Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,119
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	59
26-50 years old:	502
50+ years old:	541

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	812	Eyeball:	73
Head:	71	Lower Trunk:	71
Lower Arm:	44	Hand:	30
Shoulder:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 62 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON POWER TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 60 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
60YO BLACK MALE STS HELPED DO YARDWORK WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER,CUT L MIDDLE FINGER, DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
R CORNEAL ABRAS/57YOF WAS TRIMMING PLANTS AT HOME ON FRIDAY WITH ELECTR IC TRIMMERS AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	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
PT CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 50 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Floors or flooring materials
DX R FOREARM CONTU W HEMATOMA: TODAY WEEDEAT'G AT HOME, BENT OVER TO PICK-UP MACHINE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN MULTILEVEL TERRACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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
PT GARDENING AND USING ELECTRIC GARDEN TRIMMER WHEN LACERATED FINGERS. D: LACERATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 64 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: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX AVULSION TIPE OF L 3RD DIGIT: CUT DORSAL SURFACE OF L 3RD NAIL 3D AGO W GARDEN SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FINGER TIP WHILE PRUNING HIS SUNFLOWERS THIS AM AT HOME.PT ALSO REMOVED A SMALL PART OF THE NAIL.DX:AVULSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 20 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
20YOM AT GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE ACCIDENTLY NICKED HIMSELF WITH PRUNING SHEARS;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
PT PRUNED TOP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER W/PRUNING SHEARS. DX: LACERATION LE FT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 53 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 62 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
62YOM USING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME ACCIDENTLY CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 29 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
GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN A TRIMMER. DX. COMPLICATED FINGER LACERATION, SKI N AND FINGERNIAL AVULSION.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2008	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
58YOF WHILE USING HIS AUTOMATIC GRASS TRIMMER,ACCIDENTLY HIT THE LEFT THUMB;THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WITH LAC TO HAND FROM ELECTRIC TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 37 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 WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A BATTERY POWERED TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS PRUNING TREES AT HOME YESTERDAY, PRUNING HOOK FELL OFF STICK 8 FT UP & FELL ONTO PT'S RT FOREARM. DX - CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE GARDENING, LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 49 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
49Y/O,M,INJURED FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER, R 3RD FINGER AVULSION, R 4TH FINGER 1 CM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 67 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
67 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON BATTERY OPERATED HEDGE TRIMMERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 53 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: Amputation
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Brushcutters, powered
ACCIDENALLY CUT MULIT FINGERS WHILE CUTTING THE HEDGES VERSUS CUT'EM ON TO *** >> AMPUATAION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
60YOM WAS TRIMMING A TREE WITH TRIMMERS,FELL 7 FOOT,INJURING SHOULDER, FINGER;FINGER DISLOCATION,SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
LOW BACK PAIN, WAS TRIMMING BUSH & FELT BACK POP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WAS TRIMMING TREE AND LIMB KICKED BACK AND PT FELL SHOULDER STRAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT ARM AND SCALP WHILE TRIMMING TREE ., LIMB FELL ON PATIENT LACERA TION FOREAM AND SCALP #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS TRIMMING TREES WITH A POWER TRIMMER; ONE OF THE TREE BRANCHES FELL AND STRUCK PT. ON THE HEAD. LACERATION OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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