Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2007 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 692
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	476
50+ years old:	185

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/03/2007	Age: 42 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
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LE FT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 45 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
DX LACERATION LEFT RING FINGER: INJURED ON PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 42 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
PT USING A PROFESSIONAL POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 71 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
LAC TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC YARD CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 24 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT TRIMMING TREE WITH GAS TRIMMER,CABLE GOT IN WAY,BLADES STRUCK R RING MIDDLE,INDEX FINGER,DX R MULT FINGER LACERATION,R RING FINGERTIP FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 63 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 SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	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 AT HOME LAC R INDEX FINGER ON A PRUNING SHEARS / DX R INDEX FINGER LAC 1.6CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 58 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
C/O CUT TO FINGER WHILE PRUNING, DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 31 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 WITH A BRANCH TRIMMER. DX- L INDEDX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 30 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
30YOF WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS ON HER PLANTS,ACCIDENTLY CUT HER PALM; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WAS TRIMMING PLANTS WITH PRUNING SHEARS AND CUT (L) RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 44 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
44 YOF, WAS USING GARDEN SHEARS WHEN PT NICKED THE END OF INDEX FINGER CAUSING LACERATION. DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 48 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
PATIENT LACERATED LEFT FINGER WHEN USING PRUNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT THUMB WHILE DOING YARD WORK WITH PRUNER LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT TIP OF 4TH FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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