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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 242
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PT USING A WOODCHIPPER AND AMPUTATED SEVERAL FINGERS TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| 4TH DIG LAC PT CUT FINGER ON A WOOD CHOPPER. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/22/2005 | Age: 46 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PT USING A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD WENT INTO LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PT WAS AT HOME TRYING TO TAKE SOME LEAVES OUT OF A SHREDDER WHEN HE AMP UTATED HIS RT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| CONTUSION TESTICLES - PATIENT WAS TRUCK IN THE GROIN BY 5" DIAMETER TRE E THAT WAS BEING THROWN INTO CHIPPER - BILATERAL TESTCLE PAIN - TRANSFE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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