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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 502
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX R FOREARM CONTU W HEMATOMA: TODAY WEEDEAT'G AT HOME, BENT OVER TO PICK-UP MACHINE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN MULTILEVEL TERRACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 49 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 pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT GARDENING AND USING ELECTRIC GARDEN TRIMMER WHEN LACERATED FINGERS. D: LACERATIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER TIP WHILE PRUNING HIS SUNFLOWERS THIS AM AT HOME.PT ALSO REMOVED A SMALL PART OF THE NAIL.DX:AVULSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 29 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 pruning or trimming equipment |
| GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN A TRIMMER. DX. COMPLICATED FINGER LACERATION, SKI N AND FINGERNIAL AVULSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | 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 pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A BATTERY POWERED TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 49 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 pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE GARDENING, LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| 49Y/O,M,INJURED FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER, R 3RD FINGER AVULSION, R 4TH FINGER 1 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| LOW BACK PAIN, WAS TRIMMING BUSH & FELT BACK POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS TRIMMING TREE AND LIMB KICKED BACK AND PT FELL SHOULDER STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT ARM AND SCALP WHILE TRIMMING TREE ., LIMB FELL ON PATIENT LACERA TION FOREAM AND SCALP # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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