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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,708
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2003 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND: TRIMMING BRANCHES AT HOME, INJURED HAND WITH TRIMMERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TREE TRIMMING ONE WEEK AGO WHEN PALM BRANCH FELL ONTO HAND. CONTINUE D PAIN. D:HAND CONTUSION, PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HAND ON GRASS CUTTER/ LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING HOLLY BUSH AT HOME, GOT THORN IN HAND 3 DAYS AGO. DX:CELLULITI S, ABSCESS HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LACERATED HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 47 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS HAND FROM PRUNNING SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SEEN FOR HAND LAC. CUT BY HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 28 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: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNING PALM TREE YESTERDAY AND GOT STABBED IN HAND BY SPIKE. D: CEL LULITIS, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2003 | Age: 56 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 56 YOM CUT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION RIGHT HAND - CUT ON METAL CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS PRUNING HEDGES AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO HAND FROM HEDGE CLIPPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HAND WITH A HEDGE CLIPPERS DX: HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HAND WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER DX: HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 41 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 41 YOM CUT USING HEDGE TRIMMERS LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE PRUNING ROSES GOT THORN IN LT. HAND DX: FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT. STATES HE WAS CLEANING THE YARD AND CLIPPING HEDGES, CUTTING GRASS. DX. SKIN RASH, POISON IVY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH PRUNING SHEERS-DX HEALING PUNCTURE WOUND L PALM (CUT A FEW DAY S AGO) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HAND ON HEDGE CLIPPERS - LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2003 | Age: 28 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND ON EDGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 47 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES SHE WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND CUT HER HAND ON PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS USING HEDGE CLIPPERS AND LACERATED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| MILD ALLERGIC REACTION TO PLANTS, BRONCHITIS, PRUNING SHRUBS YESTERDAY, RIGHT HAND SWOLLEN, COUGHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/POLE PRUNER. DX: 3 CM R HAND LAC, EXTENSOR TENDON LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND LACERATION. PT WAS USING EDGER AND CUT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON HEDGE CLIPPERS-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT RIGHT HAND WITH POLE TRIMMER DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH PRUNING SHEARS HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PUNCTURED HAND W/ PRUNING SHEARS WHILE GARDENING PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC RT HAND W/ HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX; 1 CM HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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