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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT STEPPED ON A METAL RAKE AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT ANKL E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN: RAKING LEAVES, GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN ROOT, TWISTED ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE RAKING & PRUNING TREES ON SLOPE, TWISTED ANKLE DX: SPRAIN RT. ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| CELLULITIS LT ANKLE, BUMPED ANKLE WITH RAKE AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, NOW AREA IS RED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WAS RAKING THE YARD TRIPPED OVER A GARBAGE CAN LID-FRACTURE ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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