Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 973
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	112
Year 1999:	73
Year 2001:	133
Year 2002:	74
Year 2003:	22
Year 2004:	187
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	79
Year 2007:	91
Year 2008:	138
Year 2009:	43

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ANOTHER CHILD SWINGING RAKE AND PUNCTURED LOWER ARM AND SPIKE RETAINED IN ARM;DX FOREIGN BODY ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS RAKING YESTERDAY, WHEN HE TWISTED HIS WRIST, & HEARD A POP DX: ULNA INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FOREARM CT-GOT HIT W/A RAKE HANDLE WHILE PLAYING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
12 YO TRIPPED ON RAKE FELL IN PIT OF BURNING TRASH BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT TO ARM HIT ON RAKE DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON A SHOVEL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 13 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
PT TRIPPED OVER SHOVEL CONTUSED LOWER L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT RAKING LEAVES AT HOME, FELL DOWN HILL AND LANDED ON ARM, RECENT FOREARM FX. WITH CAST REMOVAL LAST WEEK; FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT.RAKING LEAVES & COMPLAINING OF ARM PAIN AT HOME DX; BONE SCOLIOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TRIPPED OVER RAKE LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOREARM-HIT WITH METAL RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PIECE OF METAL FROM SPLITTING WEDGE FLEW UP AND HIT PT. DX: L FOREARM LAC W/ FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RAKING LEAVES & FELT ARM GET STUCK. DX: STRAIN MUSCLE FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS PLAYING IN YARD WITH BROTHERS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A RAKE DX; BUCKLE FRACTURE OF THE R DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
9 YR OLD MALE WAS HIT WITH RAKE LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN STRUCK BY A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL INJURING ARM. DX LOWER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF WHILE HOLDING PITCHFORK, PW TO L FA DX: DEEP PW L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 7 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
STEPPED ON GARDEN TOOL WHEN IT FLIPPED UP AND LACERATED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hatchets or axes
PT USING SPLITTING MAUL(WEDGE) AND AXE WHEN PIECE OF METAL FROM WEDGE FLEW INTO L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2001	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/1999	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/1998	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/1998	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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