Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - 26-50 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,968
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,804	Hand:	77
Upper Trunk:	69	Lower Arm:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION FINGER - 44 YOM LACERATED HIS HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON ELEC TRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS ABOUT 1 HR AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
DEEP LAC L HAND, CUT W/ELECTRIC HEDGER CLIPPER DX: FINGER LAC L HAND 3 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX: L 2ND FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS ABOVE HIS HEAD DEV ELOPED CHEST PAIN- ADMITTED FOR RULE OUT MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
HIT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LACERATED FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CUTTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH A POWERED HEDGE TRIMMER DX: R THUM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT CUT WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX: L 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 32 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: Power hedge trimmers
32 YO M USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER INJUREDFINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 28 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: Power hedge trimmers
PT TRIMMING BUSHES WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER WHEN LACERATED FINGER. D: 2CM FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
37 YEAR OLD FEMALE LACERATION TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 50 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 hedge trimmers
LAC FOREARM ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE GARDENING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS CAUGHT THE END OF LEFT INDEX FI NGER FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 43 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: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH AFTER CUTTING LEFT INDEX FING ER WITH A PRUNING SAW AT HOME - PRUNING SAW JUMPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT RT. INDEX FINGER W/ ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
RT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING HEADGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power hedge trimmers
44 YOF CUT THUMB WITH ELECTRIC CLIPPERS L THUMB AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
TOOK COVER OFF LAWN HEDGER AND TOUCHED POWER BUTTON AND CUT FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS DX LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
FINGER LACS-TRIMMING BUSHES W/ ELECTRIC TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 33 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: Power hedge trimmers
LT THUMB LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON ELECTRIC TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT SEEN FOR LAC TO THE RT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE CUT BY AN ELECTR IC HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGERS WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
40YOM LACERATED R INDEX FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPER. DX: LACERAT ION, R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 31 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: Power hedge trimmers
31 YOF USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPER-DX-1.5 CM L INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME WHEN LAC PAD OF R LITTLE FINGER ON TRIMMER DX 1.5 CM LAC R 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGECLIPPER DX: L RING FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
32 YOM WAS USING A POWR HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM BUSHES; LOST CONTROL OF T RIMMER; INJ. FINGER. COMPOUND FRACTURE, LT. MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LT THUMB LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 49 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: Power hedge trimmers
49 YOF CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION TO L INDEX FINGER FROM ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT T HIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGERS ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPER DX: L 3RD & 4TH FINGER LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
45 YOWF ACCIDETNALLY CUT HER FINGER W/ A *** ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX . LACERATION R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT F OURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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