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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 218
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Date: 10/09/2004Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. REPORTS FALLING WHILE RAKING LEAVES, COMPLAINS OF BILATERAL UPPER L EG PAIN. DX. BIL UPPER LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS SHOVELING AND DIGGING ALL WEEK, C/O PAIN ALL OVER. HAD STENT PUT IN HIS RT LEG 5 YRS AGO, THINKS MAYBE THIS MAY BE RELATIVE. LYMPHANGITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT FEMUR FX. PT WAS SHOVELING IN GARDEN AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT DOING YARDWORK AT HOME AND FELL WHILE USING A PITCHFORK SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
83 YO M INJURED R THIGH WHILE RAKING YARD AT HOME. DX; R HAMSTING STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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