Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,731
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,601	Lower Arm:	71
Hand:	58

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 57 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT I NDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 67 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
CUT HAND ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 56 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: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
FX 6TH DIFIT, 1.2 CM LAC 3RD DIGIT, ACUTE MULTIPLE NAILBED LACERATIONS, TRIMMING HEDGES WITH ELECTRIC SHEARS, CUT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 59 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
LACERATION FINGER - 59 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 51 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
SUST LAC TO 3RD 4TH 5TH FNGRS WHILE USING POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME A ND GOT FNGRS IN TRIMMER AT IT WAS RUNNING DX L 4TH & 5TH FNGR LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 62 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 HEDGE TRIMMER TO CUT BUSHES AND SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT INDEX FIN GER LEFT INDEX FINGER FLAP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
OPEN FX LT INDEX FINGER, CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 53 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
STATES SHE CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC AND FX LT RING FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
OPEN FRACTURE FINGER - 52 YOM SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT MI DDLE FINGER ON POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power hedge trimmers
BURNED ARM ON HEDGE TRIMMER 2 WKS PRIOR SECOND DEGREE BURN WITH INFECTION - FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 67 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
2 CM LACERATION DISTAL PHALANX 3RD DIGIT, CUT WHEN USING HEDGE CLIPPERS (ELECTRIC) AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2004	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
LAC L 3RD FING/53YOM CUT L 2ND, 3RD & 4THFING ON GAS POWERED HEDGE TRIM MERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
RT FOREFINGER LACERATION-CUT FINGER WHILE USING AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMM R. SUS A 2.5CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC LT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 55 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
THUMB LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 55 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 WAS CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: L INDEX LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	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
LACERATION FINGER - 52 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER O N ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LAC LT 5TH FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 56 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 hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT LACERATED FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 55 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
55 YOF CUT FINGER WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	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
CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	Age: 55 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
55YOBM-LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-CUT WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER TOD AY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 58 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 hedge trimmers
LACERATION LT 3RD FINGER, CUT SELF WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE CUTTING A PINE TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	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
64 YO FEMALE CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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