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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 620
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| FOREARM CONTUSION - 21 YOM BELTED DRIVER OF A CAR PASSED OUT AND CAR ST RUCK A MAIL BOX THEN RAN INTO A DITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| LAC R LOWER ARM; STRUCK ON A MAILBOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON MAILBOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| CONCRETE BIRD BATH FELL AND SCRAPED AGAINST FOREARM. DX. LAC/CONT L FO REARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | 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: Decorative yard equipment |
| CUT ARM ON A MAILBOX LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT SUST FRACTURE TO FOREARM HIT ARM ON MAILBOX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| TRIPPED OVER A BIRDBATH WHILE PLANTING FLOWERS AT HOME IN YARD YESTERDA Y, FELL ONTO HER RIGHT ELBOW. DX CHIP FRACTURE RIGHT RADIAL HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT STATES INJURED FOREARM ON A BIRDHOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 10 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: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PLAYING WITH METAL MAILBOX DX: LOWER ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 49 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: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| CUT ON ARM BY DECORATIVE WINDMILL WHEN CAUGHT BY WIND. NONWORKLEFT FOR EARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| LOST BALANCE GETTING MAIL OUT OF MAILBOX, FELL DX. LOWER ARM CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 60 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: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment, Knives |
| 60 YO M ENLARGING HOLE ON BIRDFEEDER CUT FOREARM W/KNIFELAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 9 Y/O F C/O HURT ARM - WHILE PLAYING RAN IN TO MAIL BOX.DX: LEFT ARM CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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