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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 865
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| TRIPPED OVER RAKE,FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND/ LT DISTAL RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| FELL WHILE RAKING/ RT DISTAL ULNA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| RIGHT FOREARM STR. PT STRAINED FOREARM WHEN RAKING LEAVES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING CAR OUT OF MUD TODAY AND DEVELOPED ARM PAIN DX: FOREARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2009 | Age: 35 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 |
| FOREARM LAC-USING METAL WEDGE/ SLEDGEHAMMER-PIECE OF METAL HIT & CUT AR M-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 57 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 |
| 57YOM WAS HELPING BROTHER CUT GRASS,BROTHER WAS USING A SICKLE, ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LT ARM WITH SICKLE;ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CLEANING BARN WITH HAND TOOLS, HAS PAIN IN FOREARM. DX; TENDONITIS FOR EARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LOWER ARM DERM. PT BROKE OUT IN RASH WHEN USING GARDEN SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 54 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 |
| FOREARM FX-TRIPPED-FELL WHILE RAKING GRASS-@ HOME-+ETOH |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 71 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 |
| DOING YARD WORK, RAKE SLIPPED & STRUCK FOREARM. LAC LT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| A YARD RAKE FELL ON PT'S FOREARM. DX. SKIN TEAR/ AVULSION LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| ANOTHER CHILD SWINGING RAKE AND PUNCTURED LOWER ARM AND SPIKE RETAINED IN ARM;DX FOREIGN BODY ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DIGGING A HOLE AND BRANCH STUCK IN ARM FOREIGN BODY ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 34 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, Fertilizers |
| FOREARM STRAIN-AFTER SHOVELING MULCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2009 | Age: 60 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, Tool sheds |
| PT WAS TURNING SOIL IN BACK YARD WITH SHOVEL TRIED TO REMOVE ROOT WITH SHOVEL FELL AND HIT FACE ON SHED AND INJURED LEFT ARM DX;FX L LOW ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | Age: 24 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: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PICKED UP SHOVEL HAD PAIN IN ARM PAIN FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 14 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 |
| WAS RAKING YESTERDAY, WHEN HE TWISTED HIS WRIST, & HEARD A POP DX: ULNA INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| SPLITTING WOOD AND A PIECE OF WEDGE BROKE OFF AND WENT IN ARM.DX FOREIG N BODY RUE + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 12 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-GOT HIT W/A RAKE HANDLE WHILE PLAYING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT HIT IN L FOREARM W/PITCHFORK AT HOME. DX. CONT L FA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT FELL ON A RAKE AT HOME YESTERDAY AND INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| DX L ARM PAIN TINGL'G: DO'G YARK WORK 3D AGO W SHOVEL WHES SX DEVELOPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2009 | Age: 12 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 12 YO TRIPPED ON RAKE FELL IN PIT OF BURNING TRASH BURN FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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