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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,913
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2005 | Age: 66 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 |
| INDIGESTION AFTER SHOVELING AT HOME. DX: GERD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HURT RIBS WHILE RAKING LEAVES AND DOING YARD WORK DX: RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 44 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN-SINCE RAKING LEAVES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CHEST PAIN-AFTER RAKING LEAVES & DOING YARD WORK-@ HOME-THEN DRIVING CA R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 52 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN-WHILE RAKING LEAVES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 77 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 |
| C/O UPPER BACK PAIN, WAS RAKING LEAVES YESTERDAY/ UPPER BACK PAIN PLEURAL EFFUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 19 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 RAKING THE YARD AT HOME FOR SEVERAL HOURS STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | 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 HAS BACK PAIN AFTER RAKING SMALL PILE OF DEBRIS YESTERDAY. D: THORAC IC STRAIN, LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 38 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 |
| SHOVELING ROCKS & DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN. ACUTE CHEST PAIN-MUSCULOSKELETA L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 21 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 |
| PAIN SHOVELING DIRT DX. CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| BACK PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES DX: DORSAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 66 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 |
| CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING DX. CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HELPED FRIEND SHOVEL GRAVEL. DX: BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 76 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS USING A SHOVEL AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 88 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 KILLED A SNAKE YESTERDAY WITH A SHOVEL WHEN SHE WENT TO BURY IT WHIL E DIGGING SHE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT. STEPPED ON GARDEN RAKE, THE HANDLE FLEW UP , STRUCK PT. ON L. SIDE OF CHEST. DX. L. SIDED CHEST CONTUSION. # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 51 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 |
| STRAIN CHEST WALL - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF CHEST DISCOMFORT AND ACHY LEFT ARM AFTER DAY OF RAKING AND MOVING ROCKS AT HOME - UPPER BODY WORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 71 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| LAST WEEK PATIENT SHOVELED 6 YARDS OF MULCH AND NOW HAS CHEST PAIN CHES T WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 79 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 |
| CHEST STR. PT INJURED CHEST WHEN SHOVELING DIRT IN GARDEN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| MVA VS PED WALKING ON SIDEWALK WHEN A CAR CAME OUT OF NO WHERE HIT A SH OVEL THAT FLEW INTO AIR HITTING PT ON CHEST C/O PN, CONT//WT--22.5 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 64 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 |
| CHEST PAIN , HURTS WITH DEEP BREATH. WAS SHOVELING THE OTHER DAY. DX; ACUTE CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | 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, Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS RAKING LEAVES IN WHEELCHAIR AND HAS CHEST PX. DX: CHEST PX, CHF, CRITICAL ANEMIA, HYPERGLYCEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT SUDDENLY DEVELOPED CP/SOB,WHILE RAKING IN THE BACK YARD TODAY SUSTAI END" RAD" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 56 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. WAS PUSHING WAGON IN YARD WHILE DOING YARD WORK AND BEGAN HAVING CH EST PAIN. DX. ACUTE MI. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 67 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 |
| 67 Y/O M EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING YARD AT HOME. DX; UNSTABLE ANGINA. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 22 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 |
| DX LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN: SHOVELING DIRT, INJURED BACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS RAKING THE YARD AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT FELL SHOVELING GRAVEL AT CAMPGROUND. DX: THORACIC STRAIN, BLUNT TRAUMA R ABDOMEN/CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 9 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 |
| CONTUSED CHEST WHILE USING A HOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DIGGING AND LIFTING IN YARD USING GARDEN TOOLS THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 47 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 |
| C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER RAKING LEAVES DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 49 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 |
| 9 YO - DX: RT. SIDE BACKSPRAIN - LIFTING - SHOVELING HEAVY DIRT ALL DA Y |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| FELL DOWN WHILE SHOVELING MUD LANDING ON L) SIDE RIB DX: L) RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 73 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER RAKE FELL CONTUSED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| USING RAKE UPPER BACK PAIN THORACIC SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| HIT SELF IN RIBS WITH SHOVEL WHILE WORKING AT SCHOOL. DX: CHEST WALL P AIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CHEAT WALL PAIN TODAY AFTER SHOVELING LAST EVE-PRECORDIAL MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 74 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 |
| CHEST PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES AT HOME. DX: HIATAL HERNIA, DYSPNEA, OL D MI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | Age: 41 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 |
| PT. WAS WORKING IN YARD RAKING AT HOME. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN MI D-BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2005 | Age: 22 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 |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL LEFT CHEST AND ARM PAIN: USING FLAT SHOVEL SHOVELING DIRT AT HOME, PAIN LT ARM/CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CHEST WALL PAIN SINCE SHOVELING ON 1/29. DX. CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 34 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN, C/O LOW BACK PAIN, PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS, MOVING RR TIES AND SHOVELING WET DIRT YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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