Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,443
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	99
16-25 years old:	68
26-50 years old:	698
50+ years old:	578

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,137	Upper Arm:	76
Lower Leg:	68	Head:	68
Elbow:	15	Ankle:	15
Face:	15	Lower Trunk:	15
Upper Leg:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX LEFT THIGH LACERATION: CUT LEG WITH ELECTRIC SHEARS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT. RAN INTO A TREE CUTTER WITH HIS LOWER LEG. DIAGNOSIS ; LAC. LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT. CUT R. THUMB WHILE USING PRUNNING SHEARS. DX. R. THUMB LAC. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WAS TRIMMING A TREE; TREE TRIMMER FELL ON HER. CONTUSION OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
27 YO TRIMMING TREE USING TRIMMER DEVEOLPED BACK PAIN BACK PAIN(LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WAS AT *** AND WAS CUT WITH PRUNING SHEARS TO FINGER..LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUTTING HEDGES, CUT TIP OF FINGER L THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A POWER TRIMMER AT HOME AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOURTH FINGER L ACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: .7 CM L INDEX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 55 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
55 YO CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC SHEARS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 48 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 49 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WOUND RT.FINGER.PT.REFERS WHILE TRIMMING GRASS,CUT FINGER WITH TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 58 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
L 4TH FING LAC/58YOM CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
36 YOM LACERATES FINGER ON PRUNERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
35 YOM LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH GARDENING SHEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
72 YOF LACERATES FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WHILE CUTTING BUSHES DX: L 3RD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUTTING BUSHES AND FELT A POP IN ELBOW DX: L OLECRANON BURSITIS, POSS BICEP TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER TIP ON MOTORIZED CUTTING SHEARS ABRASION AND INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX LACERATION RIGHT FOOT: DROPPED PRUNING SHEARS ONTO FOOT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMERS LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 8 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT GOT R INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN PRUNING SHEARS DX:2.5 CM R INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2005	Age: 77 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER ON CUTTING SHEARS THE CUTTING SHEARS WERE NOT MOVING AT THE TIME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS GARDENING AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON PRUNING SCISSORS LACERATING UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
LEFT 4TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING ELECTRIC TRI MMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
ROCK POPPED OFF TREE TRIMMER HITTING PT'S ANKLE WHEN WORKING AT HOME.....DX:ANKLE CONTUSIOIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME WHEN PIECE HIT HIM IN THE FACE DX:LAC BELOW THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 76 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNNING USING SHEARS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
13 YOM LACERATED LEFT THUMB WITH PRUNING SHEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
LAC TO L MIDDLE FINGER W/ POWER SHEARS X 30 MINS PTA, LAC THRU FINGER A ND NAIL. DX. LAC FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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