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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 522
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT TRIMMING BRANCHES OFF A TREE AT HOME WHEN ONE FELL AGAINST RIGHT LOW ER LEG LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| C/O PT STATES WAS CUTTING BUSHES WITH EDGER AND IT SLIPPED DX RT LOER LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT IN HER GARDEN TRIMMING SOME BRANCHS AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LOWER LEG WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| TRIMMING TREE AND FELL OFF LADDER DX OPEN TIB / FIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT TRIMMING A PALM TREE AT HOME AND A THORN PENETRATED HIS LEFT LOWER L EG LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT LEG WITH PRUNERS/LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT LOWER LEG LAC, PT TRIPPED OVER A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMER, PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEG, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT LOWER LEG WITH TREE TRIMMIMG BLADE LACERATION RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREE RANCHES AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO RIGHT LOWER LE G LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HURT LEG CUTTING WOOD YESTERDAY DX NO TREATMENT, LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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