Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 804
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	191
16-25 years old:	21
26-50 years old:	357
50+ years old:	228

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 89 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, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
RAKING LEAVES AND MOVING PLANTERS INJ LOWER LEG CAUSING PAIN,ADMIT TO O BSERVE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 78 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
78 YOM FELL RAKING LEAVES SUSTAINING A FRACTURED TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 30 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 FELL ONTO A METAL SHOVEL. DX: L LEG LAC 5.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT REMOVED TIBIA/FIB CAST WITH GARDEN SHEARS, SKIN WAS STUCK TO CAST, W OKE WITH SWELLING AT HOME; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 44 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
LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG - WHILE IN GARDEN, TURNED TO LEAVE, AND FELL ON HOE SUSTAINING DEEP LACERATION TO LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
48 YOF LACERATED LEFT LOWER LEG ON GARDEN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LOWER LEG DERM. PT BROKE OUT IN RASH WHEN DIGGING IN GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 65 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
PT WAS BUSTING UP FIREWOOD@HOME PTA WITH A PICK WHEN THE PICK BOUNCED O FF OF THE WOOD HITTING PT IN RT LOWER LEG DX LAC RT LOWER LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 45 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 RECEIVED PUNCTURED WOUND TO LOWER LEG WHEN TRYING TO KILL A SNAKE WITH A RUSTY RAKE AND HIT LEG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 61 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
LAC LWR LEG ON GARDEN TROWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 17 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
C/O LOWER LEG PAIN FELL ON UNPOWERED GARDEN TOOL AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 14 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 LAC-METAL WEDGE HIT LEG WHILE SPLITTING WOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 50 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
LEFT LEG LAC, PT INJURED LEG WHEN SHOVELING GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 41 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 SLICED LEG W/MASONRY TROWEL. DX: L CALF LAC 7 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 79 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
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON DIRTY RAKE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ANOTHER CHILD AT DAYCARE, HIT HER WITH A YELLOW SHOVEL, ON THE LEG- WON'T BEAR WT. ON THE LEG. DX: TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 11 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
PT WAS POKED WITH A RAKE--L LEG PAIN DX PUNCTURE WOUND L LOWER LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 44 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
44YOM AT HOME WORKING OUTSIDE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF WITH SHOVEL IN LOWER LT LEG;LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 14 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
LOWER LEG INJURY FROM SHOVELING WORKING IN YARD AT HOME. DX-ACUTE 2 CM LEG LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
69 YO M ABRASIONS TO LEG FELL OFF TRUCK WHILE SHOVELING MULCH FOR WIFE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING 3 DAYS AGO AND INJURED LEG DX// LEFT LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 6 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
LOWER LEG PW-ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF W/A PITCHFORK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2009	Age: 11 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
LOWER LEG PW-HIT LEG WHILE HELPING FATHER TAKE A LAWN ROLLER OFF A TRUC K-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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