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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 478
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN TRIMMING TREES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 32 YO M WAS DOING YARD WORK WITH FRIEND. CUTTING DOWN TREE WHEN BRANCH FELL AND HIT PT ON BACK. DX:LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Exercise |
| C/O WORSENING LBP AFTER WEEDING THEN GOING TO THE GYM TO WORK OUT >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE TRIMMING A BUSH DX LOW BACK PAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND HURT BACK LUMBAR SPINE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNING BUSHES & FELT A "POP" IN BACK DX;; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING BUSHES IN YARD AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK STRA INED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN USING A WEED TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 42YO WHITE MALE STS TRIMMING A TREE & A BRANCH HIT PT ON BACK LOWER BACK - CAUSED ABSCESS, DX ABSCESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 80YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME IN BACKYARD TRIMMING TREE-TRIPPED OVER BRANCH,FELL FORWARD,DX LOW BACK PX-OLD LUMBAR/THORACIC COMPRESSION FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT HAS LOW BACK PAIN WHILE TRIMMING TREES AT HOME LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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