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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,985
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/13/2005 | 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 |
| PT LACERATED THUMB ON GAS POWERED HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | 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 |
| PT. CUT R. INDEX FINGER W/ ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. R. INDEX FINGER LAC. # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| 27 YOM LACERATED LEFT WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG WITH IT LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2005 | 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 |
| LACERATED FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| C/O PT STATES CUT HAND ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS DX LT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2005 | 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 |
| 3CM FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2005 | Age: 38 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 TRIMMERS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| CUT L FINGER W/ HEDGE ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A GAS POWERED HEDGE TRIMMER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS L T SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 43 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 ELECTRICAL HEADGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| FELL USING GAS MOTORIZED HEDGE TRIMMER AND LACERATED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 36 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 |
| PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LACERATION CAUSED BY HEDGE TRIMMER ON HIS FINGER DX; 1CM LACERATION TO R THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 40 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 |
| 40 YOF LACERATES 2 FINGERS WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 27 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 |
| WAS TRIMMING BUSHES WITH THE HEDGE TRIMMERS AND CUT HIS LT MIDDLE FINGER. LAC TO TIP OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER 0.8CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION TO TOE ON HEDGE CLIPPERS WHILE LEAVING GARAGE CLIPPER WAS NO T MOVING LACERATION TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 45 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 ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| RADIUS HEAD FX-TRIPPED OVER CORD TO POWER TRIMMER-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 46 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 |
| LACERATION FINGER - 46 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 37 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 27 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 |
| LACERATION FINGER - 27 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON HEDGE TR IMMERS (POWER OFF AT TIME) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 50 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATED FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT CUT HAND ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | 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 |
| CUT TO RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME. 2CM LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 45 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 |
| SUPERFICIAL LACERATION R INDEX FINGER: CUTTING HEDGES WITH *** ELECTRI C HEDGE TRIMMER, CUT R INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 34 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION FINGER USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT CUT MULTI FINGERS ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED " LACS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 39 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | Age: 26 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 - 26 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC HEDGETRIMMER .DX. MULTIPLE L HAND LACERATIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT CUT FINGER W/ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: L FOURTH FINGER LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | 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 |
| 42 YOF LACERATES FINGERS ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 28 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 |
| CUT FINGER WITH GAS HEDGE CLIPPERS-HEALING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2005 | 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 |
| 42 YO WM CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LT FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| CUT FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMER DX- 2 CM LACERATION LEFT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2005 | Age: 39 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 POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 50 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 |
| CUT FINGER WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE PRUNING TREE DX: LACERATION T O FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 YOM LACERATED LEFT RING FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | 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 |
| PT GRABBED ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER WITH HAND DX: L 4 FINGERS LACERATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PATIENT CUT LEG WITH HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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