Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 16-25 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,137
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	828	Knee:	244
Lower Leg:	210	Hand:	156
Shoulder:	120	Finger:	107
Mouth:	80	Face:	70
Upper Leg:	70	Upper Trunk:	69
Head:	60	Eyeball:	31
Lower Arm:	30	Toe:	21
Ankle:	15	Foot:	15
Wrist:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING DIRT AT HOME FOR 3 HOURS. D: LUMB OSACRAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 25 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: Other unpowered garden tools, Freezers
25 YO CARRING A FREEZER STEPPED ON RAKE CAUSING BACK INJURY STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
16YOF WAS HOME IN THE YARD,USING A RAKE TO RAKE UPTHE LEAVES,CAME INTO THE HOUSE,HAD UPPER BACK IRRITATION;TICK BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
21YOM WAS USING A RAKE ON LEAVES, A LONG STICK WAS MIXED IN WITH THE LEAVES,STICK CAME UP GOT STUCK BETWEEN LEGS;KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
L KNEE PAIN AFTER RAKING LEAVES YEST AT HOME. DX. PAIN L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS RAKING YARD AND STICK HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Motor vehicles or parts
FINGER CT-CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SHOVEL & CONCRETE TRUCK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT DIGGING A TRENCH FOR MOTHER USING SHOVEL TWISTED ANKLE FX LT FIBULA DISTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH HEMORRHAGE IN EYE FROM BEING HITTING SELF WITH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
19 YOM HIT WITH RAKE LAC LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATED UPPER LEG WITH A KYSER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
L LOWER LEG CONT/19YOF WHILE AT FRIENDS HOUSE, FRIEND DECIDED TO HIT HE R IN THE LEG WITH A SHOVEL AT 9PM. MORE PAINFUL TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O OF BACK PAIN SINCE SHOVELING ALL DAY DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STEPPED ON A RAKE AT HOME AND IT SPRUNG UP HITTING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING IN HIS YARD AT HOME AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH HEAD LAC, HIT WITH A SHOVEL, UNKNOWN IF WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
17 YO M CHIP FRACTURE R HAND INJURED SHOVELING DIRT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FRACTURED HIS NOSE BY STEPPING ON A RAKE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O BACK PAIN SINCE RAKING ALL DAY (NOW CAN'T NOT BEND OVER) DX: BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT THREW A SHOVEL. DX: L SHOULDER PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O OF BACK PAIN SINCE DIGGING GRAVE HOLE FOR FUNERAL DX: LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACUTE SPRAIN KNEE/ANKLE: RAKING ROCKS IN HIS YARD, SLIPPED ON ROCKS, TWISTED HIS R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT FINGER BETWEEN PICK AND ROCK WHILE DIGGING HOLE.C/O FINGER PAIN. XRAY NEGATIVE. DIAGNOSIS- HEMATOMA TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SHOVELING DIRT THREE DAYS AGO AND STRAINED GROIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PITCHFORK WENT THRU RIGHT 2ND TOE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT 2ND TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SHOVELING ASHES AT HOME AND HURT BACK RB LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USIKNG A PITCH FORK ON SOME MULCH AND BACK BEGAN T O HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
KNEE STR. PT INJURED KNEE WHEN USING A SHOVEL IN FLOWER BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FOREARM CT-TRIPPED ON A RAKE-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
C/O BACK PAIN AFTER USING SHOVEL, DX; BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Footwear
STEPPED ON RAKE W/SHOES ON, PW R FOOT DX; PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LUMBAR PAIN-AFTER DOING YARD WORK-RAKING & SHOVELING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Sports and recreational activity
A WK AGO, SYNCOPED WHILE PLAYING SPORTS, TODAY SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING HE AD ON ROCKS WHILE RAKING LEAVES, +LOC/AMNESTIC " CHI/SYNCOPE''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
MUSCLE STRAIN LT SHOULDER: ? DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR: SHOVELING DIRT IN YARD, LT SHOULDER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING PITCHFORK, MISSED DIRT & HIT FOOT W/PITCH FORK 2 CM LACERATION BI G TOE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH HAND PAIN S/P FALL ONTO SHOVEL. D: HAND STRAIN, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS SHOVELING IN GARDEN. DX: L KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT RAKING LEAVES AT HOME AND BENT/TWISTED WRIST; WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT FELL ONTO PAIR OF GARDEN SCISSORS STABBING LT FOREARM. DX - LT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE THUMB ON A RUSTY GARDEN TOOL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
KNEE CT-FELL IN HOLE WHILE RAKING YARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN: SHOVELING DIRT, REPETITIVE MOTION WITH STRAIN TO SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT USING A PITCHFORK AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STATES LOW BACK PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES AT HOME LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO LOWER LEG WHEN WAS HIT BY SHOVEL BY CLASSMATE AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX LEFT 5TH DIGIT FRACTURE: JAMMED FINGER ON SHOVEL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Alcohol
C/O ABD, PAIN, NOT SURE IF INJURED WHILE USING A SHOVEL, PT HAD A SHOTO F LIQUOR TONIGHT, DX; ABD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS IN HIS YARD, STEPPED ON RAKE, STRIKING HIM ON MOUTH, LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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