Other Unpowered Garden Tools

23YOM FOR EVAL OF L RIB/LUQ PAIN.DID A LOT OF SHOVELING (ROCKS) BOTH MON & TUES.TUESDAY EVENING HE DEVELOPED PAIN.PAIN WORSE W/COUGH OR DEEP BREATHING. DX: MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

38YOM C/O BACK OR FLANK PAIN. PATIENT HAS CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN WITH ACUTE FLARE AFTER LIFTING A SHOVEL. PATIENT LEFT AMA DX: NO DIAGNOSIS

66YOM PT PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO THE FACE. LACERATION BIRDGE OF NOSE, BETWEEN EYES, ABRASION LT EYE. SPLITTING WOOD WITH A METAL WEDGE AND WEDGE HIT HIM IN THE FACE. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT CHEEK.

53YOF REPORTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER RAKING LEAVES AND LIFTING HEAVY BAGS. DX LOW BACK PAIN

55YOM C/O BACK PAIN FOR LAST 1-2 WEEKS. WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND HAS PERSISTED SINCE THEN. PAIN LOCALIZED IN THE LUMBAR REGION. SCANS WERE NEGATIVE. DX: STRAIN OF LUMBAR REGION, BACK MUSCLE SPASM

11 YOM ACCIDENT HIT W/SHOVEL DX; R BROW LAC

80YOM WAS USING A SHOVEL THREE DAYS AGO TO DIG UP DIRT AND HEARD A POP AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEFT FOOT DX: LEFT FOOT PAIN

71YOM PRESENTS WITH CONTINUING LOW BACK PAIN AFTER DIGGING A TRENCH WITH A PICK AXE 1 WEEK AGO DX: LOW BACK BACK

77YOM WAS DIGGING IN HIS GARDEN WHEN HE PASSED OUT DX: SYNCOPE

81YOM WAS OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT DIGGING IN HIS GARDEN WHEN HE DEVELOPED NAUSEA VOMITING DX DEHYDRATION

32YOM, COMPLAINING OF PERSISTENT RIGHT SIDED LOW BACK PAIN BEGAN 3 WEEKS AGO WHILE BENDING DOWN AND DIGGING A GRAVE FOR A RECENTLY DECEASED PET, DX: ACUTE RIGHT SIDED LOW BACK PAIN WITH RIGHT SIDED SCIATICA

70YOM WAS SHOVELING AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST DX: CHEST PAIN

product: Ames True Temper spading fork #1812200 UPC: 0 49206 18122 9 I bought this tool new at Lowe's Home Improvement Center, 09/11/2011. I first used this tool 09/18/2011. While using this tool to turn loose soil in my garden, the pin that secures the "D" handle to the end of the handle broke, or came loose, and then protruded about .5 inch. I didn't notice this immediately, and continued to use the tool. The next time I thrust the tool into the ground and it met resistance, my hand slipped along the handle, and the protruding pin ripped through my skin and muscle of my right hand between thumb and forefinger, causing me a painful injury requiring first aid.

Product Name: Unfinished Metal Hand Rake Seller: Temu Purchase Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Price: Approximately $7 Issue Type: Potential metal fragment contamination and infection risk Injury Date: July 15, 2025 (symptoms began within 1 hour of handling) Location of Incident: St. Petersburg, FL Medical Response: Antibiotic treatment (Cephalexin 500 mg, twice daily for 7 days); physician evaluation on July 16, 2025 Injury Details: Rapid swelling, redness, and sharp elbow pain ~1 hour after contact with tool No visible cuts or entry wound, but marked inflammation across arm and wrist Ongoing tracking with daily photos and circumference measurements (wrist, forearm, elbow, armpit area) Partial improvement with antibiotics, systemic discomfort continues No fever recorded, though personal medical history shows limited fever responses Product Concern: The rake was unusual in that it had no plastic or wood handle: entirely unfinished bare metal Possible unsealed or untreated surface may have released metal fragments, leading to subdermal infection No safety warnings were provided on packaging Action Taken: Seller contacted (Temu), and a refund was issued without acknowledgment of product fault Continued symptoms have prompted this safety report to inform potential investigation and prevent harm to others Notes: I am submitting this report without definitive proof that the product caused my injury, but the temporal connection and absence of other exposures strongly suggest it as the likely source.

