Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,986
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	334	Lower Leg:	331
Upper Trunk:	226	Knee:	173
Finger:	156	Lower Trunk:	152
Lower Arm:	128	Upper Leg:	87
Head:	86	Wrist:	69
Face:	69	Neck:	69
Shoulder:	35	Ankle:	29
Upper Arm:	16	Toe:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LEFT PALM LACERATION.PT FELL INTO A WHEELBARROW AND LACERATED PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PUSHING WHEELBARROW BACKWARDS AND TRIPPED FALLING INTO DECK UPPER CHEST PAIN...CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS UNLOADING A WHEELBARROW & TWISTED LEFT KNEE DX: LEFT KNEE FRACTURE---NON DISPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
56 YO PUSHING WHEELBARROW STRAIN CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE JAGGED EDGE OF A WHEEL BARROW LACERATI ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: LIFTING STUFF IN WHEELBARROW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FX R RADIUS/ULNA; PT FELL WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW OF WATERMELONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
91 Y/O F INJURED NECK WHEN FELL WHILE PUSHING WHEELBARROW AT HOME. DX; NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CUT LEG ON GARDEN CART DX RIGHT LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
TRIPPED ON WHEEL BARROW AND FELL / CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 69 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 USING WHEELBARROW IN YARD AND FORGOT IT WAS THERE AND WALKED INTO IT CUTTING LEFT LOWER LEG C/O PAIN LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 86 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: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT LACERATED FOREARM ON WHEELBARROW. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 72 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
PT STEPPED IN A HOLE WHILE WHEELING WHEELBARROW KNEE PAIN SPRAIN LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
WHEELBARROW FELL OVER HITTING PT'S HAND AND ANKLE. DX: CONT R HAND, SPRAIN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT JAMMED HAND ON WHEELBARROW WHILE GARDENING. D: BOXER'S FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 58 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
LOADING WHEELBARROW FELT SOMETHING PULL -BEE STING KNEE LUMBAR STRAIN BEE STING RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
AC SEPARATION-TRIPPED -FELL ON A WHEELBARROW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PAIN R SHOULDER/ARM AFTER PUSHING WHEELBARROW DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX LEFT HAMSTRING STRAIN: LIFTING WHEELBARROW FULL OF ROCK AT HOME INJURED LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
SPLINTER HAND - 58 YOM PICKED UP HANDLES TO WHEELBARROW AND GOT A SPLIN TER IN HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 91 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
CONTUSION TO L CHEST,L FOOT - FELL WHEN TRYING TO GET WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
UPPER ARM SKIN TEAR-@ HOME-FELL-HIT ARM ON A LAWN CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
75YOMC FELL OFF WHEELBARROW WHEN STEPPING OFF STRIKING BACK OF HEAD/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 54 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
MAKING A WALL WHEN ROCKS FELL OUT OF WHEELBARREL ONTO FOOT AND FX TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PUSHING WHEELBARROW GOT FINGER CAUGHTBETWEEN METAL BUILDING AND IT DX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS TRYING TO MOVE ROCK AND BOLT FRO M WHEELBARROW CUT RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE (BOLT PART OF WHEELBORROW)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX LEFT KNEE CONTUSION: TRIPPED AND WHEELBARROW LANDED ON KNEE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PATIENT REPORTS HE BRUSHED UP AGAINST WHEELBARROW AND SUSTAINED A WOODE N SLIVER TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT SPRAINED HIS FINGER ON A WHEELBARROW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, House repair or construction materials
61 YO MALE PULLED HEAVY WHEELBARROW FULL OF CEMENT HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FELL OVER WHEELBARROW AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FOREHEAD LACERATION,SUBCONJ. HEMATOMA R EYE - TRIPPED AND HIT FACE ON W HEELBARROW WHEN UNLOADING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
HAND FB-SPLINTER WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. WAS WORKING IN HER YARD, PUSHING A WHEELBARROW UP HILL, FELL AND TURNED HER LEG - FX. LOWER LEG. TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
POURING CONCRETE INTO WHEELBARREL BECAME UNBALANCED AND FELL DX POSSIBLE SCAPHOID FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION INJ RT 4TH FINGER-SMASHED 4TH FINGER OF RT HAND BETWEEN LARG E LOG AND WHEELBARROW. SUS 2CM LACERATION. C/O THROBBING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
KNEE PAIN - 67 YOM C/O RIGHT KNEE PAIN SINCE PUSHING HEAVY WHEELBARROW FIVE DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 81 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
PAIN IN LEFT CHEST. PUSHED 3 LOADS OF WOOD IN WHEELBARROW AT HOME. DX; CHEST WALL PAIN ACUTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 77 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
STANDING IN WHEELBARROW, SLIPPED DX. GROIN STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. BELIEVES MAY HAVE STRAINED BACK PUSHING FIREWOOD IN WHEELBARROW. D X. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR SACRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Other unpowered garden tools
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: DOING YARD WORK WITH WHEELBARROW AND SHOVEL INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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