Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,789
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,233	Hand:	196
Upper Leg:	84	Lower Arm:	75
Ankle:	75	Wrist:	62
Head:	62

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
34YO HISP MALE AT HOME CUTTING TREES WITH HEDGER CUT L MIDDLE FINGER DX CLOSED FRACTURE OF HAND, PARTIAL AMPUTATION L MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGERTIPS ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMER FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 32 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
32YOM USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 39 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
39 YOF LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	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
CUT FINGER WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. FINGER LACERATION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 49 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
DX LAC L DIGIT 2: GRAB'D HEDGE TRIMMER W IT W RUN'G, V-SHAPED IRREG BOARDER LAC TO PAD OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 27 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
CAUGHT FINGER IN ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME. DX-LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
L THIGH LAC/47YOM STS DROPPED GAS POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS AND THEY HIT L EG ON WAY DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 49 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 RIGHT 3RD FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME. DX-LAC FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT A ROCK FLEW UP FROM HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD DX// HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 34 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 POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 33 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
LAC TO FINGER, PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE WOKRING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 43 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
INJURED FINGER USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	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 FINGERS WITH ELECTRIC HEDGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
50 YO F LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 32 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
PT CUTTING HEDGES AT HOME WITH A PAIR OF POWER HEDGE CLIPPERS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT LEFT PINKY FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 29 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
LAC TO TIP OF RING FINGER W/HEDGE CLIPPERS THIS AM. DX: 1/2 SUPERFICIA L LAC LT RING FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 39 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
INJURED FINGER ON ELECTRIHEDGE TRIMMERCLAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	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: Power hedge trimmers
ACC CUT RT INDEX FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER, BLEEDING CONTROLL ED>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT LEFT LEG WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS LACERATION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 37 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 WAS CUT W/ELECTRIC BUSH SHEARS. DX: L 4/5 DIGIT LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	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
LAC TO HAND WHEN USING POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 48 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 WAS CUT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power hedge trimmers
FINGER INJURY FROM ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. DX-OPEN FRACTURE, LEFT INDEX FINGER MULTIPLE LACERATION, PARTIAL AMPUTATION LEFT 2ND DIGI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 49 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
49YOM, CUT LEFT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS, LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 39 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
PT TRIMMING HEDGES W/ TRIMMER, CAUGHT (L) PINKY, CUTTING IT DX;; FX (L) 5TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	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
LACERATED R FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES DX R FINGER LACERATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
49Y/O,M,USING HEDGE TRIMMER ON BANK, SLIPPED, INJURED ANKLES, SPRAIN L ANKLE, LAC. R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	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 TIP OF FINGER WITH POWERED HEDGE TRIMMER, RECEIVED LACERATION TO FINGERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 27 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 FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMES AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	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 ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX// RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 36 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
LACERATION FINGERS - 36 YO FEMALE PRESENTS AFTER CUTTING 3 FINGERS ON H ER LEFT HAND WITH NEW HEDGETRIMMER - BLEEDING CONTROLLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 49 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 POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS ON BUSHES AND CUT FINGER LACERATION FINGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
USED POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS LACERATION RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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