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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 993
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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: 12/01/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT STS PRUNING TREE,BRANCH FELL ON HAND 2-3 DAYS AGO DX CONTUSION R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| USING GARDENING SHEARS LAC WRIST |
| 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: 09/13/2007 | Age: 49 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT AT HOME PUNCTURE L FOREARM ON A PRUNING SHEERS/ DX PUNCTURE WOUND L LOWER ARM |
| 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: 06/01/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT SPRAINED L WRIST TRIMMING TREES @ HOME |
| 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: 05/24/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT TO LEG DROPPED GARDEN SHEARS DX: LACERATION TO LEG |
| 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 |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PAIN TO CHEST AFTER PRUNING HEDGES DX: CHEST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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