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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,040
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT HAD A WHEELBARREL FALL ON LEG; LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT A WHEELBARROW - THINKS HE GOT DIZZY - LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| DX CONTUSION TO RIB CAGE: FELL OVER WHEELBARROW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| CHEST CT-AT HOME-PUSHING A WHEELBARROW-HANDLE HIT CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WALKED INTO RUSTY WHEELBARROW AT HOME, SUPERFICIAL FLAP LACERATION L SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT FELL PUSHING LAWN CART. DX: R WRIST FX, OSTEOPOROSIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| FELL OFF MOVING YARD CART-ACUTE PAIN LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 79 YOF WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW; LOST HER BALAND AND HIT LEFT WRIST AG AINST WHEELBARROW. FRACTURE, LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| CHEST WALL CT-FELL INTO A WHEELBARREL WHILE WORKING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Ceilings and walls |
| FELL OVER LOADED WHEELBARROW, HIT WALL THEN GROUNDFX RIB CONTUSION SHO ULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT. TRIPPED AND FELL IN GARAGE AT HOME WHILE PUTTING UP WHEELBARROW. D X. SPRAIN NECK, CONTS R WRIST FACE CHEST, FX R SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| FELT KNEE POP WHILE PUSHING WHEELBORROW DOWN LAWN FILLED WITH DIRT AT H OME. DX: KNEE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| LIP LAC/95YOWF LACERATED LIP WHEN FELL AGAINST WHEELBARROW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Riding power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS SITTING ON A CART WHICH IS ATTACHMENT TO A RIDING MOWER FELLBAC KWARDS STRIKING UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| 59-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM HIS WHEEL BARROW AT HO ME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| WHEELBARROW FELL ON FOOT - FRACTURED TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PT WAS USING WHEELBARROW 2-3 DAYS AGO. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| GARDENING, TRIED TO PICK UP WHEELBARROW HIP & BACK PAIN ETIOLOGY UNKNOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PUSHING LOAD OF WOOD IN WHEELBORROW AT HOME AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH. DX: COPD EXACERBATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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