Accidents - Other power garden tools - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,575
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	38
Year 1998:	66
Year 1999:	391
Year 2000:	299
Year 2001:	68
Year 2002:	76
Year 2003:	68
Year 2005:	136
Year 2006:	175
Year 2007:	166
Year 2008:	88

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	85
6-15 years old:	70
16-25 years old:	239
26-50 years old:	675
50+ years old:	505

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Other power garden tools
USING GAS POWERED POST HOLE DIGGER AT HOME THAT " KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM ME" W L 4TH FINGER BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN DIGGER & CONCRETE D CRUSH INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	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: Avulsion
Product: Other power garden tools
DX SUPERFICIAL SKIN AVULSION, L RING FINGER: AERIATING LAWN & WT FROM MACHINE DROPPED ON HIS L HAND WHILE ADJUSTING AERIATING MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
CUT FINGERS WITH POWERED WOOD CUTTER/FINGER LACS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
PT C/O LFT FINGER LAC. PT CUT FINGER WITH POWER GARDENING TOOL. DX LAC LFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
CUT THUMB WITH HEDGE TRIMMER THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 35 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: Other power garden tools
PT WAS USING A POLE DRIVER AT HOME, CAUGHT HAND UNDEREATH IT CAUSING A FULL THICKNESS AVULSION TO VOLAR ASPECT OF RT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other power garden tools
PATIENT CAUGHT HER FINGER IN ELECTRIC GARDENING SHEARS SUFFERING A PARTIAL FINGERTIP AMPUTAITION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
PT WAS USING A POWER TOOL AT HOME AND LACERATED LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other power garden tools
FX DISTAL TUFT WITH AVULSION/PARTIAL AMUTATION L 3RD FINGER; USING POS T POUNDER, GOT CAUGHT IN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other power garden tools
PT WAS USING A POST HOLE DRIVER AT HOME WHEN IT CAME DOWN ON HIS THUMB CAUSING AN OPEN FX TO HIS RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other power garden tools
PT FRACTURED HER FINGER FROM A HAY MOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 42 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: Other power garden tools
*42YOM CUT FINGER ON GARDEN SCISSORSDX:LAC R SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2001	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2000	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2000	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2000	Age: 3 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/1999	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/1999	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/1999	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/1999	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/1999	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/1999	Age: 25 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: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/1998	Age: 48 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: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/1997	Age: 44 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: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1997	Age: 33 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: Crushing
Product: Other power garden tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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