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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,462
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| FELL BACKWARDS HIT BACK ON PLANTER. DX BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 4 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: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Containers |
| PATIENT FELL ON FLOWER POTS OR BOX OF FLOWERS ON ABDOMEN 4 DAYS AGO, HA VING ABDOMINAL PAIN SINCE; ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PAIN AFTER MOVING HEAVY POTTED PLANT DX: LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| 80 YOF LIFTED HEAVY FLOWER POT AT HOME COMPRESSION FRACTURE LUMBAR SPINE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| HURT BACK LIFTING FLOWER POT BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT C/O LOW BACK PAIN SINCE YESTERDAY WHEN LEANED OVER TO PICK UP A POT. ALSO C/O CHEST PAIN. D:CHEST PAIN, LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. OBSERVATION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| 36 YOF BENT OVER TO LIFT HEAVY FLOWER POT ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT LIFTED A FLOWER POT AND INJURED BACK AT HOME DX/ LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| HURT BACK AFTER PICKING UP FLOWER POT BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING FLOWER POTS LUMBAR STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT MOVING A PLANT IN A HEAVY PLANTER AND DEVELOPED SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN. DX: LUMBAR MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS @ SCHOOL HIT ABDOMEN ONTO A WOODEN PLANTER 2-3 DAYS AGO STILL HAVING PAIN. DX ABDOMINAL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT LIFTED A FLOWER POT AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| LS LIFTING FLOWER POT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| INJURY TO BACK LIFTING FLOWER POTS AT HOME. DX LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT GETTING READY FOR THE STORM WAS LIFTING HEAVY PLANTERS IN FROM THE O UTSIDE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PATIENT FELL OFF A PLANTER INJURING LEFT HIP. DX-FRACTURE OF THE LEFT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| WAS POTTING PLANTS AND STOOD UP AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN, EXACERBATING H HIS LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| TRIED TO PICK UP PLANTER LUMBAR STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 32 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: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS AT HOME, DROPPED A 50LB POTTED PLANT CAUSING A STRAIN TO LWR BAC K WHEN TRYING TO CATCH IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT LIFTING A HEAVY FLOWER POT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | 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: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| LBP AFTER LIFTING FLOWER POTS DX; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 73 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| CONTUSION LOW BACK - 73 YO FEMALE REPORTS REACHING FOR ITEM AT HOME AND FALLING STRIKING LOW BACK ON A PLANTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING FLOWER POT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 41 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: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| DX ACUTE ON CHR BACK PAIN/LIFT'G A HEAVY FLOWER POT: ACUTE EXACERBATION OF LBP TRYING TO PICK UP FLOWER POT YTDY USING POOR MECHANICS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT LIFTED A FLOWER POT, NOW HAS LOWER LEFT BACK PAIN DX; ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | 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: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS GARDENING WITH HEAVY FLOWER POTS. COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, ABDOMINAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT PRESENTS TO ER COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN AFTER GARDENING. DX: ACUTE RIGHT LOW BACK STRAIN WITH SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| INJURY TO RIGHT HIP LIFTING GARDEN POT. DX- ACUTE LOW BACKS STRAIN, ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 55 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: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN & SPASM: LIFTING FLOWER POT, FELT PULLING SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT SUSTAINED INTRACTABLE BACK PAIN AFTER GARDENING* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Containers |
| STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING A LARGE BAG OF SOD SPRAIN LUMBAR # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| TRIPPED ON PLANTER AND FELL ON SIDEWALK/ LT HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT LIFTING A HEAVY FLOWER POT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PULLING UP STAKES IN GARDEN/LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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