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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 835
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS ON ROOF TRIMMING BUSHES, SLIPPED & FELL ON RT SIDE C/O RT KNEE & HIP PAIN. DX - RT HIP FRACTURE, KNEE ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 45 YR OLD CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT SMALL FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS PUTTING A PLASTIC GUARD ON MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS THAT WERE IN T HE BACK OF A PICK UP TRUCK THE TRUCK STARTED PULLING AWAY- LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WORKING WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS NOW HAVING PAIN IN NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION FINGER - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CUT TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER - CUT ON GARDEN SHEARS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX INDEX FINER LAC, R: W CUT'G FLOWERS W PRUN'G SHEARS W HE CUT INTO LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER USING A PLAN CLIPPER, DX: LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING BRANCHES OFF A TREE, A SMALL BRANCH HIT PT ON TOP OF HEAD, HAS SOME DIZZINESS & SCALP INJURY. DX-SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2009 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment, Footwear |
| COMPRESSION FX T5, SUBACUTE,HAPPENED A WK AGO: TRIMMING IVY BETWEEN HER PROPERTY & NEIGHBOR, TRIPPED OVER SHOELACE,MID R SIDE BACK BACK HURTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2009 | Age: 19 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: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE " ***" WITH MANUAL TOOL, BLADE BOUNCED&STRUCK LOWER LEG>>LAC >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX SKULL FX: STEP 1 TRAUMA BIB EMS AFTER FALL F TREE W TRY'G TO PRUNE BRANCES THIS EVE. FOUND BY NEIGHBORS LY'G ON GRND SUPILS UNK X LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/22/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL INJ/SUPERFICIAL INJ EYE: W PRUN'G SHRUB YTDY & HAS L EYE IRR & REDNESS W FB SENSATION. SOME REDNESS TO SCLERA, SOME TEAR'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRYING TO PRUNE A VINE WITH PRUNING SHEARS. DX-LAC RIGHT THUMG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH A PAIR OF SHEARS. DX. FINGER LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH BROTHER, ACCIDENTALLY STABBED IN HAND WITH ROSE CLIPPERS YESTERDAY, HAND SWELLING; OPEN HAND FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| SKIN AVULSION: WAS USING MANUAL PRUNERS @ HOME, LT MIDDLE FINGER CAME ACROSS BLADE, 1 CM FLAP AVULSION FINGERTIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRESENT TO ER RT FINGER LACERATION AFTER TRIMMING HEDGES AND SLIP AN D FALL- DX- FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PLAYING IN GARAGE WHEN SHE GOT A HOLD OF A PAIR OF GARDENING SHEARS. PT CUT TIP OF HERL INDEX FINGER. DX L FINGERTIP AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER CAUGHT ON EDGER WHILE DOING YARD WORK LACERATION RIGHT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 10YFC CUT HAND WITH PRUNER WHILE TRIMMING TREES/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS USING SHEARS WHILE TRIMMING BACK PLANTS AT HIS HOUSE, SUSTAINED A THUMB INJURY. DX-THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM A FALLING TREE PRUNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 29YO WHITE MALE AT HOME PRUNING SHEARS CUT L 4TH FINGER DX L 4TH FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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