Accidents - Go-carts - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 970
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	182	Face:	166
Lower Arm:	138	Head:	117
Finger:	88	Upper Trunk:	80
Unkown:	80	Shoulder:	43
Elbow:	30	Upper Leg:	21
Foot:	14	Ankle:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
MULTIPLE SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN ABRASIONS EQUALLING 2-3% BSA OF FACE, HEAD, AND UPPER BODY - FELL OUT OF GO-CART.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Go-carts
TWISTED LEFT FOOT WHILE GETTING ON GO-CART LT FOOT SPRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OUT OF GO CART WHEN WENT AROUND SHARP TURN, DAD DRIVING;DX CONTUSE D LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
CONTUSION TO SCALP 4 YO BM FELL OFF GO CART HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL FROM LITTLE GO-CART AND HIT CONCRETE HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 2 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
GRABBED A HOT MUFFLER ON A GO-CART HAS BURN TO (R) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
TOUCHED HOT GO CART MOTOR;DX BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
PT AT KIDS PARK DRIVER OF A GO-CART STRUCK BY ANOTHER GO-CART STARTED T O CRY MOM WANTED CHECKED OUT WELL CHILD EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
GO CART WRECK, HURT ARM. DX FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
PT AT FATHERS HOUSE AND TOUCHED THE HOT MUFFLE FROM A GO-CART AND SUSTA INED A THERMAL BURN TO LEFT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
RIDING IN A GO-CART, WHICH TIPPED OVER PINNING HAND UNDERNEATH THE CART >> FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 3 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
PATIENT PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, WENT TO PUSH GO-CART AND P LACED HAND ON HOT EXHAUST;1ST/2ND DEGREE PALM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS RIDING ON A GO CART AND HIT EYELID. D: LACERATION LEFT EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
ELBOW FX-FELL FROM A GO-CART-LANDED ON ARM-@ AUNT'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	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: Go-carts
PT RAN OVER BY GO CART ABRASION UPPER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
PT AT THE TRACK AND TOUCHED THE HOT TAILPIPE OF A GO-CART AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS DRIVING A GO-CART WHEN SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE CART ABRASIONS TO CHEEK, C/O PAIN TO UPPER LEG. DX FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT HURT WITH SOMETHING FELL OFF GO CART AND HIT IN FACE. DX: FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO-CART, THEN IT RAN OVER HER DX; FX L FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PT C/O BEING IN GO-CART ACCIDENT. DX FRACTURE FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
HIT BY GO CART;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
DAD STATES CHILD WAS STANDING OF GO-CART WHEN BROTHER HIT GO-CART NAD K NOCKED HIM OFF. DX. FX R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Go-carts
TOUCHED HOT MUFFLER ON GO-CART. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
PTS MOM STATES CHILD WAS RIDING ON GO-CART AND RAN INTO BACK OF A TWO WHEELER DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Go-carts
CRASHED GO CART;DX STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
L 3RD FINGER CAUGHT I N GO-CART DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts
ON GO CART AND HIT FENCE;DX LACERATED FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
FELL OUT OF GO CART;DX FX NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
GO-CART RAN OVER RT ELBOW RT ELBOW CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls
PT WRECKED GO CART INTO CONCRETE WALL. D: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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