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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 720
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING LIMBS OFF A TREE WHEN THE LIMB PINNED PATIENT AGAIN AGAINST A TREE. DX-LEFT FEMUR ABRASION, CONTUSION DISTAL TIBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A "LIMB CUTTER" AND IT HIT PT ON LEG- CUT TO LE G. D: LACERATION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC L LEG - CUT LEG WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 14 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WEED CUTTING ACCIDENT WITH FALL- DX - FRACTURE RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| *** ON HILL 3 DAYS AGO - RIGHT LEG PAIN IN CALF - POSSIBLE CLOT DX - LEG STRAIN - CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING HIS PALM TREES AND FELT A SPLINTER FROM PALM LODGE INTO LEG DX F.B LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG ON LAWN CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC LT LOWER LEG WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME, LAC LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 45 YO F STATES SHE CUT HERSELF WITH TRIMMING SHEARS. DX LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RIGHT LEG LAC, PT CUT LEG WHEN USING A TRIMMER IN YARD, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT BY HEDGE TRIMMER; LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH A PRUNING SAW DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 67 YO F USING *** INJURED LEG LAC LEG-COMPLICATED LAC LEG-COMPLICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT HIT BY ROCK WHILE USING A ***; LAC SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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