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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 281
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Date: 11/14/2007Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL FORWARDS HITTING FACE WHILE RAKING THE LEAVES >> SDH/ORBITAL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/04/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
66 FELL WHILE USING A GARDEN TOOL DIGGING, TRIPPED OVER A ROOT, HIT HEA D ON TOOL'S HANDLE SUSTAINING A CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACC STRUCK ONTO HEAD/FACE C A FALLEN SHOVELHANDLE, NOW C N&V >> CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING BACKWARDS WHILE SHOVEL ING MUD FROM DRIVEWAY AT HOME AFTER FLOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT AT SCHOOL ON HEAD WITH SHOVEL. DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Ceilings and walls
DIGGING WITH SHOVEL, FELL AGAINST WALL/SCALP CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WAS RAKING LEAVES AND LOSE BALANCE AND FELL & HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE DX; BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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