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Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 437
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Date: 10/19/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT LAC LT PALM WITH PRUNNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
L HAND LAC/64YOM AT HOME CUT L HAND WITH HEDGE SHEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT WAS PRUNING BUSHES AT HOME & ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS LEFT HAND DX - LT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2005Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT HIT LT HAND ON BRANCHES WHILE TRIMMING THEM DX: CONTUSION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION HAND - 56 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT HAND ON A PAIR OF SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT LAC LT HAND WHILE TRIMMING BRANCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREE LIMBS AT HOME WHEN A TREE LIMB FELL ONTO LEFT HAND FRA CTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX LEFT HAND CONTUSION: USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND INJURED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT LACERATED HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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