Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,100
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	187
16-25 years old:	91
26-50 years old:	553
50+ years old:	268

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/09/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HAD PX WHILE RAKING WET LEAVES 5 DAYS AGO. DX: L FOREARM STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2004	Age: 46 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
FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES DX: R FOREARM & HAND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS - SEVERE ARM PAIN AFTER RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING LEAVES & FELT ARM GET STUCK. DX: STRAIN MUSCLE FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
59YOF AT HOME FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES INJ WRIST DX/FX BB R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. SAYS RAKING LEAVES TUESDAY, PAIN ENTIRE R ARM. DX. MYOFASCIAL STRA IN, TENOSYNOVITIS, OVERUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 37 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
FOREARM CT-HIT ARM ON A SHOVEL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2004	Age: 27 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
FOREARM STRAIN-@ HOME-SINCE RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	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, Drinking glasses
TRIPPED OVER RAKE AND FELL ON BROKEN GLASS LAC TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
INSECT BITES/86YOF C/O INSICET BITES FOR 3 DAYS SINCE OUTSIDE RAKING LE AVES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS PLAYING IN YARD WITH BROTHERS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A RAKE DX; BUCKLE FRACTURE OF THE R DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 51 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hatchets or axes
PT WITH ARM PAIN. USED SHOVEL AND AXE TO DIG UP STUMP IN YARD ON SATURD AY. D: MUSCLE SPASM/STRAIN, ARM, RADICULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 42 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, Other manual workshop tools
PT WAS USING GARDEN SHEARS, INJURIED HER FOREARM SUSTAINED " PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT FOREARM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT-LOST BALANCE AND PT'S RIGHT FOREARM LANDED ON SHOVEL CAUSING A PUNCT URE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 9 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
9 YR OLD MALE WAS HIT WITH RAKE LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 44 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
PIECE OF METAL FROM GARDEN WEDGE IN GARDEN FLEW OFF CUTTING LEFT FOREAR M LEFT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FOREARM CT-HIT ARM W/ SHOVEL HANDLE-@ YOUTH DETENTION CENTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USED SHOVEL TO LIFT BUNCH OF HEAVY BRICKS. RT FOREARM HEMATOMA (2ND TO LIGAMENTOUS SPRAIN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN STRUCK BY A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 40 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
STATES WAS WORKING IN THE YARD AND WAS SHOVELING AND PLANTING A TREE C/O NECK AND NUMBNESS TO RT HAND. PARESTHESIA RT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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
RAKING LEAVES FOR MANY HOURS C/O ARM PAIN DX: R FOREARM & WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 41 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, Hammers
USING WEDGE AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO CUT WOOD SOMETHING CUT FOREARM DX LAC TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS USING SHOVEL AND FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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