Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2003 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 983
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	77
16-25 years old:	133
26-50 years old:	451
50+ years old:	320

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WHILE DIGGING , FOOT SLIPPED ON SHOVEL , PUT HAND OUT TO BREAK FALL. C/ O PAIN IN WRIST.HAPPENED AT HOME. DX. L. WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT REACHING UP IN A CLOSET AND WAS CUT BY A BEAR CLAW GARDENING TOOL DX : RT WRIST LAC 5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
17 YOM INJ WRIST WHILE RAKING CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEFT WRIST FRACTURE.PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL ON WET LEAVES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS WALKING BACKWARDS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON RT HYPEREXTENDED WRIST RT WRIST BUCKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
73 YOF TRIPPED OVER RAKE IN YARDWRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT PRESENT WITH WRIST PAIN AFTER HITTING WRIST ON SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX LEFT WRIST SPRAIN: RAKING AT HOME, FELL ONTO BENT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
48 YOF WAS SHOVLING AND HEARD HER WRIST POP CONTUSION R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
55 YOM WAS DIGGING POST HOLES (UNPOWERED) AND DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN. RIG HT WRIST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WORKING IN GARDEN-STEPPED ON GARDEN HOE, TRIPPED & FELL. FX LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT COMPLAINT OF R WRIST PAIN WITH SHOVELING, ACUTE R WRIST PROBABLE CAR PAL TUNNEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACUTE TENDONITIS R WRIST, PAIN FOR 2 MONTHS AFTER SHOVELING SEWER LINE, FELT SOMETHING "POP", USING HOME REMEDIES FOR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, House repair or construction materials
USED A ROOFING SHOVEL TO REMOVE ROOF SHINGLES FROM ROOF AT HOME, NOW HAS SWELLING TO LATERAL LEFT WRIST. DX DEQUERVAIN'S TENOSYNOVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS SHOVELING FOR 3 DAYS. DX: R WRIST STRAIN/TENDONITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH WRIST PAIN AFTER USING PICK IN YARD 4 DAYS AGO. D: DE QUERVAINS TENOSYNOVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT COMPLAINT OF WRIST PAIN DOING YARD WORK WITH HAND TOOLS, R WRIST PAI N SECONDARY TO TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STATES SHE HIT HER RT WRIST ON A SHOVEL AT HOME, C/O PAIN. SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS USING A HAND GARDEN TOOL FOR FIVE HOURS CONTINUOUSLY WHICH INVOL VED SQUEEZING THE HANDLE- PAIN AND TINGLING IN WRIST- NERVE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING AT HOME, HIT PIECE OF BLACKTOP WITH SHOVEL. STRAINED RT WR IST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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