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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 440
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN A LEAF MULCHER AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 57 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
PT STANDING ON THE SIDE OF A WOOD SHREDDER AND A PIECE THE SIZE OF A BA SEBALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
YESTERDAY WAS RAKING LEAVES, TODAY AWOKE WITH SHARP LEFT SIDED CHEST WA LL PAIN >>MUSCLE STRAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Beds or bedframes |
PT WAS OUTSIDE YEST GRINDING IN HIS YARD, LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO BE D HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND FELT PARTICLE FALL IN EYE. DX. FB EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 52 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING A CHIPPER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
62 YO MALE FELL AGAINST WOOD CHIPPER FRACTURE RIB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/01/2008 | 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
PT CUT FINGER ON A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME DX// LAC RIGHT 3RD FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
HAND LAC, PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME WHEN WORKING IN YARD |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/19/2008 | 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
PT WAS USING LEAF SHREDDER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT AT HOME DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
LAC TO L INDEX FINGER W/WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME DX; FINGER LAC |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
51 YOM WAS USING A WOOD CHIPPER AND SUSTAINED AMPUTATION OF FINGERS RIG HT THUMB AND INDEX |
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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