Accidents - Greenhouse or gardening supplies - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,853
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1998:	104
Year 1999:	169
Year 2000:	225
Year 2001:	131
Year 2003:	179
Year 2004:	250
Year 2005:	188
Year 2006:	131
Year 2007:	367
Year 2008:	438
Year 2009:	505
Year 2010:	142

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
76YO M; PT CUT LOWER ARM ON METAL STAKE IN GARDEN WHILE PLANTING TOMATOES;PT. C/O LAC. TO FOREARM; DX: LACERATION TO LT. FOREARM#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
57YOF FRACTURE OF LEFT DISTAL RADIUS AND ULNA - TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS BECAUSE OF DOGS, STRIKING WRIST/HAND/LOWER ARM ON FLOWER POT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
SKIN TEAR: AT HOME TODAY & FELL, HITTING L ARM ON A FLOWER POT, SKIN TEAR TO ENTIRE L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
LEFT RADIAL FX. PT WAS PULLING ON 50 POUND FLOWER POT AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
CUT LEFT LOWER ARM WITH GARDENING TOOL TODAY AT HOME LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
FELL ON TOMATO PLANT POT. DX-LAC FOREARM, UPPER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
CUT TO LOWER ARM ON BROKEN CLAY FLOWER POT DX: LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
FELL WHILE LIFTING HEAVY FLOWER POT AT HOME FX LT RADIUS *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
TRIPPED OVER STAKE IN YARD FRACTURE / HEMATOM\A FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
ON ***,SCRAPED ARM ON FLOWERPOT DX:FOREARM ABRASION,COAGULOPATHY,THROM BOCYTOPENIA,NEUTROPENIA,LUNG CA ON CHEMO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
TRIPPED AND FELL INTO FLOWER POTS DX: R FA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE HOSPITAL AND FELL STRUCK LOWER AR M AGAINST A PLANTER FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
DX FX L DISTAL ULNA/ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE READ'G: FELL/FOREARM/WRIST PAIN OVER ULNAR AREAS; FELL & HIT ARM ON POT F POTTED PLANT W HAV'G SZ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Decorative yard equipment
TRIOPPED OVER AN ALUMINUM STAKE WHICH WAS IN YARD; FELL OVER LANDSCAPE TIMBER. LACERATION, LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
TRIPPED IN GARDEN BIRD NETTING AT HOME INJURING FOREARM, HAS FRACTURE F OREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
FELL AGAINST A CONCRETE FLOWER POT ABRASION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
87 YOF FELL AT NURSING HOME HITTING BOTH FOREARMS ON A PLANTER SUSTAINI NG LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT FELL STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM ON A PORCELAIN FLOWER POT LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT FELL AND TOMATO STAKE WENT ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH R LOWER ARM. D X. PW R L LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
4-WHEELED GARDEN CART TIPPED OVER, HE HIT LEFT FOREARM ON SHEPHERDS HOOK PLANT HANGER DX: LACERATION TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT TRIPPED OVER A GARDENING STAKE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
FOREARM PW-FELL OFF A PLANTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
GOT WOOD SLIVER IN FOREARM FROM PLANTER BOX AT HOME. DX: WOOD SLIVER R EMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS STANDING ON A CINDER BLOCK IN HER GREEN HOUSE WHEN THE CINDERBLO CK ROLLED AND SHE FELL OFF STRIKING HER ARM. DX DISTAL RADIUS FRACTUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
67 MALE HURT LOWER ARM WHILE GARDENING LOWER ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS INJURED BY A FLOWER POT. DX: RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION X 2.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS ARRANGING FLOWERS TODAY, PUNCUTRED RT FOREARM WITH A FLOWER PICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON A PLANTER POT WHILE GARDENING DX: LT FOREARM SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
GARDENING AND STRUCK ARM ON A GARDEN STAKE GETTING A SPLINTER IN FOREAR M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
L DISTAL RADIUS FX - FELL BACKWARDS OVER CEMENT FLOWER POT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT CUT LEFT FOREARM WHILE GARDENING C/O PAIN LEFT FORARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
63 Y/O F INJURED R FOREARM WHEN STUCK WITH RUSTY POINT ON METAL FLOWERP OT STAKE AT HOME. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT FELL OVER A PLANTER AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
95 YOF CHECKING ON FLOWERS OUTSIDE, LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL INTO FLOWER POT-DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS LWR ARM & KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PATIENT STUMBLED OVER A STAKE IN HER SON'S YARD & FELL. . DX-DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT TRIPPED AT HOME AND FELL HITTING FOREARM ON BRICK PLANTER. D: FOREAR M CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WORKING IN GARDEN WHEN BOUGHT ARM DOWN ON RUSTY JAGGED GARDEN STAKE. D: FOREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
LACERATION FOREARM - 67 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO A FLOWER POT LACERATI NG HER RIGHT FOREARM, SOME TENDON INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST A LARGE FLOWER POT AT HOME LAC ERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
CARRYING POT OF FLOWERS OUT OF ***, FELL OFF CURB/ FX RADIUS,TORN LTTRI CEP TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
DX RIGHT LOWER ARM ABRASIONS: TRIPPED ON BRICK AND HIT ARM ON FLOWER BOX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2001	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2001	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2000	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2000	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2000	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2000	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/1999	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/1999	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/1999	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/1998	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/1998	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1998	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/1997	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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