Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2008 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,064
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	87
16-25 years old:	59
26-50 years old:	593
50+ years old:	324

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMER, DX; LAC. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT AT HOME USING A PRUNING SHEARS INJ L HAND/ DX 2CM SUPERFICIAL LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CONT DERM, PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND BROKE OUT IN RASH ON HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT RIGHT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE USING THEM DX; LACERATED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT TRIMMING CANARY PALM TREES IN HIS YARD AND SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT HAND WITH THE PALM FRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND INJURY FROM GETTING CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX-LACERATION RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT KNUCKLE WHILE USING PRUNING SAW. DX: L HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING A PALM TREE AND GOT A PLAM FRON EMBEDDED IN RIGHT HAND FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT C/O PAIN R HAND PRUNING A SHRUB THIS AM USING PLOGGERS, FELT POP IN R HAND. DX. FX HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT HAND WHILE CUTTING BUSHES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
RT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS USING HEDGE CLIPPERS AND LACERATED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMER LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PAIN IN HAND AFTER CUTTING HEDGES ARTHRITIS PAIN RIGHT HAND #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIPPED OVER A ROCK WHILE USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AND INJURED HAND DX// LAC LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HANHD WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND LAC-CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC TO HAND WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND AB-CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT INJURED HAND WHEN USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOMEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT LAC LT HAND WHILE CLIPPING ROSE BUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND ON A PRUNING SCISSORS/SHEARS >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT TRIMMING A TREE AT HOME YESTERDAY WHEN A PIECE OF THE BRANCH WENT I NTO RIGHT HAND PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUTTING SOME HEDGES AT HOME AND STRUCK LEFT HAND WITH THE TRIMMER LA CERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
55 YO INJURED HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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