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Accidents - Decorative yard equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 594
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Date: 12/28/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
67 Y/O W/F TRIPPED OVER STEPPING STONE FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PATIENT CUT HAND GETTING MAIL OUT OF MAILBOX AT HOME. DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
54YOM WAS DISASSEMBLING WINDMILL IN HIS YARD & CUT PALM ON BLADE DX: LAC R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT. CUT HAND ON A YARD ORNAMENT (WINDMILL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
89-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS HAND FROM A MAILBOX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT STATES SHE WAS IN HER YARD ATTEMPTING TO STEP OVER A HOSE, WHEN SHE FELL ONTO THE LANDSCAPING EDGING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
RT HAND LACERATION.PT PUNCHED A MAILBOX AND LACERATED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment
DX RIGHT HAND ABRASION: HIT HAND ON YARD ORNAMENT, ACCIDENTALLY, AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
71 YOF WAS PUTTING UP A BIRD HOUSE; PIECE SLIPPED AND CUT HER RIGHT HA ND. LACERATION, RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
WENT TO MAILBOX AT HOME AND FELL HITTING HAND ON MAILBOX. LACERATION T O HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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