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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,376
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| DX:BACK AND NECK STRAIN. RIDING A GO-CART, LOST CONTROL AND HAD AN "ACC IDENT" HAD HAD NECK AND BACK PAIN SINCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls |
| 18 YO F UNRESTRAINED DRIVER OF GO-CART CRASHED INTO WALL. DX MULTIPLE C ONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT LAC SCROTUM ON A GO CART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 36 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: Go-carts |
| PT GETTING OUT OF GO-CART WHEN REARENDED. FELL FORWARD ONTO STEERING WHEEL. D: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PATIENT IN GO-CART THAT WAS REARENDED BY OTHER GO-CART. HIT STEERING WH EEL AND THEN HEAD REST. D: LUMBAR SPINE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Go-carts |
| SUSTAINED A RECTAL TEAR AFTER GETTING FOOT CAUGHT IN A GO CART AND PULL ED HIS LEGS APART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2002 | 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: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT DRIVING GO-CART YESTERDAY WHEN STEERING WHEEL CAME LOOSE AND HE CRASHED INTO WALL. SEATBELT CAUGHT GROIN AREA. D:GROIN SOFT TISSUE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Go-carts |
| MOM STATES PT USING GO CARTS IN GATLINBURG OVER THE WEEKEND, C/O BACK PAIN SINCE THEN. DX: LOW BACK PAIN, PREGNANCY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PATIENT BURNED HER ABDOMEN ON A GO CART MUFFLER. DX-1ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS PUSHING A GO-CART AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT FELL ON SPROCKET OF GO CART. DX: BUTTOCK LAC 7 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT C/O LOWER BACK PN WHILE RIDING A GO CART, STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 20 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: Other |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PATIENT REARENDED OTHER GO-CART YESTERDAY. WENT UP IN AIR AND LANDED ON TAILBONE. D: COCCYX INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PATIENT WAS RACING A GO CART IN A ROUND TRACK AND HIT THE WALL, FLIPPED DX-LOW BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Go-carts |
| LEFT ARM PAIN- PT.S GO-CART COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PT. IN 4 POINT SEAT BELT & FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. DX: LT. HUMERUS FX. / BLUNT ABD. TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PATIENT HAD A GO CART WRECK, FLIPPED X2 & HIT FACE, FELL 20-25 FT. DX-LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls |
| CONT COCCYX & UPPER LIP/19YOM GO-KART RACING, LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED W/WALL. HEAD HIT GROUND-HELMET STILL ON. ROLLED & CART LANDED ON TOP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Go-carts |
| CHILD ON GO-CAR WHEN BUMPER HIT CURB AT 20 MPH. LOW BACK PAIN. D:L-1 ANTERIOR WEDGE COMPRESSION FRACTURE. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT LIFTED GO CART TODAY. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN/SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Go-carts |
| RIDING GO CART, REAR ENDED LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 8 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Go-carts |
| 8 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE FELL AND HIT A GO-CART MOTOR CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LT BUTTOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT WAS RIDING A GO CART AND CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT - PAIN TO TAILB ONE. D: MVA - FX COCCYX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| LUMBAR STR. PT WAS LOADING A GO-CART AND STRAINED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT HAD A GO CART ACCIDENT, WENT UNDERNEATH A METAL FENCE.DX-LUMBAR SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT RIDING GO-CART 2 DAYS AGO, CRASHED, CONTUSION LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Go-carts |
| GO-CART ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT WAS RIDING A GO CART AND RAN UNDER A FENCE AT THE TRACK, WASWEA RING A HELMET. DX-LUMBAR STRAIN, KNEE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Go-carts, Ramps or landings |
| GO-CART FELL ON BACK, WAS LIFTING GO-CART TO HELP SLIDE IT ON A RAMP AN D GO-CART FELL ONTO HER. DX. COMP. FX LOWER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| LIFTED BACK OF GO CART YESTERDAY, FELT POP IN BACK. LS SPINE STRAIN/SP ASM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| GO-CARTBACK AND ARM SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT WAS GO CART RACING. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT HAS BEEN DRIVING GO CARTS AT HOME. DX: ACUTE CHRONIC LOW BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Go-carts |
| PT PASSENGER ON GO-CART, FELL OFF AND REAR WHEEL RAN OVER ABDOMEN D:BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Go-carts |
| REARENDED IN GO-CART DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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