Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,009
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	113
16-25 years old:	86
26-50 years old:	346
50+ years old:	464

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 19 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACC GOT RT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT INTO HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE TRIMMING THE HE DGES>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Pruning or trimming equipment
ACC GOT RT RING FINGER CAUGHT INTO AN ELECTRIC TRIMMING VS GARDEN SHEAR S>>FX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 YOM AMPUTATED TIP OF LEFT PINKY FINGER ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Power saws
FINGER TIP AMPUTATION-FELL BACKWARDS WHILE USING *** ON HILL SIDE-CUT O N SAW BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Knives with replaceable blades
WAS CUTTING STRING FOR HIS *** WITH A ULITITY KNIFE AND CUT HIS LT FING ER. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT FINGER W/***. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.3 CM. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 44 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACC CUT LT INDEX ONTO HEDGE SHEARS WHILE TRIMMING >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUTTING BUSHES WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LA CERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 38 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACC CUT THUMB ONTO AN ELECTRIC HEADGE TRIMMER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A GAS HEDGE TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BEE STING ON THUMB-WHILE ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC GRASS TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC HAND 2ND AND 3RD DIGIT MINOR LACS FROM *** 1 HR AGO. DX. CONT LAC 2ND AND 3RD DIGITS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 34 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
INJURED FINGER ON WEED TRIMMER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
54 YOM LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 57 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACC CUT LT INDEX ON A HEDGE TRIMMER, ?MECH, +BLEEDING CONTROLLED >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 10 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS AT HOME USING A BATTERY-OPERATED GRASS CLIPPERS, LACERATED RT 3RD FINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS CUTTING HEDGES WITH HEDGE CUTTER AND SUSTAINED FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIETN PLAYING WITH ELECTRIC HEDGETRIMMER, ACCIDENTALLY TURNED IT ON;3 RD/4TH FINGER LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FINGER LAC-CUT ON ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 40 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
L 3RD&4TH FING LAC/40YOM AT HOME USING A *** AND CAUGHT FINGER TIPS SUS TAINING LACERATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT ON POWERED EDGER MACHINE FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER ON HER BUSHES AT HOME AND CAUGHT HER FIN GER DISLOCATED KNUCKLE OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
31 YOM CUT INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON ELECTRIC TRIMMER 20 MIN AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
R IND FING PARTIAL AMPUTATION;LAC/56YOF CLIPPED OFF THE END OF HER FING ER USING ELECTRIC GRASS TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** THAT HAD BLADES INSTED OF STRING AND GRASS GOT CAUGHT IN IT TRIED TO REMOVE GRASS WITH BLADE GOING LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LT HAND INJURY: WORKING ON ***, CLUTCH POPPED OPEN, INJURED 5TH DIGIT, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS MESSING WITH AN ELECTRICAL SHRUB TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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