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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,705
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING LARGE TREE LIMB AT HOME. LIMB HIT PATIENT AND KNOCKED HIM TO TH E GROUND. CHI. 43 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI. 33 YOM WAS TRIMMING TREES WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 33 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 |
| SIMPLE SCALP LAC: 33YOM TRIMMING A TREE & A LIMB HIT HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING LAC TO SCALP, 2.6 CM LAC, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI: SCALP WOUND; 41YOM TRIMMING A BRANCH, BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF HEAD, THORN STUCK IN IT, C/O BAD HEADACHE, DIFFICULTY FOCUSING, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI. PT WAS TRIMMING TREES AND WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRANCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI. PT WAS TRIMMING HIS TREE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING BRANCH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 39YO HISP MALE STS AT HOME CUTTING A TREE WITH CUTTING INSTRUMENT BOUNCED BACK-CUT SCALP,NLOC, DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | Age: 37 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SCALP LAC, PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WHEN A PAIR OF SHEARS FELL OFF A SHELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE AND THE TREE BRANCH FELL ONTOP OF HEAD SUSTAINED A S CALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| HEAD LACERATION: TRIMMING BRUSH, LIMB OF TREE HIT HIM IN HEAD, KNOCKED HIM TO GROUNND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| CONCUSSION-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-HIT W/A TREE LIMB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 41 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 |
| CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMER. DXP=PARIETAL SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJUR Y JG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS TRIMMING A TREE AND BRANCH FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD HAS LAC TO TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| C/O PT STATES WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD DX SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | Age: 41 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 |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE AND A BRANCH FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING TREES AND BRANCH FELL AND LACERATED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| C.H.I.; FX RT LEG: R/O LUNG, CHEST, ABD TRAUMA: FELL 40 FT OUT OF TREE WHILE TRIMMING LIMBS ON TREES AROUND HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING PALM LIMBS AT HOME AND ONE FELL ONTO HER HEAD SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| MULTIPLE BEE STINGS WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES & HIT A BEES NEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 49YOM-LACERATION SCALP=HIT WITH LIMB CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO SCALP FROM TREE BRANCH WHILE TRIMMING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| USING TREE TRIMMER AND TRIMMER HIT PATIENT ON HEAD AT HOME HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION HEAD - 50 YOF WAS TRIMMING LIMBS OFF A TREE AND WAS STRUCK O N HER HEAD BY FALLING LIMBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/13/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HEDGE TRIMMER FEEL ON HEAD SM PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE WHEN THE BRANCE FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SCALP ;LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2004 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH FELL ON HIS HEAD LACERATION SC ALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT AT A LOCAL CHURCH TRIMMING TREES FELL OUT OF THE TREE ONTO HEAD SUST AINED AN OPEN SKULL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 40 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 |
| PT TRIMMING TREES AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNING A TREE YESTERDAY WHEN TREE BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SCALP LAC - STRUCK WITH LIMB WHEN TRIMMING BUSHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2001 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2000 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/1999 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/1998 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/1998 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/1997 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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