Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,962
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,071	Lower Arm:	158
Upper Leg:	145	Hand:	127
Lower Leg:	92	Eyeball:	92
Knee:	81	Lower Trunk:	76
All Of Body:	70	Head:	16
Wrist:	15	Face:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2010	Age: 19 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
19YOF LAC FINGER ON PRUNER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
19YOM, ACC CUT LT KNEE ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2010	Age: 24 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: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
24YOM TRIMMING A PALM TREE AND GOT A THORN EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER ARM PULLED IT OUT PW ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2010	Age: 23 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
HEDGE CLIPPERS. LACERATION 3RD FINGER, LEFT. 23 YOM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
20YOM TRIMMING TREES WHEN A TREE BRANCH FELL ONTO HAND CRUSH INJURY FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
21 YOM TRIMMING TREE AND BRANCH FELL ON HIM DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
17YOM TRIMMING TREES WITH FATHER IN THE SUN AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
22YOF, ACC CUT LT HAND ON A MECHANICAL PRUNING SHEARS >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
18YOM WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND ACCIDENTLY CUT WRIST LT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
17 Y/O W/M CUT UPPER THIGH ON HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2010	Age: 24 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
24YOM TRIMMING HEDGES AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, USING TRIMMERS, CUT HIS FINGER TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM A WASP. DX. LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
21YOM HIT LEG WITH TREE TRIMMER DX: THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 18 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
18 Y/O/M CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 23 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
23YOM CUT FINGER WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER, DX. FINGER LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX FB EYE: 21YOF C/O MOD L EYE PN W/ FB SENSATION. WAS PRUNING BUSHES & FELT STING' IN L EYE. NOTICED SM' OBJECT ON CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2010	Age: 24 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
24YOM-FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
21 Y/O/M CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX/ LT MIDDLE FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
24YOM LAC HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
19YOM WITH LAC TO HAND FROM HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2010	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
RT 3RD FINGER LAC.20YOM LACERATED FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 23 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
23 YOF ACCID GRABBED HEDGE SHEARS WHILE GARDENING. DX: L 2ND DIGIT LAC 2 CM, L 3RD DIGIT LAC 1.5 CM. L 5TH DIGIT LAC 7MM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
17YOM TRIMMING TREE LIMBS AT HOME WHEN ONE FELL INTO FACE ABRASIONS FA CE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
18YOM LAC LT 4TH DIGIT WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS DX: FINGER LAC , FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2010	Age: 23 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
23 YOM INJURED FINGER CUTTING ON HEDGE TRIMMER. DX-LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION 2.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2010	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
FINGER LAC, 22 YOM CUT FINGER USING HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
24 Y/O FEMALE STATES WAS BENDING OVER CLIPPED GRASS WITH HEDGE TRIMMER & HAD SUDDEN BACK PAIN DX: ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
24YOM,LACERATION TO RIGHT KNEE S/P CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2010	Age: 24 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
24YOM LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB WITH BONY INVOLVEMENT - USING HEDGE TRIMMER AND CUT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/07/2010	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
19YOM, ACC CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER, +BLD CTRL'D >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	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
25YOM LAC LT 1ST FINGER WHILE PRUNNING A BUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
18YO HISP MALE CUT R HAND TRYING TO CATCH A FALLING TRIMMER DX LACERATION FINGER TENDONINJURY FLEXOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
23 Y/O/M CUT HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX/ LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 16 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
16YOM PT USING HEDGE TRIMMERS ON BUSH IN YARD WHEN HE ACCID GOT HIS R H AND CAUGHT IN BLADE. HAS LACS TO R 2ND-4TH FINGERS. DX FINGER LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 16 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
LEFT 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LAC.16YOM WAS USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AND LACERAT ED FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 21 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
21YOF GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE WHILE USING POWER WEED TRIMMER AT HOME FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	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
18YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	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
FINGER LAC-25YOM-WIFE CUT PT W/A HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE PT WAS HOLDING A B USH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2010	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
19 Y/O/M CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX/ LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2010	Age: 23 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: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
23YOF, C/O WORSENING ARM SWELLING/REDNESS AFTER DEV RASH ON ARM WHILE C UTTING HEDGES 3D AGO>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LEG LAC, 18 YOM WAS TRIMMING A TREE AND CUT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2010	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
25 Y/O/M CAUGHT FINGER IN HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX/ RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
23YOM, REPROTEDLY WAS TRIMMING A BUSH&ACC CUT HAND >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
16 YOM L MIDDLE FINGER LAC ON HEDGE TRIMMER DX: OPEN FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2010	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
22 Y/O MALE CUT FINGER WITH HEDGETRIMMER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
20YOM CUT LEFT KNEE WITH HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE DOING YARDWORK AT HOME LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
25 M, PT WAS TRIMMING THORN TREE AT HOME AND GOT THORN EMBEDDED IN FORE ARM. DX. FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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