Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,229
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	928	Lower Arm:	145
Lower Leg:	69	Lower Trunk:	68
Hand:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT SECOND AND FOURTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER-LAID TRIMMER ON GROUND & IT CUT LT LOWER LEG; 3CM LACERATION LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATI ON TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT SUSTAINED FLAP LACERATION AND LACERATION WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS LEFT IN DEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUTTING HEDGE W/ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AND HIT FINGERS. DX. LAC L INDE X AND MIDDLE FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT.C/O CUT TO LT.HAND 5TH FINGER SUSTAIN FROM ELECTRICAL HEDGE CHIPPERS DX-LACERATION LT.LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LE FT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
80 YOM CUT FOREARM ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
73 YOWF LACERATED HER FINGER WHILE PICKING UP POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS THAT WERE TURNED OFF. DX.LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
61 YO FEMALE GOT LT INDEX FINGER IN HEGDE TRIMMER,FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT WITH ELECTIC HEDGE CLIPPERS DX: LT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 55 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 hedge trimmers
DX LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER: CUT FINGER ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CAUGHT FINGER IN ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS - INFECTED WOUND 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 53 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 hedge trimmers
53 YOM CUT ON ELECTRIP HEDGE CLIPPERS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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 hedge trimmers
58 YOF CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERSLACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
58 YEAR OLD FEMALE LACERATED THUMB WITH ELECTRICAL HEDGE TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 80 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 hedge trimmers
LT 5TH FINGER LAC-@ HOME-ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
55 YOM WAS CUT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LT 3RD FINGER LAC-USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
65 YOF CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS LACERATION R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LEANING OVER WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER TRIMMING THE HEDGES AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME CUTTING PALM FRONS SUSTAINED A L ACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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