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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 340
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/16/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| 17YOM HIT HEAD ON TREE LIMB WHILE TRIMMING TREE AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| IN A TREE TRIMMING IT AND PT FELL OUT OF IT ONTO GROUND. DX CLOSED HEA D INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS AT HOME PRUNINH TREE WHEN HE FELL FROM TREE C/O BEING STABBED WI TH THE PRUNING SHEARS TO THE CHEST,+LOC. DX: LEFT HEMOTHORAX,CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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