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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 412
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| 35 YOM WAS USING A TREE TRIMMER TO TRIM TREES - CUT HAND. LACERATION, L EFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO L HAND BY A PAIR O PRUNNERS WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES @ HOME DX LAC L HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2009 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT USING A PAIR OF POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS CUTTING THE HEDGES AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO LEFT FIFTH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2009 | Age: 31 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 |
| 31YOM USING ELECTRIC TREE TRIMMER DROPPED IT WENT TO GRAB IT WITH LT HAND INJURED LT RING FINGER;FINGER LACERATION,2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| ACUTE NASAL FX: PRUNING TREES WITH HIS DAD YESTERDAY, BRANCH CAME BACK & HIT HIM, NOSE STARTED BLEEDING, DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS AT HOME PRUNINH TREE WHEN HE FELL FROM TREE C/O BEING STABBED WI TH THE PRUNING SHEARS TO THE CHEST,+LOC. DX: LEFT HEMOTHORAX,CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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