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Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 623
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:370
50+ years old:253

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/23/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WORKING IN HIS YARD YESTERDAY WHEN HE FELL STRIKING CHERST AGAINST T HE WHEELBARROW FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE FELL AND HIT A WHEELBARROW CAUSING FX TO HIS RT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FELL FROM STANDING POSITION LANDING ON WHEELBARROW, L SIDE RIB PAIN DX: CHEST WALL PAIN SECONDARY TO L 9TH RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LEFT RIB MUSCLE PAIN AFTER HE RA N INTO WHEELBARROW HANDLE STRIKING LEFT RIB AREA - BRUISING & SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 48 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: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CHEST WALL CT-FELL-HIT HANDLE OF WHEELBARROW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT LIFTED HEAVY WHEELBARROW FILLED W/LOGS. DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
RIB FX; FELL ON WHEEL BARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
SEVERE CONTUSION RIGHT RIB - PUSHING WHEELBARROW - HANDLE HIT RIBS WHEN WHEEL CAUGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
71 YOWM WAS PULLING A LAWN CART WHEN THE CART JERKED BACK INJURING PT. DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
MULCHING FLOWERS, FELL AND HIT L CHEST ON WHEELBARROW. DX. FX L RIB (8 ) AND CONT R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FELL WITH WHEELBARROW - CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LIFTING WHEELBARROW CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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