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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 569
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| 67YOF PRUNING A PLUM TREE, DEVELOPED A RASH ON HER FOREARM DX. CONTACT DERMATITIS FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 77 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| ACUTE POISON SUMAC: TRIMMING TREES OUTSIDE, GRABBING TREES, RASH ON ARMS, SPREADING TO FACE |
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 08/24/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| 65YOM TREE TRIMMER CUT ARM FORARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2006 | Age: 66 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 |
| PT.INJ.RT. FOREARM AT HOME WHEN USING PRUNERS & THEY FELL & HIT HIM. DX; 2 CM.LAC.R.TFOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS TRIMMING BRANCHES FROM TREE WITH TREE TRIMMER AND HIT A THO RN WHICH TRAUMATIZED FOREARM. HEMATOMA, LEFT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING BUSHES CUT FOREARM DX LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/1998 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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