Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 822
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	18
Year 2000:	104
Year 2002:	136
Year 2003:	162
Year 2004:	87
Year 2005:	15
Year 2007:	70
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	75
Year 2010:	76

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	147
26-50 years old:	374
50+ years old:	285

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/30/2010	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power hedge trimmers
42YOM CUT LEFT ARM WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME ABRASION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
32YOM USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
WAS USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER WHEN THEY SLIPPED CAUSING LAC TO (L) F OREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
24YOM WAS USING GAS -OPERATED HEDGE CLIPPERS TO TRIM HEDGES,ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LEFT FOREARM WITH CLIPPERS;LACERATED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers, Plants, trees and shrubs
TRIMMING HEDGES WITH GAS HEDGE TRIMMER AND CUT FOREARM RB LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
RADIUS HEAD FX-TRIPPED OVER CORD TO POWER TRIMMER-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT SELF WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power hedge trimmers
BURNED ARM ON HEDGE TRIMMER 2 WKS PRIOR SECOND DEGREE BURN WITH INFECTION - FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LAC FOREARM ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE GARDENING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
80 YOM CUT FOREARM ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
55 YOM WAS CUT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMER. LEFT ARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT ARM WITH A GAS HEDGE TRIMMER DX: FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2000	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2000	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1998	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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