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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| LEFT WRIST FRACTURE.PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL ON WET LEAVES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS WALKING BACKWARDS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON RT HYPEREXTENDED WRIST RT WRIST BUCKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 73 YOF TRIPPED OVER RAKE IN YARDWRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT PRESENT WITH WRIST PAIN AFTER HITTING WRIST ON SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 55 YOM WAS DIGGING POST HOLES (UNPOWERED) AND DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN. RIG HT WRIST STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| WORKING IN GARDEN-STEPPED ON GARDEN HOE, TRIPPED & FELL. FX LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS USING A HAND GARDEN TOOL FOR FIVE HOURS CONTINUOUSLY WHICH INVOL VED SQUEEZING THE HANDLE- PAIN AND TINGLING IN WRIST- NERVE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2003 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT SHOVELING AT HOME, HIT PIECE OF BLACKTOP WITH SHOVEL. STRAINED RT WR IST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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