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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 7,205
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 77 YO M USING HEDGE TRIMMER DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FELL 10 FEET FROM TREE WHILE LIMBING IT/ FX RT DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT 3RD FINGER LAC-CUT FINGER ON HEDGE SHEARS-PT WAS HOLDING FLOWERS WHILE WIFE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARS-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING ROSES, LOST HER BALANCE & FELL FORWARD. 6CM LAC RT FOREHEAD & CT LT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT KNEE WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS DX. KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| HEDGE CLIPPERS FELL OFF LADDER AND HIT HEAD - HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE LT EYE WHILE TRIMMING THE BUSHES DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 57 YOWM LACERATED FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT 5TH FINGER LAC-CUTTING BUSHES-CUT ON CLIPPERS-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT 3 FINGERS ON HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME. DX. LAC R INDEX MIDDLE, RING FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 61 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION 1.5 CM: CUT HAND WITH CLIPPER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CORN ABR RIGHT EYE. PT WAS USING A TRIMMER ON BUSHES AND SAP FLEW INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 82 YO BM - TENDONITIS L WRIST - PAIN IN WRIST - PAIN IN WRIST AFTER WOR KING IN YARD HOLDING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. DX. LAC L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS - FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HIT IN FOREHEAD BY A METAL LEAF TRIMMER LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FACIAL AB-POKED IN THE FACE WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBBERY-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER BY HEDGE CLIPPERS; PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 71 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 78 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: Pruning or trimming equipment, Fences or fence posts |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: TRIMMING TREE, STANDING ON FENCE, FELL, INJURED HAND ON TREE BRANCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HIT FINGER WHILE TRIMMING BUSH DX: LACERATION TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| POSSIBLE DUST GOT INTO LT EYE TODAY AFTER TRIMMING TREES. ACUTE SUBCONJ UNCTIVAL HEMATOMA LT EYE CORNEAL AB@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS - FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES HE WAS USING A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT UPPER ARM BEE STING-WHILE TRIMMING HIS BUSHES-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| OPEN FX RT 3RD FINGER - FX FINGER WITH A HEDGETRIMMER @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH PRUNING SHEARS - LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HAND FROM GARDEN SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 74 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS, DEVELOPED RASH TO BOTH ARMS AFTER TRIMMING WEEDS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION FINGER - 55 YOM LACERATED RIGHT RING FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER S, TIP OF FINGER THROUGH TO NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PAIN TO WRIST AFTER TRIMMING ROSES DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LACERATION - 55 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMME RS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH SHEARS, FRONTAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SUPERFICIAL LT FACE LAC WITH REPAIR, PT WAS TRIMMING A TREE, ONG STICKF LEW BACK AND STRUCK PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HIT IN OS WHILE WATCHING SOMEONE W/***. DX. FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LUMBAR AND RIB STRAIN.PT WAS USING HEAVY HEDGE CLIPPERS AND BACK AND CH EST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 52 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 52 YO F CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER LAC FINGER,COMPLICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/PRUNERS. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUTTING HEDGES AT HOME, GOT HER LEFT 2ND FINGER CAUGHT IN HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING A TREE 1/2 HOUR AGO WHEN SOMETHING HIT HIS R EYE. R EYE F.B. $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| R HIP FX - FOOT SLIPPED WHEN USING SHEARS TO CUT TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 84 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| L INDEX FINGER WOUND - CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 61 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 61-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER FROM A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOM E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 5TH DIGIT TUFT FX. PT INJURED FINGER WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT 5TH FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION,LEFT RING FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS U SING HEDGE TRIMMERS ON BUSHES AND INJURED FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS TRIMMING HEDGES, LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX: LACERATION, RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS AND ACCIDENTALLY LACERATED THE LEFT 5TH FINGER AT THE TIP WITH THE SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF W/GARDEN CLIPPERS. DX: L LONG FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HURT FINGER WHILE USING PRUNING SHEARS DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS DOING SOME YARD WORK AND SHE CLIPPED THE TIP