Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,043
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	14
6-15 years old:	143
16-25 years old:	88
26-50 years old:	219
50+ years old:	577

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS RAKING LEAVES&ACCIDENTALLY FORCED A STICK INTO HER LOWER LEG >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH FRACTURED LEG FROM FALL WHILE RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 43 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
C/O PERSISTENT CALF PAIN THAT STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE RAKING THE LEAV ES>>BACKER'S CYST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATION RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE CLEANING GARDEN CUT LEG WITH GARDEN T OOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 21 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
PIECE OF WEDGE HIT LOWER LEG WHILE SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERAT ION AND REMOVAL FB LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 5 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: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH A SHOVEL AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 74 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
PT SCRAPED GARDEN HOE AGAINST LEG. DX: R LEG LAC V SHAPED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX 945.24 2ND DEG BURN LOWER LET/SECONDARILY INF LEG BURN/DISHYDROTIC ECZEMA: BURNED BY BLADE OF HOT SHOVEL POSTERIOR L CALF W CAMP'G X 2WKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 70 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX STRAIN R LE/HEMATOMA R LEG: PT RAKING, BACKING UP AND GOT HEEL CAUGHT IN ROCK GARDEN/CAUSED R LEG TO HYPEREXTEND NOW W PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 35 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: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hammers
LT CALF LAC: CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH WEDGE AND SLEDGEHAMMER, PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE WEDGE, FLEW INTO LT CALF, CUT LEG, 4 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
L LOWER LEG AVULSION/71YOF AT 7P LAST EVENING, WAS WEEDING HER GARDEN A ND METAL WEEDER WENT INTO L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT CUT LOWER LEG WITH PITCHFORK LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 32 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
PT KNELT DOWN ONTO A THREE PRONGED RAKE. DX: R LOWER LEG LAC 2 CM W/FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 8 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
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE STUCK A PITCHFORK IN L LEG/ DX PUNCTURE WOUND L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 8 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
PLAYING AND FELL ON A SHOVEL. DX LACERATION R LOWER LEG#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON METAL YARD RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHILE RAKING LEAVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O FELL INTO RAKE. DX PUNCTURE WOUND RLE LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	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 LAC LT LOWER LEG WHILE USING GARDENING TOOL TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 68 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG ON A RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
19 YO USING SHOVEL INJURED LEG SPRAIN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 38 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: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STEPPED ON S SHOVEL AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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