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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,325
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 60 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 |
| PT RAKING HIS YARD AT HOME BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE CHEST PAIN ADMITTED FOR A HEART ATTACKE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/27/2003 | 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 |
| RAKED LEAVES MONDAY. ACUTE THORACIC BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT. WAS RAKING LEAVES IN YARD ON SATURDAY. DX. CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | 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 SHOVELING IN THE YARD TODAY STRAINED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 77 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 |
| PATIETN FELL RAKING LEAVES. DX-CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 52 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 |
| CHEST PAIN FOR 3 DAYS AFTER RAKING LEAVES DX: LT COSTAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 78 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 |
| PT. C/O PAIN IN CHEST, BOTH SHOULDERS AND BACK SINCE RAKING LEAVES FRID AY. DX. NON-SPECIFIC CHEST PAIN, SHINGLES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN WITH DEEP BREATHING AFTER RAKING AND BURNING LEAVES TODAY; CHEST PAIN, PLEURISY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 40 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: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| FELL TODAY WHILE RAKING LEAVES - NOW HAS CHEST PAIN DX CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | 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 RAKING YARD DX. CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 46 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 |
| WHILE DIGGING AND SHOVELING DIRT TO FORM A SIDEWALK, PATIENT HAD CHEST AND ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 81 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 |
| ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME/81YOM RAKING LEAVES YESTERDAY MORNING & IN AFTE RNOON DEVELOPED TOOTHACHE TYPE CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| MUSC PAIN L CHEST/56YOF STS WAS HOEING 1 WK AGO IN THE GARDEN & DEVELOP ED CHEST PAIN. WENT AWAY 1 1/2 DAYS AGO. BACK PAIN TODAY UNDER L SHOULD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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 WHILE RAKING LEAVES ON LAWN AT HOME. DX: PRECOARDIAL CHEST WAL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | 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 HAD PX SHOVELING. DX: THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 44 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 |
| PT HAS HAD PX SINCE SHOVELING 5 DAYS AGO. DX: CHEST PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT SPRAINED HER UPPER BACK AS A RESULT OF RAKING A LAWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES TODAY. PAIN INCREASES WITH MOVEMENT AND BREATHING. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT COMPLAINT OF UPPER BACK PAIN SINCE RAKING LEAVES 2 WEEKS AGO, ATYPIC AL CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 45 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 |
| 45 YO BM - CHEST WALL & BACK STRAIN - YARD WORK WITH PITCHFORK - THROWI NG OVER RT. SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| ONSET OF CHEST DISCOMFORT WHILE SHOVELING / CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | Age: 69 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 |
| PT STATES HE WAS RAKING LEAVES AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 83 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 |
| PT WAS SHOVELING A FEW DAYS AGO. DX: THORACIC STRAIN, SINUS BRADYCARDIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2003 | Age: 56 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| RAKING LEAVES AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN;ADMIT TO OBSERVE FOR "MI" |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 25 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 |
| LAT STRAIN. PT WAS DOING YARD WORK USING A SHOVEL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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