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Accidents - Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 599
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:16
26-50 years old:146
50+ years old:436

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS MOVING A HOSE AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED ON HOSE YESTERDAY IN YARD & FELL. RT SHOULDER INJURY & RT CHEST WALL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT WITH THORACIC BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING HEAVY HOSE AND WATERING FLOWER S 2-3 DAYS AGO. +ETOH. D: THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT FELL ONTO SPRINKLER HEAD AT CASINO. DX: R RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED OVER HOSE WHILE WASHING CAR DX: RIB CONTUSION RT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED ON GARDEN HOSE & FELL. CT LT CHEST & AB RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER HIT RIB C/O PAIN DX FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE, LANDED ON CEMENT INJURING CHEST AT HOME. DX; CONTUSION CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Faucets or spigots
INTERCOSTAL MS STRAIN - FELT SHARP PAIN WHEN PUTTING HOSE ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
CHEST CT-@ HOME-PULLING ON GARDEN HOSE-TRIPPED-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER AT HOME IN HER YARD FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
FELL AFTER PULLING ON HOSE. HIT LT SIDE. L SIDE CHEST, ARM, BREAST, RIB PAIN. DX; CHEST WALL, BREAST CONT S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE AND FELL, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT WAS PULLING THE GARDEN HOSE AT HOME WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS POSTERIOR RIB CAGE FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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