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Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 435
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:69
26-50 years old:278
50+ years old:87

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Garage doors
PT INJURED HIS UPPER BACK WHILE HOLDING OPEN A GARAGE DOOR THEN WENT TO TRIM SOME TREES DEVELOPED PAIN IN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT IN A TREE TRIMMING TREE LIMBS WHEN HE FELL FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HIT IN CHEST WITH TREE BRANCH WHILE TRIMMING TREE AT HOME. DX: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
55 YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN TRIMMING TREES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
WHILE PRUNING TREE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BACK ? LOC LANDED ON GROUND C/ O UPPER BACK PAIN THORACIC FRACTURE T-12
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/14/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHEST WALL CT-HUSING HEDGE CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
POISON IVY, CUTTING HEDGES YESTERDAY AT HOME, RASH FACE, CHEST, ARMS, LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - 66 YOM WAS WORKING IN YARD TRIMMING SHRUBS AND DRINKING A SODA, BEGAN WITH BILATERAL CHEST PAIN, DIAPHORETIC, SOB
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/24/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
POISON IVY ON TRUNK-SINCE TRIMMING TREES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION: HIT CHEST ON HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHEST CT-HIT SELF W/ PRUNING SHEARS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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