Accidents - Tools - 50+ years old - Year 2007

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,024
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,009	Head:	531
Eyeball:	422	Lower Leg:	353
Hand:	308	Wrist:	192
Upper Trunk:	180	Face:	170
Shoulder:	157	Lower Trunk:	115
Foot:	106	Lower Arm:	84
Toe:	80	Upper Arm:	71
Elbow:	70	All Of Body:	70
Ankle:	69	Ear:	31

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT WAS USING A WOOD TRIMMING MACHINE AND SO METHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 82 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: Fracture
Product: Tools
ACUTE LT TIBIAL PLATEAU FX: CLEARING WOODS, CHOPPING DOWN TREES, LOG FELL ONTO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CUT FINGER WITH YARD SHEARS DX LACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
HIT FINGER ON A TOOL IN KITCHEN CONTUSION LEFT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 51 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
CONTUSION RT LEG: CUTTING WOOD SATURDAY CARRYING LOG THAT ROCK WAS ATTACHED TO, ROCK FELL ON BACK OF CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
GOT WOODEN FB INTO EYE WHILE CUTTING WOOD TODAY >>FBR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD & INJURED SHOULDER AT HOME DX: SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Wire
PT LAC RT 3RD FINGER WHILE CUTTING A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN CEMENT MIXER. DX: CRUSH L 3/4 DIGITS W/MILD TUFT FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
PUSHING AGAINST A STUCK DOOR, DOOR OPENED AND FELL INJURING UPPER ARM. DX; FRACTURE HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
FELL ONTO ?CARPENTERY FLAT BAR CUTTING HAND >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 66 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: Tools
ACC CUT FINGER USING A METAL SCULPTING TOOL >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
SPLITTING WOOD, CAUGHT FINGER IN A PARTIALLY SPLITTED LOG >> CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
59YOM LIVES ON A HOUSE BOAT,WAS GOING TO FRIEND'S HOUSE BOAT, TRIPPED OVER TOOLS,FELL TWISTED ANKLE;ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT WITH LAC TO EAR FROM CARRYING A "FARM TOOL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
GOT A SPOLINTER INTO FINGER WHILE CUTTING WOOD >> LAC/FBR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tools
INJURED FINGER, PUNCTURED HIMSELF WITH POINTED TOOL DX FINGER PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Tools
ACC CUT WRIST INJ ULANR NEVER&ARTERY WHILE ATT TO CUT SHEET METAL @ HOM E >> WRIST LAC/UNLANR N&A INJ
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/19/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
? HEAD INJURY-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-WOKE UP IN AMBULANCE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
HEAVY TOOLS FELL ON FOOT, DX; TOE CONTUSION, DISTAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
54 YOM INJ HAND USING YARD TOOL SPRAIN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT OUSIDE DIGGING DITCH, FOUND DOWN W/ ALTERED LOC, ABRASION TO TOP OF HEAD DX: SEIZURE, POSS SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT LAC FINGER WHILE USING WALLPAPER SCRAPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
71YOM APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO WAS USING A GARDEN TOOL,ACCIDENTLY CUT HIMSELF;INFECTED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Power lawn mowers
PT WAS GRINDING A LAWM MOWER BLADE AT HOME AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE, DX: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST: DIGGING A DITCH, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, DOWN FOR UNK AMT OF TIME, WORKED ON IN ER FOR 5 MINUTES, PRONOUNCED IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT SUST LAC TO HAND ON TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools, Floors or flooring materials
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PUT TOOL ON FLOOR/ LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 72 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: Fracture
Product: Tools
FELL ONTO ROCKS WHILE GARDENING >> RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
FOOT CONT. PT DROPPED A PIPE CLAMP ONTO FOOT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
SOF FLANK PAIN WHILE CUTTING VINES >> MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Fences or fence posts
LEFT HAND LAC, PT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS OFF FENCE AND CUT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CUT WITH GARDEN SHEARS. DX- 2 CM R 4TH FINGER LACERATION JG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OVER A TOOL FX LT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
STRUCK IN HEAD WITH POST HOLE DIGGER @ HOME DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
STRUC ON TOP OF HEAD BY FENCE POST POUNDER/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 58 YO MALE STATES A "STICK" POKED HIM IN THE RIGHT E YE AS HE WAS CHOPPING TREE BRANCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LAC TO R PINKY ON TOOL DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools, Buckets or pails
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING UP A 5 GALLON BUCKET USING A PRY BAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
MIDDLE EAR FX. PT WAS CLEANING EAR WTH A WOOD CLEANING TOOL AND PUNCTUR ED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
SUST LAC TO FOREHEAD WHEN HIT W POST HOLE DIGGER AT HOME DX 1/5 CM FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT CUT FINGER ON A TOOL. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
STEPPED ONTO ROTARY CUTTER CUTTING FOOT " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITHOUT SAFTY GLASSED AND A PC OF WOOD FLEW INTO EYE, DX: SMALL LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 58 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
