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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 584
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING HEDGES AND FELL FORWARD AND BLACKED OUT FOR A SECOND RADIUS FR ACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING BRANCHES 1 WEEK AGO, CUT L FOREARM DX: FOREARM ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM FROM A HEDGE TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND CUT FOREARM WITH IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CLOSED RADIUS & ULNAR STYLOID FX: OUTSIDE PRUNING BUSHES, LOST BALANCE, FELL ONTO LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 1CM FOREARM LAC-CUT ON TRIMMER-@ HOME IN YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT TO FOREARM WITH HEDGE TRIMMER TRIMMING BUSHES DX: LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREES AT HOME SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 33 YOM HAS LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM WITH HEDGE TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RADIUS FX-FELL OUT OF TREE HE WAS TRIMMING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| L FOREARM LAC/65YOM AT HM WAS TRIMMING TREE W/EXTENDED CUTTER & BRANCH SNAPPED & FELL PUSHING CUTTER BLADE INTO L FOREARM AT AN ANGLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT FELL AT HOME TRIMMING HEDGE. DX-DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FELL, TRIMMING TREE ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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