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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,135
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 63 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DX:CHEST MUSCLE SPRAIN AFTER SHOVELING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING DIRT. DX: THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL. DX: DORSAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HIT CHEST W/SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT COMPLAINT OF CHEST PAIN ARM PAIN WITH HEAVY LIFTING, CHEST WALL PAIN MUSCLE STRAIN, SHOVELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 47 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT WITH BACK PAIN X 3 WEEKS SINCE RAKING THE YARD. D:THORACIC STRA IN, BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LOWER CHEST WALL STRAIN-SINCE SHE SHOVELED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT USING A SHOVEL TO DIG AT HOME ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN THE CHEST CO NTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT HURT CHEST WHILE DIGGING HOLE WITH SHOVEL. DX: STRAIN TO CHES T WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PAIN WHILE SHOVELING DIRT DX. CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| SHOVELED HEAVY DIRTCHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST PAIN-WHILE SHOVELING DIRT-LOCALE NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT. WAS RAKING HIS YARD AND FELL ON THE RAKEPUNCTURE WOUND UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Fertilizers |
| BACK STRAIN-AFTER SHOVELING MULCH @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 32 YOM WAS USING UNPOWERED POST HOLE DIGER; DEVELOPED PAIN IN UPPER TRU NK. STRAIN, UPPER THORACIC REGION OF BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LT RIB PAIN. FELL AND LANDED ON SHOVEL DX: CHEST WALL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RAKING LEAVES AND BURNING THEM IN HER YARD WHEN SHE HAD A SEIZURE AND F ELL INTO THE FIRE BURNING 2% OF BODY ON HER SIDE;DAUGHTER PULLED HER O |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HOEING WEED IN GARDEN AT HOME, BEGAN HAVING CHST PAIN. DX: ACUTE MI. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 43 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT DIGGING HOLES WITH POST HOLE DIGGER. NOW HAVING BACK PAIN. D: THORACIC STRAIN, LOW BAC PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT COMPLAINT OF CHEST PAIN RAKING LEAVES, MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 43 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN-AT HOME-LIFTING A "LAWN ROLLER" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT LIFTING AND SHOVELING ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TREE FROM GROUND, CHEST W ALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST PAIN. PT WAS DOING YARD WORK WITH SHOVEL AND DEVELOPED PAIN INCHE ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| STRAIN CHEST - VICTIM WAS RAKING LEAVES IN HIS YARD AND HAD ONSET OF LE FT CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PAIN WITH BREATHING BEGAN WHILE RAKING LAWN AT HOME. DX: PNEUMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 29 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: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT HAS BACK/SHOULDER PAIN AFTER DIGGING WITH PICK YESTERDAY. D: MUSCLE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 82 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: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST CT-FELL IN HER YARD WHILE WORKING-CHEST HIT A SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Tableware and accessories |
| RAKING OUTSIDE AT HOME, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE DOING DISHES. DX: C HEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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