PULLED MUSCLES IN THE BACK WHILE GARDENING " MS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CUT WITH A GARDENING TOOL. DX- L 5TH FINGER LACERATION JG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
51 YO USING GRINDER INJURED WRIST LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Insect induced injuries
ACC CUT FINGER ON A SHARP GARDEN TOOL, ALSO BITTEN BY AN INSECT TO THE DORSUM OF HAND WHICH IS SWOLLEN " LAC/HAND CELLULITIS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Tools
DX CRUSH INJURY LEFT FOOT: TOOL FELL TO FOOT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT WAS CUT ON A TOOL IN GARAGE. DX: L HAND 3 CM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools, Scissors
POSSIBLE TENOSYNOVITIS: R HAND EDEMATOUS, 2 DAYS AGO USING SCISSORS, WENT AWAY, TODAY USING GARDEN TOOLS, HAPPENED AGAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT WAS CUTTING WOOD A PIECE KICKED BACK AND HIT ARM DX: LAC TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
INJ FINGER WHILE GARDENING OVER THE WKEND, NOW C PREGRESSIVE HAND REDNE SS&SWELLING " CELLULITIS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
ACC CUT HAND WHILE CUTTING THE HEDGES "LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WOUND FOREHEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE CLEANING PATIO USING GARDEN TOOL HIT FOR EHEAD ACCIDENTALLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
RT SHOULDER CONT: CUTTING DOWN TREE, IT WOULDN'T FALL, PUSHED ON TREE, PT FELL DOWN ON SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
53 Y/O M INJURED TOP OF HEAD WHEN USING POST HOLE DRIVER AT FRIENDS HOU SE. DX; HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
82 YO USING GARDEN TOOL LOST BALANCE FELL ON WRIST SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
57YOM WHILE USING GARDEN CLIPPERS,CUT THE DISTAL PORTION OF HIS LEFT FOURTH FINGER; 2-CM FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 51 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: Tools
FENCE POST DIGGER CONT LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
SCALP LAC-HIT HEAD ON POST HOLE DIGGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Tools
74YOF ACCIDENTALLY HAD A HEAVY TOOL DROPPED ON HER LT FOOT C/O FOOT PAIN. DX - CRUSH INJURY TO FOOT, FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT CUT THUMB WHILE CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH A LEATHERMAN TOOL. DX: FINGER LACERATION, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT CUT LOWER LEG WHEN PLOWING IN HER YARD AND HIT LEG ON STUMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tools
FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-STEPPED ON A TOOL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HIT IN HEAD WITH A POST HOLE DIGGER LAC HEAD/ DX 3IN LAC LEFT SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
57 YO INJURED HAND ON HOLE DIGGER LAC HAND COMPLICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
61 YO USING GRINDER INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Tools
P/W RASH ON WRIST S/P GARDENING THIS WKEND " ALLERGIC DERMATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT WAS AT ***'S WHEN A TOOL FELL OFF SHELF STRIKING HIM ON THEFOOT , C/O FOOT PAIN. DX-LEFT FOOT PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT C/O HEAD INJURY. PT WITH HIT WITH T-POST DRIVER. DX ABASION SCALP CO NT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT STATES SHE HIT HER R HAND ON A CHERRY PICKER TODAY. DX. CONT R HAND .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
DX LEFT LOWER EYELID LACERATION: WALKING INTO SHED AT HOME, TOOL FELL AND HIT PT'S FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
51 YOM HIT IN FACE WITH A STEEL POWER GRINDER SUSTAINING A LACERATION T O RIGHT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
PT INJURED FINGER CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME YESTERDAY DX// LEFT THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
TRIPPED OVER GARDEN TOOL AT HOME LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 51 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: Other
Product: Tools
P/W SOF SSCP WHILE CHOPPING ICE OUTSIDE " ANGINA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT CUT THUMB WHENUSING A TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	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: Tools
62 YO DROPPED TOOL ON FOOT CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
STRUCK IN LT LOWER LEG BY PIECE OF WOOD HE WAS CUTTING/ CONTUSION ABRAS ION LT LOWER LEG, MILD CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
CUTTING WOOD FOREIGN IN EYELEFT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PT GOT SPLINTER IN HAND 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN CHOPPING WOOD. PULLED PART OF IT OUT. CONTINUED PAIN. D: FOREIGN BODY SPLINTER REMOVED, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
80 YOM WAS USING ABRASIVE BLADE TOOL AND KNICKED HIMSELF ON RIGHT FOREA RM SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
CUTTING WOOD WRIST PAIN RIGHT WRIST CELLULITIS ARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Poles
USING POST HOLE DIGGER AND STRUCK L THUMB ON A STEEL POST. DX. LAC TO L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
FRACTURE LEFT RIBS-INJURED WHILE LIFTING CHOPPING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE,GRINDING PARTS AT HOME SUNDAY F.B.RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT CHOPPING WOOD WHEN PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND HIT EYE. SEEN IN *** AND SENT HERE. D:FULL THICKNESS CORNEAL/SCLERAL LACS, GLOBE RUPTURE.ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
C/ CHEST PAIN WHILE CUTTING WOOD/ CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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