Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 960
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	239
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	137
50+ years old:	568

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 70 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 WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER WHILE CUTTING BRANCHES AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 14 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
LAC L INDEX & RING FINGERS W/ELECTRIC TRIMMERS TODAY @ HOME DX SUPERFICIAL LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
64 YOF WAS USING A POWER TRIMMER IN HER YARD; SUSTAINED INJURY TO FINGE R. AVULSION, TIP OF LEFT RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 62 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 PRUNING BUSHES AT HOME AND CUT FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 61 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
61YOM USING ELECTRIC CLIPPER OUTSIDE WHILE STILL RUNNING TRANSFERRED INTO OTHER HAND,CUT THUMB;LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT GOT LEFT FOURTH FINGER ENTANGLED IN A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 46 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 PAIR OF POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS CUTTING THE HEDGES AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO LEFT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 31 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
31YOM USING ELECTRIC TREE TRIMMER DROPPED IT WENT TO GRAB IT WITH LT HAND INJURED LT RING FINGER;FINGER LACERATION,2CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 52 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
DX LAC, L THUMB: APPROX 2CM LACT OT BASE OF THUMB CAUGHT IN PRUN'G SHEARS AS HE WAS CUT'G PLANTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	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
FINGER LAC-ELECTRIC TRIMMER CUT FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT HAND ON WEED TRIMMER AT HOME. DX-NAIILBED LAC, FINGER AVULSION PARTIAL. DX-FX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 51 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
TRIMMING BUSHES & LACERATED R 4TH FINGER W/HEDGE TRIMMER DX L FINGER LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 51 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
WAS USING A ELECTRIC TRIMMER AND CUT HIS RT RING AND RT MIDDLE FINGERS DX: LACERATION TO RT RING AND MIDDLE FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING ELECTRIC PRUNING SHEARS. DX: L THIRD FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 13 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
LACERATED FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 68 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
68YOM USING PRUNING SHEARS IN GARDEN ACCIDENTLY CUT TIP OF LT FINGER; LT INDEX FINGER LACERATION,1.5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
FINGERTIP AMPUTATION, PT WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS TO CUT GRAPE VINES AN D ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGERTIP OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 9 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 INDEX FINGER ON GARDEN SHEARS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX LWOBS: CUT PAD OF L THUMB (LAC) F PRUN'G SHEERS W @ SCHOOL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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