Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - 50+ years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 738
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	460	Hand:	76
Upper Trunk:	68	Shoulder:	66
Wrist:	66

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT DOING YARD WORK, USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS, LAC LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 52 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: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE CLIPPER. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
C/O PT , CUT FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMERS DX RT FINGER LACCEATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
HAS BEEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS, C/O L SIDE CHEST PAIN, DX; CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 59 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: Manual hedge trimmers
L 5TH FING LAC/59YOM WHILE PRUNING BUSH, CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS . HAPPENED AT HOME 1 HOUR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 51 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: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT FINGER ON A GARDEN SHEAR SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT LEFT FIFTH FINGER WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME L ACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 52 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: Manual hedge trimmers
PT ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER WHILE TRIMMING THE HEDGES SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME, PAIN RT WRIST, RT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
72 Y/O M INJURED L THUMB WHEN FELL WHILE CARRYING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOM E. DX; LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT SECOND THROUGH FOURTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL CLIPPERS TRIMMING ALOT OF HEDGES AT HOME STRA INED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
51 YOF CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING HEADGES WITH A SHARP MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEFT SECOND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT LEFT THUMB ON A PAIR OF GARDEN SHEARS AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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