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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 248
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| 68 Y/O M INJURED L RIB AREA WHILE USING CHAINSAW TO CUT OAK BRANCH AND BRANCH FELL ON HIM AT HOME. DX; L RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| CHAIN SAW INJURY WHILE CUTTING TREE DX L CHES WALL LACERATION, L ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 49 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| C/O PT STATES WAS USING CHAIN SAW TO TRIN TREE LIMB DX CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING WOOD W/CHAINSAW YESTERDAY. DX: DORSAL/LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Chain saws |
| UPPER BACK, LEFT ARM PAIN. CARRYING CHAIN SAW AT HOME. DX: THORACIC C OMPRESSION FRACTURE, OSTEOPEROSIS, POSS. CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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