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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,874
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHITH A HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE PLAYING WITH A MALE COMPANION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPER LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.STATES WHILE USING A *** AT HOME NOTED F.B. IN L.EYE. DX; F.B. L.EYE . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER A T HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUST. LAC. TO FOREARM ON HEDGE TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS OUTSIDE DOING YARD WORK BAREFOOT & DROPPED PRUNING SHEARS ON TOP OF HER FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC LEFT 3RD FINGER - CUT WITH A HEDGE CLIPPER @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 23 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: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC L MIDDLE FINGER - SLIPPED WHEN USING BUSH TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS.PT WAS WEED WACKING AND NOW HAS A RED ITCHY RASH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SUSTAINED INJURY TO R INDEX FINGER WHILE CUTTING BUSHES IN YARD. ^ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS *** AND SOMETHING WAS THROWN FROM *** AND HIT PT. IN EYE PT. IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN CHEST, DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST WHILE CUTTING HEDGES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT THUMB W/ HEDGE TRIMMERDX: LACERATION LT. THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES WAS PUTTING SHEATH ON A PAIR OF HEDGE TRIMMERS & CUT HIS FINGER ON BLADE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HIS LEFT THIRD FINGER ON HEDGETRIMMERS AT HIS GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. DX LACERATION LEFT THIRD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT CLIPPING PRICKLEY PEAR CACTUS AND FELT SOMETHING ENTER EYE.D; C ORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER - CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| IRRITATION R EYE - POKED STICK IN EYE WHEN USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER FROM HEDGECUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION L MIDDLE FINGER, TRIMMING HEDGES.! |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HIT FINGERS WITH TRIMMER TRIMMING HEDGES DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER W/HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. 2 CM R MIDDLE FINGER TIP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| STUCK SELF WITH PRUNING SHEARS DX.PW CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT KNEE ON A HEDGE TRIMMER DX: RT KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| PT WAS PRUNING SOME BUSHES ON A LADDER, WHEN HE FELL OFF LANDING ONA ST ICK WHICH CAUSED THE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 25 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| *24YOF CUT L INDEX FINGER W/PRUNING SHEARS DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 17 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| USING HEDGE CCLIPPERS AND LACERATED R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 25 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: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION FINGER - VICTIM GOT HER FINGER CAUGHT IN A HEDGE CLIPPER - H AS TINY LACERATION AND PAIN IN LEFT FIFTH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 16 Y/O M INJURED R 4TH FINGER WHEN FELL WHILE *** AT HOME. DX; CONTUSION R 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC LT FING FINGER FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE, GOT WOOD CHIP IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING TREES AT HOME, NOT STATED WHAT WAS USED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 24 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION: STRUCK BY *** STRING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 24 Y.O. W FEMALE W/LAC TO FOREARM. PT CUT SELF W/PRUNING SHEARS ACCIDEN TLY @ HOME. E9204 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT FELL ONTO PRUNING SHEARS. DX: L BUTTOCK CONT/LAC 11 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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