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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 652
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STRUCK BY TREE LIMB WHILE TRIMMING TREE, SUFFERED CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/18/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS PRUNING TREE LIMBS, LARGE LIMB STRUCK HEAD. DX-CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING TREES, TREE FELL AND HIT HIM IN HEAD, DX; HEAD LAC PT DID NOT STATE WHAT HE WAS CUTTING WITH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Horseback riding |
| PT.INJ.SCALP WHEN RIDING A HORSE IN MTS. & GOT OFF TO MOVE A TREE BRANC H & IT BROKE & HIT PTS. HEAD,NO L.O.C. DX; LAC.SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| ~SCALP CONTUSION: CUTTING TOP OUT OF TREE AT HOME, TOP OF TREE HIT HEAD FEW SECONDS L.O.C., DIZZY, HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT RIDING BIKE AND HIT TOP OF HEAD ON A TREE LIMB SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sports and recreational activity |
| PT WAS PLAYING TUG OF WAR AND SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HER HEAD O N A TREE. DX: MILD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Balloons |
| PT CLIMBING A TREE ABOUT 15 FEET TO GET A BALLOON AND FELL OUT ONTO HEA D CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| SCALP LAC-HIT HEAD ON TREE WHILE MOWING LAWN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 39 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| SCALP LACERATION SUTURED: FATHER CUTTING TREE DOWN, BRANCH LACERATED PATIENT'S SCALP WHEN BRANCH FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Wire |
| FALL 15 FT FROM TREE, WAS HANGING WIRE @ HOUSE DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| MILD CONCUSSION-HIT BY FALLING TREE LIMB WHILE CUTTING DOWN A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tractors |
| PT. WAS CLEARING BRUSH RIDING ON HIS TRACTOR, A LIMB FELL ON HIS HEAD DIAGNOSIS; LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CONCUSSION-NO LOC-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-LIMB HIT HEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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