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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 635
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HER MESQUITE TREE W/ A TRIMMER & STEPPED BACK TO LOOK A T HER TREE & HAS AN ONSET OF MID BACK PAIN.DX:THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| WAS CUTTING A TREE DOWN WITH SON AND WAS HIT IN CHEST AS TREE FELL DX- RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONTUSION/ABRASION L CHEST; WAS HIT BY A TREE BRANCH WHILE PRUNNING UP ON A LADDER, C/O L SIDE CHEST PAIN/RIB PAIN. * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH, FELL & STRUCK IN CHEST DX; NONE STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 76 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CUTTING DOWN TREES CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING A TREE, FELL 15FEET OFF, HITTING CHEST ON A TREE BRANCH ON WAY DOWN >> PNEUMOTHORX/RIB FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES WHEN ONE STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/28/2007 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT STS CRUSHING CHEST PAIN WHILE CUTTING BUSHES DX CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 57 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| CONTUSION CHEST(RIB),PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT PALM PLANT,ACCIDETALLY HITTING FENCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| HIT BY TREE HE WAS CUTTING/RIB FX X4, VERTEBRAL FX X 4 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING TREE & TREE FELL ON PT CHESTDX RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/14/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| RIB FXS-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-HIT W/ TREE LIMB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/27/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| PNEUMOTHORAX-FELL 15 FEET FROM A TREE-LANDED ON CHAIN SAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| WAS PULLING A LARGE TREE LIMB OFF A FENCE; LIMB BROKE LOSE AND STRUCK P ATIENT IN THE CHEST. FRACTURE, LEFT 8TH RIB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMB WITH A SAW AT HOME, LIMB FELL HITTING PT. ON SIDE. DX-PULMONARY CONTUSION, CONTUSION CHEST AND BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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