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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 363
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| 82 YO M CARDIAC ARREST COLLAPSED WHILE RAKING LEAVES AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| USING A PICK AXE DIGGING A HOLE AT HOME, BECAME WEAK ALL OVER WITH FING ERS TINGLING, HAS PRE SYNCOPE SYNDROME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| BROUGHT IN FOR EVALUATION AFTER FOUND OUTSIDE WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATU S WHILE RAKING THE LEAVES>>DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DX PRESYNCOPE: BECAME SOB & DIZZY W RAK'G LEAVES THIS A.M. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF BOD HIVES IN ASSOCIATION WIT FACIAL&LIP SWELLING A FTER RAKING LEAVES TODAY>> ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| DIZZINESS RESOLVED/80YOM STS WAS RAKING LEAVES&BECAME DIZZY AND FELL BA CKWARDS AGAINST HOUSE HITTING HEAD. DENIES LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| BECAME WEAK WHILE RAKING WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS DIGGING IN HIS YARD WITH A SHOVEL AFTER 6 HOURS OF DIGGING THE HOLE HE PASSED OUT SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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