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Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 812
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Date: 11/22/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
ACHILLES TENDON INJURY-FELT PAIN WHILE PUSHING WHEELBARROW UP STEEP HIL L-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION TO LEG ON METAL WHEEL BARROW. LACERATION RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT USING A WHEELBARROW AT HOME AND FELL AGAINST LOWER LEG SUSTAINED A L ACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
STRUCK LEG ON WHEELBARROW CONTUSION LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS PUSHING WHEELBARROW , FELL AND HIT LEG ON HANDLE OF WHEELBARROW. CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT FELT POP PUSHING WHEELBARROW UP HILL. DX: L PLANTARIS TENDON RUPTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FELL WHILE PUSHING WHEELBARROW. ACUTE AVULSION FX DISTAL LT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
RIGHT CALF ABR. PT HIT LOWER LEG ON A WHEELBARROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LAC TO LEG WHENS TRUCK ON WHELL BARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
12Y/M RAN INTO A WHEELBARROW THIS AFTERNOON AND SUSTAINED A 2-3" CUT TO HIS LEFT ANTERIOR LEG; 2.5CM LEFT SHIN (LEG) LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
WHEELBARROW OF BRICKS FELL ON TO CHILD.DX: CONTUSION RIGHT AND LEFT WI TH ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION LOWER LEG ON WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
WHEELBARROWS FELL ON LEG PT LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/08/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
58 YR OLD FEMALE STRUCK IN LOWER LEG WITH WHEELBARROW CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 32 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER LEFT CALF F ROM HER WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
19 YOM WAS PUSHING WHEELBARREL WHEN IT JAMMED INTO A HOLE HITTING LEFT SHIN CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PUSHING WHEELBARROW BUMPED SHIN AGAINST FRAME LOW LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT BACKED IN TO WHEELBARROW YESTERDAY. DX: 3 CM WOOD FB L CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT TRIPPED OVER WHEELBARROW. DX: R TIB/FIB CONT, L THIGH CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CELLULITIS RLE: 2 DAYS AGO LAWN OWER CART DOOR GATE , 175#, FELL ON ANTERIOR TIBIA, SWELLING, NUMBNESS, TINGLING
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 04/19/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LEFT LEG CELL. PT WAS WORKING IN YARD WITH WHEELBARROW AND SCRATCHED LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
WORKING IN YARD FLIPPED UP WHEELBARROW IT HIT HIS LEG DX CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2005Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
RT LEG CUT ON WHEELBARROW/RT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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