Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2003 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 653
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	80
6-15 years old:	107
16-25 years old:	30
26-50 years old:	228
50+ years old:	206

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
43 YO F RAKING LEAVES FELL ON KNEE FX PATELLA CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND SLIPPED ON WET LEAVES AND TWIST ED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
83 YOF WAS RAKING LEAVES, LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND. ABRASION S, BOTH KNEES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
35YOF AT HOME INJ KNEE WHILE RAKING LEAVES DX/SPRAIN R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
36 Y/O M INJURED L KNEE WHILE SHOVELING DIRT AT HOME. DX; L KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
13 YOF WAS HIT IN THE KNEE WITH A GARDEN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL ONTO A METAL RAKE LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE. DX LEFT KNEE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL ONTO A RAKE AND INJURED KNEE. DX KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
2.6 CM LACERATION LT KNEE, SIMPLE, AT HOME WORKING IN YARD, TRIPPED OVER A RAKE, FELL, LANDING ON HOE CAUSING LACERATION, DENIES OTHER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAN INTO A PITCHFORK PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TRIPPED OVER A DOG ONTO A RAKE PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEFT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN DIGGING WITH A SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN KNEE W/SHOVEL. DX: R KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SHOVELING FOR SOMEONE, STRAINED L KNEE WHILE DIGGING A DITCH YEST. DX. SPRAIN L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. FELL ON A PITCHFORK AND HAS A SMALL PW, NOW RED AND TENDER. DX. PW L KNEE W/2 DEG INFECTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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