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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 586
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Date: 11/19/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
58 YOM CUT RIGHT HAND ON RAKE WHILE RAKING LEAVES LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING METAL RAKE AT HOME, HEAD OF RAKE FELL OFF INJURING HAND, HAS LACE RATION, HEMATOMA, CONTUSION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES GOT A BLISTER. DX CELLULITIS OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
85 YO FEMALE'S HAND IS BRUISED FROM RAKING OUTSIDE CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT GOT HAND PUNCTURED BY RAKE PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATED HAND ON A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE WOUND HAND: WORKING IN GARDEN USING MATTOCK, STRIKING STICK WITH HIS THUMB, STICK WENT THROUGH THENAR EMINENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PW HAND. PT FELL IN GARAGE AND LANDED ON A GARDENING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
67 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHILE USING GARDEN TOOL AT HOME. DX; R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TRIPPED OVER SHOVEL/HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STS WORKING WITH A SHOVEL THURSDAY,C/O SWELLING TO R HAND DX CELLULITIS R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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