUCK BY GO-CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Go-carts
PT INJURED RIGHT ARM WHILE PULLING GO-CART. D: SPRAIN RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO CART DX: MULTIPLE AB LT SIDE OF FACE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
INJURED RIDING A GO-CART DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
PT TOUCHED HOT EXHAUST PIPE OF GO CART BURNING LT HAND/3RD/4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts, Day wear
CONTUSED LEGS ARMS BACK, WHEN DRESS CAUGHT IN WHEEL OF GO-CART AND DRUG HER OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
MULTI ABRASIONS WHEN FELL FROM GO-CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
4 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHEN GO CART RAN OVER IT AT FRIENDS HOUSE. DX; R HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT BURNED HER ABDOMEN ON A GO CART MUFFLER. DX-1ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 3 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: Go-carts
PT FELL OFF OF A GO CART AND HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CHI WHEN CAR HIT GO CART. GRANDFATHER DRIVING GO CART - DOA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
MULTI ABRASIONS WHEN IN GOCART ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
CHILD IN GO-CART THAT REARENDED A CAR. HEAD AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT ON A PUBLIC GO-CART TRACK COMING TO A STOP WITH HIS BROTHER STOOD UP BEFORE THE CART COMPLETELY STOPPED STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
PT RECEIVED MULTIPLE ABRASIONS TO FACE, ARMS AND ABDOMEN WHEN FELL OFFG O-CART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Go-carts
4 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT INV IN A GO-CART WRECK. + HELMET. E8212
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
TOUCHED GO-CART MOTOR DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO-CART DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
BURNED HAND ON MUFFLER OF GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT DRAGGED WHILE GETTING OUT OF GO-CART MULTIPLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Go-carts
RIDING IN A GO CART FLIPPED OUT AND STRUCK FOREHED ON GROUND DX FOREHEA D HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
CONTUSED HAND WHEN DRUG HAND WHEN ON GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL FROM GO-CART DX. KNEE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
CRASHED GO-CART;HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
INJURED RIDING GO-CART DX. FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
FELL OUT OF GO-CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
NASAL CONTUSION, EPISTAXIS, SCALP HEMATOMA, WRECKED A GO CART HE WAS RI DING AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PASSENGER ON A GO-CART, PT FELL OUT OF THE GO-CART AND WAS RUNOVER. DX RULE OUT CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN WHEEL OF WHEEL OF GO-CART DX: RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
GO-CART RAN OVER PT'S FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
IN GO-CART CAUGHT ARM ON TREE; OCCULT FX LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
GO CART ACCIDENT--HAD HELMET CONTUSION RIGHT KNEE--POSS. NASAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
2 Y/O W/F GOT RAN OVER BY GO-CART SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
GO-CART VS TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
DX CONTUSIONS TO CHEST AND HEAD: EJECTED FROM GO-KART GOING 10 MPH , U NHELMETED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
PT FELL FROM GO CART, ABRASIONS TO BACK OF RIGHT ARM. D: H/O FALL, CO NTUSION BURNS / ABRASIONS TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL OFF GO-CART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
REARENDED IN GO-CART DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS RIDING IN GO CART, FELL OUT AND BACK TIRE RAN OVER RIGHT LO WER ARM. D: TRAUMA RIGHT FOREARM / PAIN RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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