OF HER MIDDLE FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT SELF WITH YARD TRIMMERS DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WITH SWOLLEN HANDS SINCE TRIMMING FOLLIAGE AT HOME. ALSO POSSIB LE INSECT BITE TOO. D: CONTACT DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: 1 CM L SMALL FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES HE WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS TO CUT THE BRANCHES OF A WEEPING WILLOW TREE AND CUT TIP OF HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING LIMBS 2 DAYS AGO. D: CORNEA L ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT THUMB ON PRUNING SHEARS LAC THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMERS-LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT HAND 3RD DIGIT AVULSION-CUT SELF ON GARDEN SHEARS SUSTAINING AVULSIO N WOUND TO RT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 81 YOM CUT L MIDDLE FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS DX;L MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 60 YOM CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME CAUSING LACERTION TO LT. MI DDLE FINGER.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 68 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| L 4TH FING LAC/68YOM CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS 1/2 HR AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FX 5TH RIB/SYNCOPE, WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME AND SLIPPED ON THE CUTT INGS AND FELL ON THE GROUND |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC RT INDEX FINGER - CUT ON A HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC L INDEX FINGER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES W HEDGE TRIMMERS DX LAC L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| PT WAS PRUNNING BUSHES AND FELL FROM LADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER - CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.C/O PAIN TO LT.EYE SUSTAIN WHEN ROCK HIT FACE WHILE CUTTING GRASS DX-SCTERAL ABRASION LT.EYE,CONJUNCTITIS LT. EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT FOREARM LAC-AT HOME-CUT ON WEED TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME ***, PUT THE SAW BLADE ON ***, ITCAME OFF. D X-4.5CM LACERATION RT. LOWER LEG, & 1.5CM LAC. RT. LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH HEDGECUTTER AT HOME 7HRS PTA-DX-ACUTE 2 CM STELLATE LAC ERATION L INDEX FINGER REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES WITH A SAW LIKE HEDGE TR IMMER AND DROPPED IT AND HANDLE STRUCK SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS TRIMMING THE HEDGE WHEN A SNAKE BIT HER HAND. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE USING WEED TRIMMER GOT POISON IVY ON FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT FINGER LAC - CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: 2 CM FINGER LAC, EXTENSOR TENDON LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 54 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 54-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER FROM A HEDGE CLIPPER AT HOM E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS-FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 54 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 54 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE LACERATED HER LT 5TH FINGER WITH AHE DGE TIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| *** AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, HAS ITCHY RASH ON BOTH PALMS. DX ATOPIC DERMATITIS BOTH HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/PRUNING SHEARS.DX: L SMALL FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING TREES AND FELL 5FT. DX CERVICAL AND THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT BICEP STRAIN.PT WAS CLIPPING TREES AND INJURED BICEP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT FOREARM PAIN-C/O PAIN TO RT FOREARM, WRIST AND HAND AFTER USING GARD EN SHEARS. FEELS PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS TO RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| AVUL INJ L DISTAL 4TH FING/77YOWM CUT L 4TH FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPER A T HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT JAW PUNCTURE WOUND-AT HOME-FELL WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-LANDED ON ABUS H |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX LOWER BACK CONTUSION: FELL WHILE CUTTING SHRUBS AT HOME, INJUREDBAC K. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT HAND HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX;LAC TO INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - WAS PRUNING A TREE AND SOMETHING GOT INTO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT ARM WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER DX: FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT THUMB ON YARD CLIPPERSLAC THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERSLACERATION LEFT 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC RT MIDDLE FINGER - CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER. LACERATION TO TIP OF LEFT 3RD FINGER.DO NO T CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HIS LT THIGH ON A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. 