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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 701
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 32 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 |
| WAS CUTTING TREE BRANCHES BACK WHEN ONE CAME BACK, HITTING (L) SIDE OF FACE---ACUTE FACIAL / HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| 49 Y/O CUTTING LARGE TREE WITH CHAINSAW TREE LIMBS FELL AND STRUCK PATIENT KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND DX-FX SKULL FX RADIUS/ULNA LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | 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, Clothing accessories |
| WALKING IN WOODS, LARG TREE TOP FELL AND STRUCK HARD HAT/CONC W/O LOC CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 36 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 36YOM WHITE TRIMMING BRANCHES ON TREE-STANDING ON BRICK WALL-BRANCH CAME BACK HIT BACK HEAD-FELL ON CHEST,+LOC,DX CLOSED HEAD INJ-MINOR, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 38 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 |
| STRUCK IN HEAD BY TREE BRANCH WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX HEAD LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 26 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 26 YOM WAS CUTTING DOWN TREE AND BRANCH FELL AND HIT HEADCLOSED HEAD IN JURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 50 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS WHILE CUTTING DOWN A BRANCH FROM MANGO TREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | 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, Lawn mowers |
| PT MOWING THE LAWN, HAD A BRANCH CATCH HIS HEAD DX; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 38 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baseball |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WAS RUNNING TO CATCH A BALL AND HIT HEAD ON A TRE E/ DX CHI LAC L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DOWN TREE, HIT INHEAD BY LARGE BRANCH/ 18CM SCALP LAC, BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 26 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, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREES, LIMB FELL ON HEAD & PT SUFFERED LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING DOWN TREE HAD BRANCH STRIKE PT ON HEAD CAUSING LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 49 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tractors |
| PATIENT WAS ON A TRACTOR, TREE LIMBE FELL ON HIM. DX-SUBARCHNOID HEMMOR HEMORRHAGE, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, HEMATOMA EPIDURAL, TRAUMATIC, COMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 40 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND WHILE LOOKING DOWN RAN INTO A TREE BRANCH STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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