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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 752
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SAND DX. FOREARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Gasoline |
| RAKING LEAVES POURED GAS ON BURNING LEAVES FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTE NDDX BURN TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT RAKED LEAVES TODAY AT HOME, HAS HEAVY FEELING IN BOTH ARMS. DX BILATERAL FOREARM MYOSITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| POISON IVY ON FOREARMS AFTER WACKING WEEDS W/A SICKLE-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 19-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERTION OF HIS LOWER ARM FROM A PITCH FORK AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT USING A RAKE AT HOME WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER A TREE BRANCH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| GARDEN FORK PW X2 FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RIGHT FOREARM CONT. PT HIT FOREARM ON A SHOVEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 69 YOF WAS HOEING IN GARDEN; SUSTAINED INSECT BITE, RIGHT LOWER ARM. PU NCTURE WOUND, RT. LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| STEPPED ON GARDEN TOOL WHEN IT FLIPPED UP AND LACERATED ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| NUMBNESS RT ARM FROM ELBOW TO FINGER TIPS, STARTED WHILE SHOVELING. ACU TE STRAIN RT FOREARM & NEUROPATHY@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HURT ARM RAKING LEAVESRIGHT FOREARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING ALL DAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RIGHT ARM PAIN. PT WAS DIGGING WITH A SHOVEL AND INJURED ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hatchets or axes |
| PT USING SPLITTING MAUL(WEDGE) AND AXE WHEN PIECE OF METAL FROM WEDGE FLEW INTO L FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RIGHT ARM PAIN, PT WAS SHOVELING DIRT AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| WRIST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING DIRT INTO A WHEELBARROW. DX: FOREARMSPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 32 Y.O. W MALE W/FOREARM STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE SHOVELING @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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