2CM LACERATION LT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME, LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND LACERATION - WORKING IN THE GARDEN PRUNING AND WAS HOLDING SECOND SET OF SHEARS, BRANCH BROKE OFF TREE CAUSING SHEARS TO LACERATE R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS *** AND STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN. DIAG WAS ACUTE ANGINA.DO NOT CONTACT PT. PT WAS ADMITTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT INJURED FINGRE ON HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 56 YOM CUT BY A TRIMMER AT HOME.DX: 1 1/2 CM LACERATION TO LT INDEX FIN GER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT 4TH FINGER LAC-CUT FINGER ON A TREE TRIMMER BLADE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI- BRIEF LOC-TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME-FELL-HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WORKING IN YARD USING PRUNING SHEERS & FELL. HAD FALLEN 1 WK.AGONOT SEEN IN ER FOR PREV. FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 67YOM-AVULSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP-CUT ON NEW PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DERMATITIS.PT WAS USING CLIPPERS TO TRIM BUSHES AND THEN DEVELOPED A RA SH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS *** AND A STICK HIT EYE. PT PULLED STICK OUT HIMSELF.PUNCTUR E WOUND TO RIGHT EYE. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 63 YOF HURT BY *** AT HOME.DX: LOWER LEG ABRASIONS & CONTUSIONS. INFECT ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING SOME ROSE BUSHES AND CUT HER PALM. DX LEFT HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| /60YOM AT HOME USING GRASSTRIMMER FB L EYEDX/L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC TO L MIDDLE FINGER ON TREE TRIMMER, LAC TO FINGERTIP. DX. 1 CM LAC TO TIP OF L 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING BRUSH WITH HEDGE CUTTERS TWIGS HIT EYE, CORNEAL CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT GOT SPLINTER IN HAND WHEN WORKING IN YARD AND HIT HAND AGAINSTMOTHER 'S LANDSCAPING TRIMMERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LACERATION - CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TREE PRUNING EXTENSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| @ 80YOF FELL ON SIDEWALK HITTING FACE ON CLIPPERS WHILE TRIMMING TREESD X-LAC/CONTUSION TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGERS ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS, MINOR FLAP LACERATION R 2NDA ND 3RD FINGERTIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LAC LEFT 2ND DIGIT. PT CUT FINGER WHEN TRIMMING HEDGES WITH HEDGE CLIPP ERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.C/O INJURY TO 2RD FINGER LT.HAND WITH BLEEDING SUSTAIN WHILE WORKING IN YARD WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX-FRACTURE LT.2RD FINGER/LACERATION 2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A WASP ALLERGIC RE ACTION TO BEE STING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON SOME HEDGE TRIMMERS . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| STRAIN LT SHOULDER-PAIN WHILE HE WAS TRIMMING HEDGE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING SOME PRUNING SHEARS AND LACERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGE W/ HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING BUSHES FOR MOTHER WITH PRUNING SHEARS AND CUT TIP OF L 3RD FING ER. DX. LAC L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC L PALM W PRUNING SHEARS DX 1.5 CM L PALM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING A TREE YESTERDAY WHEN HE FELL AND INJURED HIS L ELBOW.L ELBOW C ONTUSION $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PAIN R WRIST, INJURED USING HEDGE CLIPPERS TODAY WHILE CUTTING SHRUBBER Y. DX. TENOSYNOVITIS RADIUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT HER FINGER WITH HER HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 58 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT. HAD BEEN CLIPPING SHRUBS AND HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT FACIAL CT-AT HOME IN HER YARD-UTILITY COMPANY WAS TRIMMING LIMBS- A LIMB FELL AND HIT PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RIGHT CORN ABR. PT WAS PRUNING A PINE TREE WITH CLIPPERS AND WAS POKED IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HEAD INJURY - WAS OUT PRUNING BUSH AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING HE AD, LIVES AT RETIREMENT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS - BRANCH FELL AND STRUCK SHOULDER WHEN TRIMMING TRE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT HIT WRIST WITH WEED TRIMMER DX:; FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING TREES AT HOME, PRUNERS DROPPED DOWN ON HIS FACE. DX LACERATION OF FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT FELL 4 DAYS AGO ONTO A LAWN TRIMMER. DX: RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT ON GARDEN SHEARS. DX: LAC R THUMB 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 58 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: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHEST PAIN - CHEST PAIN STARTED WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMER TO CLEAN UP TH E YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT SELF WITH PRUNING SHEARS DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 54 Y.O. W MALE W/EYEBALL LAC. PT STS HE WAS PRUNING SOME TREES IN HIS Y ARD & WAS INJ. E9208 E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 76 Y.O. W MALE W/AVULSION TO THUMB. PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES & INJ SELF @ HOME. E9204 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT TIP OF FINGER WITH GRASS SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION SINCE USING *** AT HOME. HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CHEST CONTUSION: USING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME, FELL INTO THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/PRUNING SHEARS. DX: 2 CM L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 75 YOM TRIPPED OVER HEDGE TRIMMER FELL CONTUSION ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE USING WOOD CLIPPER, GOT LIP CUT DX: LACERATION RT. UPPER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| WHILE PRUNING TREE, FELL OFF LADDER DX: RT. RADIAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT DROPPED A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT AT HOME SU STAINED A LACERATION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT IND EX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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