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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,051
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER GARDEN SHEARS IN HER YARD. DX-LACERTION LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 66 Y/O W/M ACCIDIENTALLY STUCK LOWER LEG WITH A PITCH FORK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| STUCK SELF WITH PITCHFORK DX. PW LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| USING A PITCH FORK IN COMPOST AND STABBED LEG PUNCTURING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LACERATION LOWER LEG - 48 YOM WAS CUTTING WOOD USING A WEDGE AND LACERA TED HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT LOWER LEG WITH A PITCHFORK DX: L LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG - 34 YOM ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HIMSELF WITH A PI CKAXE SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WITH RT LEG INJURY WHEN WALKING BY BROKEN GLASS ON SHOVEL, LACERAT ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 59 Y/O W/FM CUT LOWER LEG WHILE USING A PITCH FORK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PLAYING AT CAMP HIT LEG ON A PICK HANDLE CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT TRIPPED ON RAKE AND FELL INTO CAMPFIRE. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN R SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HIT LEG WITH SHOVEL; LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HIT WITH SHOVEL; LEG CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 42YMC PITCHFORK WENT INTO CALF/PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT IN LEG WITH A HOE PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LAC TO LEG WHEN PLAYING WITH A SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD FELL ON A PITCHFORK CAUSING A LAST CO HIS R LE G. DX. LAC L. LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FORM A PITCHFORLK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM A SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| FELL HIT LEG ON A SHOVEL DX: L LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PLAYING IN YARD TRIPPED AND FELL ON RAKE CUTTING LEFT LEG DX-2 CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| TUES. MORNING TRIPPED OVER A RAKE AND INJURED LEG DX: DISTAL FIBULA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT SELF IN LEG WITH SHOVEL DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT FOOT ON SHOVEL RUPTURED ACHILLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION, FELL OFF A SHOVEL AND HIT A RAKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CELLULITIS L LOWER LEG/48YOM HIT LEG WITH SHOVEL LAST WEEK AT HOME. NOW HAS SWELLING AND DRAINAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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