Accidents - Power tillers or cultivators - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,380
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	31
6-15 years old:	140
16-25 years old:	204
26-50 years old:	717
50+ years old:	1,287

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	567	Lower Leg:	340
Upper Trunk:	264	Finger:	218
Neck:	149	Shoulder:	135
Foot:	89	Hand:	82
Lower Arm:	68	Wrist:	68
Toe:	68	Knee:	67
Elbow:	66	Eyeball:	66
Upper Leg:	66	Ankle:	59

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT.INJ.RT.RIBS AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GARDEN TILLER & IT KICKED BA CK & HIT PT. DX; CONTUSION RT.RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PATIENT BURNED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A TILLER MUFFLER. DX-SECOND DEGREE BURN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS USING A ROTO TILLER AND NECK STARTED TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
CUT KNEE USING *** BLADE DX R KNEE LACERATION DX R KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT WITH NECK PAIN. USED A *** (APPROX. 100 LBS.) LAST WEEKEND AND ALSO HAULED DIRT/COMPOST INTO YARD. D:NECK STRAIN, DJD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
TRIPPED OVER GARDEN TILLER, CUT TO LOWER LEG, DX; LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 57 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: Power tillers or cultivators
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LEG FROM A ROTOR TILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
STRAIN L TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE: USED *** TODAY AT HOME, NECK PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN, STIFFNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL MOPPING FLOOR. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
TRIED TO PICK UP ***TILLER ALONEDX CHEST WALL STRAIN DX CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
DROPPED REAR TINE OF TILLER ON THUMB CONTUSION/ABRASION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
HAND BURN-TOUCHED HOT TAIL PIPE OF TILLER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
LUMBAR STRAIN-USING ROTORTILLER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	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: Power tillers or cultivators
CHEST PAIN BEGAN WHILE USING ROTARY TILLER AT HOME IN YARD. DX: UNSTAB LE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
LOADING TILLER IN TRUCK, DROPPED TILLER ON WRIST, C/O PAIN, DX; FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 24 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: Power tillers or cultivators
LAC RT CALF - TRIPPED AND CUT LEG ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
64YFC LIFTING A TILLER ONTO A TRUCK AND IT SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
58YFC CUT FOREARM ON TILLER/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators, Tractors
TAKING TILLER OFF BACK OF TRACTOR--HURT BACK DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT SPRAINED THE LOWER BACK BY TILLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT SPRAINED THE LOWER BACK FROM USING A TILLER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT TWITSED AND SPRAINED RT ANKLE WHILE ROTOTILLING YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 89 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: Power tillers or cultivators
*** FELL ONTO LEG WHILE TRYING TO START IT 1 WEEK AGO ABRASION WITH HEM ATOMA LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
FOOT LACERATION, CUT ON TILLER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
FELL OVER GARDEN TILLER, C/O PAIN R KNEE, LAC. BOTTOM R FOOT, DX; R BOTTOM FOOT AVULSION, KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
UNLOADING *** FROM PICK UP TRUCK, RAMP FELL ONTO TOE/ FX RT GREAT TOE AT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT. STATES GARDEN TILLER HIT R LEG, PT HAS PW. DX. PW L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT. HAD SHOULDER PAIN AFTER TILLING GARDEN WITH TILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PT STATES BACK PAIN AFTER USING ROTOR TILLER AT HOME LUMBAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
RT LEG PAIN , STARTED A FEW DAYS AGO AFTER USING A ***/ ACUTE SCIATICA SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
64 YOM GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN FLY WHEEL OF TILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
81 YO USING TILLER FELL BACKWARDS INJURED BACK STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
LIFTED HEAVY TILLER TODAY-LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PARACERVICAL SPASM - WAS RUNNING A TILLER FOR GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
ABRADED FOOT ON A *** AND IT IS INFECTED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
HUSBAND USING ROTARY TILLER, PT ON GROUND NEAR HIM, TILLER GOT AWAY FRO M HIM AND LAC PT'S UPPER LEG/ LAC LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
F.B. L CORNEA - GOT F.B. IN EYE WHILE ROTOTILLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PAIN & SWELLING L ELBOW ? ETIOLOGY: USED *** 4 DAYS AGO, ARM STARTED TO SWELL, L ELBOW AND THUMB PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
FELL OFF TILLER DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
WORKING IN YARD, USING ROTARY TILLER, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
PATIENT WAS USING TILLER TODAY AND HAS BACK PAIN. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
SUSTAINED A STRAIN TO RIGHT HAND WHILE TRYING TO CRANK A GARDEN TILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
LAC L LOWER LEG (SHIN) ON ROTO-TILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
HIP,BACK PAIN - FELT POP WHEN PULLING ROPE TO START ROTATILLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2005	Age: 73 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: Laceration
Product: Power tillers or cultivators
DX LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG: ROTOTILLING BACKYARD, TRIPPED FORWARD ONTO BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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