Accidents - Tool sheds - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,543
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	318	Finger:	218
Lower Arm:	174	Head:	129
Face:	120	Lower Leg:	84
Wrist:	80	Upper Leg:	71
Elbow:	70	Ankle:	70
Upper Arm:	70	Shoulder:	55
Eyeball:	34	Foot:	30
Neck:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tool sheds
PATIENT HURT WHEN FELL OUT OF STORAGE SHED COMING OUT OF IT AT HOME DX: RT UPPER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
PT WAS WORKING IN SHED AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING FH ON CONCRETE., DX. CONT, LAC L PERIORBITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds, Stairs or steps
COMING OUT OF SHED BACKWARDS ON ONE CINDER BLOCK STEP, CAUGHT FOOT, FEL L BACKWARDS. DX. LAC, CONT SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
PT FELL OFF OF SHED. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds, Doorsills or frames
LACERATION HEAD - 57 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CUT TO TOP OF HEAD - WAS WOR KING ON HIS SHED AND HIT TOP OF HEAD ON SHORT DOOR FRAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
SUST LAC TO L FOREARM WHEN CUT IT ON METAL AT STORAGE SHED DX REPAIR 7.4 CM LAC 3 LAYERS EXTENSIVE L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tool sheds
PT STS A SHED FELL HIT TAIL END CONTUSION ;LEFT HIP CONTUSION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Tool sheds, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT BUILDING SHED IN BACK WHEN PLATFORM LANDED ON FINGER. D:PARTIAL AMPU TATION, CRUSH INJURY, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tool sheds, Containers
PATIENT PUT UP A STORAGE SHED AND LIFTED 40 LB. BOXES. DX-RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
PT WORKING IN HIS SHED WHILE BAREFOOT AND STRUCK RIGHT FOOT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tool sheds
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/SHED DOOR. DX: L EYE TRAUMA/HYPHEMA, POSS L EYE CORNEAL TRANSPLANT DEHISCENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
PT HAD SHED ROOF FALL ONTO HIM - FX LOWER BACK TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tool sheds, Containers
PARTICIPATING IN DEMOLITION OF WOODEN SHED WHEN IT FELL ALONG WITH A MILK CRATE ON HER LOWER LEG. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG, LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
PT LAC RT THUMB WHILE CLEANING SHED 20 MIN PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tool sheds
OUTSIDE WORKING FELL AGAINST SHED, C/O ELBOW PAIN, DX; ELBOW PAIN STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 56 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: Tool sheds, Stairs or steps
WALKING OUT OF SHED & MISSED STEP -INVERSION OF ANKLE DX: R) LATERAL MALLEOUS FRACTURE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
65YOM WHILE DISMANTLING A SHED,A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE SHED FELL LACERATING LOWER LEG; LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tool sheds
52 YO F SPRAIN TO WRIST CLEANING OUT SHED FELL ONTO OUTSTRECHED HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
PT CRUSHED FINGER BETWEEN TOOL SHED & A PC OF WOOD AT HOME DX: FRACTURED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
MULTIPLE LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY FRACTURES DUE TO SLIPPING AND FALLING WHILE OUTSIDE WORKING IN SHED (FEED HOUSE).
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
PT WITH A LARGE NECK LAC, WAS TEARING DOWN A SHED AND A WALL FELL ON HIS NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
PT WAS CLEANING OUT STORAGE BUILDING AND SLIPPED AND FELL, C/O L SHOULD ER PAIN. DX. FX L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
PT REPORTS FELL AT 4 PM IN SHED AT HOME. DX. L HIP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tool sheds
LBP AFTER MOVING A SMALL SHED DX; LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tool sheds
LAC HEAD ON CORNER OF SHED ROOF HE WAS BUILDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 52 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: Tool sheds
52YOM LUMBAR LOADING INJ FELL 10FT OFF OF SHED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 59 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: Tool sheds
PT AT HOME CLEANING OUT THE SHED,PIECE OF METAL HIT PT IN FOREHEAD DX LACERATION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tool sheds
SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE AT STORAGE UNIT AND FELL BACKWARD SUST INJ TO L FOREARM DX L DISTAL RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tool sheds
STUMBLED IN SHED AND STRUCK FACE AND HAND ON SHED FACE/HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	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: Tool sheds
C/O LOW BACK PAIN, HELPED LIFT A SHED, DX; LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tool sheds
PIECE OF WOOD FELL OFF SHED ONTO PATINETS FOOT AT HOME. DX-DEEP PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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