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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,688
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual scissors |
| CUTTING LIVE GREEN PLANT WITH SCISSORS AND CUT FINGER ...LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| PT CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW AND SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FB R IND FING/82YOM AT HOME WAS OUT TRIMMING TREE AND THORN GOT STUCK I N FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws |
| AT HOME IN YARD,SAWING A CACUTS - ONE OF THE ARMS FELL AND HIT PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND R INDEX FINGER R/O FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| SPRAIN RT.HAND.1ST.THUMB.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH PLANTS IN PATIO A T HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING PALM TREES AT HOME AND GOT A PALM FRON EMBEDDED IN FINGER F B FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING HIS HEDGES AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws |
| 66 YOM LACERATED LEFT THUMB WHILE SAWING TREE LIMBS WITH A MANUAL SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2007 | 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: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A BUSH AT HOME AND GOT A THORN IN FINGER THREE WEEKS AGO IT GOT INFECTED TREATED FOR CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT RECEIVED LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT CUT HIS FINGER YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS TRIMMING SOME BUSHES WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER. DX-LACERATION/ABRASION OF LT 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 74 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUTTING BUSHES WITH SHEARS, CUT FINGER, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WHEN CUTTING A BUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| LAC R 4TH & 5TH FINGERS; @ HOME CUTTING TREE BRANCHES & CUT FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 57 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING BUSHES ,GOT L RING FINGER IN CUTTERS DX PARTIAL AVULSION,AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC 2ND FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSH WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER, CUT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 71 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pins and needles |
| FELL ONTO A TREE ROOT GETTING A SPLINTER INTO FINGER, TRIED TO GET IT O UT C A NEEDLE COULDN'T' '' FINGER PW/FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 85 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE CUTTING DOWN TREE. CUT ON FRESHLY CUT LEMON T REE BRANCH. D:INDEX FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HIS PLANTS WND SUSTAINED A PW TO LFT INDEX FINGR WHICH OT INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string |
| HANGING A GRAPEVINE & CUTTING TWINE, CUT FINGER DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING A TREE DOWN AND THE TREE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO LEFT FIFTH FI NGER DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 73 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON A SHRUB PRUNERS " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2006 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Clothing accessories |
| PT DOING YARD WORK, CACTUS NEEDLE STUCK THROUGH LEATHER GLOVE DX: FB R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME WITH A TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT TO FINGER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2006 | Age: 82 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FLAP LAC L 4TH FING/82YOF CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNNING HER ROSES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT WITH SHEARS WHILE PRUNING BUSHES, LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| FINGER AB-HIT A TREE LIMB WHILE MOWING YARD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| CUT FINGER BETWEEN TREE BRANCH & FENCE POST @ HOME DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND LAWNMOWER, DX; FINGER CONTUSIONS;/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW SLIPPED / CUT FINGERS DX: L 2ND & 3RD DIGIT PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws |
| LAC L INDEX FINGER; PT TRIMMING TREES @ HOME ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON TREE SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM A TREE, TRIMMER GOT STUCK, PT CUT 3RD/4T H DIGITS GETTING TRIMMER UNSTUCK DX: OPEN FX LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/13/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| FINGER CT-INJURED ON ROSE BUSH & FENCE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING TREES CAUGHT FINGER IN HEDGE CLIPPER DX: R 5TH FINGER FX. / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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