Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,308
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	342	Hand:	245
Lower Arm:	146	Shoulder:	135
Lower Leg:	102	Foot:	88
Knee:	86	Wrist:	43
Upper Arm:	40	Upper Trunk:	30
Ankle:	15	Finger:	15
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING LEFT LOWER ARM AGAINST THE HANDLE OF A WHEELBA RROW HEMATOMA FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
INJURED LIFTING WHEELBARROW LAST EVENING DX L SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PUSHING WHEELBARROW OUTSIDE AND SLIPPED IN MUD CONTUSION HIP/BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	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, Riding power lawn mowers
HURT HAND WHILE DETACHING CART FROM BACK OF LAWN MOWER CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
73 YO F CONTUSION R FLANK AREA TRIPPED ON CEMENT AND WHEELBARROW *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. TRIPPED OVER CART IN LAWN CENTER AT LOWE'S. DX. CONT R WRIST, R KN EE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DROPPED WHEELBARROW ON L FOOT DX: FX L 3RD TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	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 WORKING IN THE YARD USING WHEELBARROW INJURED BACK YESTERDAY DX// LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	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 AT HOME USING A WHEELBARROW FELL ON HAND / DX FX L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2006	Age: 59 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
LACERATED LOWER LEG USING A WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Plastic containers
CARRYING HEAVY WATER JUGGS IN A WHEELBARROW, FELL INVERTING ANKLE ' FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CONTUSION FOOT - 64 YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIGHT FOOT AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FALLING WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 85 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 FELL OVER A WHEELBARROW AT HOME WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	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: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT FELL INTO WHEELBARREL AT HOME TODAY AND CUT ARM DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT INJ RT SHOULDER WHILE USING A WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 84 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: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FOREARM AB-HIT W/A WHEELBARROW HANDLE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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
FULL WHEELBARROW LANDED ON PT'S HAND. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
LACERATION FINGER - 57 YOM LACERATED LEFT PINKY FINGER WHEN CAUGHT BETW EEN A WHEELBARROW AND CONCRETE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS AT HOME, HIT FOOT ON WHEELBARROW, CAUSING CONTUSION TO HIS RT HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
USING A WHEELBARROW TO PLANT FLOWERS AND FELL OVER A LOW BRICK AREA LUM BAR COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 69 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 RIGHT RIB CONTUSION: FELL AT HOME, HIT CHEST ON WHEELBARROW HANDLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. FELL OFF A GARDEN CART THAT ROLLED WHILE SHE WAS STANDING ON IT. D X. FX R HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, House repair or construction materials
RIGHT HIP CONT. PT FELL OVER A WHEELBARROW PICKING UP A PIECE OF WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 76 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
MOVING WOOD IN WHEELBARROW AND IT TIPPED OVER. AND PT FELL. FX LEFT CLAVICLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
KNEE CT-FELL WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2006	Age: 73 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
PUSHING WHEELBARROW, FELT PULL IN LOW BACK DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 68 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
INJURED KNEE WHILE PUSHING WHEELBORROW FULL OF WOOD AT HOME. DX: SPRAI N KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
HIT LEG AGAINS WHEELBARROW " CONTS/HEMATOMA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 52 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
MOVING WOOD AND SLIPPED ON ICE LANDING ON WHEELBARROW HANDLE AND FX RI BS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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