-I got injured while using a product for its intended use -a gardening tool -I was using the product -it was being used to remove weeds in a sweeping motion -injuries did occur -as I was using the tool the metal handle of the tool snapped, this happened while I was doing a sweeping motion towards my body, so when the tool broke it hit my leg and created a deep cut that bleed continuously and required medical attention.

We recently purchased a Sun-Mar rotating barrel composter (model 400). On one end of the composter is an external gear that goes around the circumference of the barrel. At some point our 2 year old son put one one his fingers in the gear area when one of our other kids started rolling the barrel around. We had to take our 2 year old to the emergency room because the tip of his middle finger was hanging on by a small flap of skin. My son had to get x-rays done to make sure the bone wasn't broken. The x-rays didn't show any broken bones. The ER doctor informed us that she would need to sediate our son as she would need to remove his nail to make sure that there wasn't any damage to the nail bed. The doctor had to put in 9 or 10 stitches in my son's finger. The next day my husband sent an email to Sun-Mar telling them what happened and asked what we can do to cover up the gear area. My husband has not heard anything from the company.

My husband was digging out a shrub in our backyard with a 1 year old YardWorks brand shovel. As he was pushing down on the shovel to lift the small shrub out of the hole the shovel snapped in half and hit him in the face. He was fortunate that his teeth, nose, eyes were okay. He had a laceration that went all the way through his lower lip. We called 911 and went to the emergency room where required 15 stitches. I am just concerned about this shovel since it wasn't old (we had it for only one year). Also, he wasn't misusing the shovel or exerting an unusual amount of force. He had dug around the shrub and loosened it to the point that it simply needed to be propped out of the hole. We still have the shovel and can take a picture of it if needed. I hope this was an isolated incident but I also don't want this to happen to anyone else. Thank you.

On February 25,2015 I purchased a Black & Decker hand trowel from Walmart. I arrived home and a few hours later attempted to remove the product packaging that was affixed with a zip tie, a very tight, black zip tie. It was difficult to get the tip of the scissors up under the zip tie because it was excessively tight, so I stuck the pointed tip of the trowel down onto the driveway to get some leverage. The trowel was upright in my left hand and kitchen scissors were in my right, as I was attempting to get the tip of the scissors under the tie, my right hand slipped and smashed down onto the back edge of the trowel, the part most people would assume to be blunt, it wasn’t. There was a crescent shaped divot out of the right side of the back of the trowel, and it’s nearly razor sharp. That is exactly where my right forefinger smashed into, I pulled the trowel away and out of my finger, exposing what I thought looked like bone. I freaked out not understanding how this could of happened, I thought I had broken the trowel when I looked at the razor sharp divot. Luckily I had neighbors who came to my rescue, they were as perplexed as I was as to why this trowel was like this. I understand now it is to remove roots and such, in a backward motion. My concern is it was not labeled to perform this function, not anywhere on the packaging, and the placement of product label obscured the sharp edge. I had no idea it was there. It is extremely dangerous and has caused me a lot of grief. I am a manager of a hair salon so my fingers are very important. I have not been able to work for 10 days now and am concerned because I don't have all the feeling in my finger back. This product needs to be labeled differently and I wish we would ban zip ties!

I lacerated my thumb using Fiskars multipurpose snippers when trying to cut ivy in my yard.

No injury yet, I just found out that LOWES home improvement stores are selling, post hole digger tools with attached STEEL handles, these tools should only have NON-CONDUCTIVE handles to avoid electrocution when a person digs into hidden underground electric lines. this has a huge potential to kill many people. I have experience working for a fence company and the 811 ground markings are not accurate and buried objects get hit quite often. the LOWES product= Item #863601 | Model #CA-38S-K34708