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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 419
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Date: 12/09/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP CONT. BLUNT FORCE FROM RAKE. STEPPED ON THE HEAD OF A RAKE WHICH SNAPPED BACK & HT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
A SCYTHE FELL STRIKING PT IN HEAD. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STRUCK HEAD ON METAL POST DRIVER AT HOME. DX: SCALP HEMATOMA, TONGUE ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
AT HOME HIT HEAD WITH POST HOLE DRIVER DX LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HAD A POST HOLE DIGGER AND AS HE LIFTED IT HE DROPPED IT ON TO HIS H EAD. DX: 5 CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2008Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
STEP ON RAKE, HIT FACE DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
IRON GARDEN TOOL FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: SCALP LAC 3 CM/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX SCALP LAC/POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME: ACC HIT HEAD WITH FENCE POST DIGGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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