Accidents - Wheelbarrows or lawn carts - 50+ years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,233
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Leg:	182	Finger:	168
Upper Trunk:	157	Lower Trunk:	149
Shoulder:	130	Face:	90
Upper Arm:	90	Foot:	77
Knee:	70	Hand:	37
Lower Arm:	31	Head:	30
Neck:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Stairs or steps
DX CONTU CHEST WALL: 76YOWF GLF 1WK AGO; LOST BAL ON STAIRS & FELL W L RIBS TO EDGE OF WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
72 YO M WAS PUSHING HIS WHEELBARROW WHEN LOST BALANCE AND FELL OVER. DX ;SHOULDER STRAIN, MECHANICAL FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 84 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
FX UPR ARM PUSHING WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT JAMMED FINGER WHILE EMPTYING WHEEL BARROW AT HOME, L 3RD FINGER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
TRIPED OVER A WHEELBARROW AND FELL SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
CHI.PT FELL OVER A WHEELBARROW AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, House repair or construction materials
FINGER DISLOCATION-HIT FINGER WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW FULL OF ROOFI NG MATERIAL UP A RAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 84 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
DX SPRAIN SH/ARM: C/O L SH PN AFTER TRIP'G & FALL ONTO WHEELBARROW PICK UP WHEELBARROW W WAS LOADED W GRAVEL, MISSED STEP'D OVER ROCK & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX L SH PAIN/ R/O ROTATOR CUFF INJ VS BICEP TENDONITIS: LIFT'D HEAVY WHEELBARROW, TIP'D IT OVER, POSS TORN ROTATOR CUFF R SH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
55 YOM, PULLING GARDEN CART, FELL , FRACTURE HUMEROUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2009	Age: 57 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 HAS LAC TO (L) MIDDLE FINGER AFTER PICKING UP A WHEELBARROW DX;* HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts, Containers
CELLULITIS LLE W/NO EVIDENCE OF DVT ON VENOUS DOPPLER: SAT. STRUCK CORNER OF BOX, LOWER LEG PAIN,REDNESS,CARRYING GRAVEL/WHEELBARROW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	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
DX FALL STRIKING AN OBJECT/LAC EYEBROW 1CM/LAC L ELBOW 4CM "V" SHAPED: PULL'G WHEELBARROW W FELL/TRIP/D AND HIT GROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW AT HOME AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL FACE FIR ST INTO THE HANDLE OF THE WHEELBARROW LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 81 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
81 YO F LACERATION TO LOWER LEG CUT ON WHEELBARROW AT HOME, PT ON *** I NR NORMAL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	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
PT FELL BACK WHILE PUSHING A WHEELBARROW AND INJURED LOWER BACK AT HOME DX// LUMBAR CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
GARDENING, SLIPPED STRIKING BOTH LEGS ON WHEELBARROW. DX: SKIN TEARS B ILATERAL LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX SPRAIN FOOT: PUSH'G WHEELBARROW FULL OF DIRT PAST HOLE IN GROUND. R FOOT HIT EDGE, FOOT ROTATED/TWISTED MEDIALLY, EDEMA ECCHOMOSIS NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
SLIPPED AND HIT WHEELBARROW IN JAIL, L HIP PAIN DX: HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
ROLLED WHEELBARROW OVER FOOT CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT HAS (L) SHOULDER PAIN AFTER PUSHING A WHEELBARROW DX;; (L) SHOULD ER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 90 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT HAD A SLIP AND FALL WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN WITH A WHEELBARROW TODAY INJURING LEFT HIP. DX-LT HIP FRACTURE, LT FEMORAL NECK FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 94 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: Avulsion
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
USING A WHEELBARROW, ARM SLIPPED CAUSING SKIN AVULSION/TEAR TO RT FOREA RM>>AVULSOIN/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT WAS LIFTING HEAVY ROCK INTO WHEELBARROW & CUT FINGER AT HOME DX: DEEP LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
DX CERVICALGIA NECK PAIN/PREVERTEBRAL SWELL'G: P/W NECK PN X 1WK. BEGAN AFTER PUSH'G A WHEELBARROW FULL OF ROCKS APPROX 50YD X 3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
82 Y/O FELL ON WHEELBARROW. DX-LAC FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT STATES SHE FELL WHILE LOADING WOOD IN WHEELBARROW ONTO HER L SIDE, S EVERE L HIP PAIN. DX. HIP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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 SLIPPED YESTERDAY WHILE PUSHING WHEELBARREL. C/O R KNEE PAIN. KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 68 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
FRACTURE RIB - 68 YO MALE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED GROUND AND FELL HITTI NG RIB AREA ON ARM OF WHEELBARROW -AT HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 58 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
PT WAS MOVING A WHEELBARROW W/GRAVEL. DX: R HIP PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 89 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
PT INJURED UPPER TRUNK WHEN SHE FELL INTO A WHEELBARROW. DX: CONTUSION OF THE LEFT CHEST WALL AND RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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