Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 973
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	14
16-25 years old:	212
26-50 years old:	319
50+ years old:	426

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 61 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Fences or fence posts
LT FOREARM ABRASION: TETANUS BOOSTER: TRIMMING WEEDS, CUT ARM ON METAL FENCE, TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS PRUNING HER CACTUS AND FELL SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 25 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
25 YO M LACERATION TO FOREARM CUT ON HEGDE TRIMMERS AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2008	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF BILATERAL FOREARM RASH AFTER TRIMMING THE HEDGES >>CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A BUSH AND FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	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: Pruning or trimming equipment
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON PRUNING SHEARS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
79 YOF WAS PRUNING *** BUSH AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO RIGHT FOREARM RM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
USING TRIMMER TO TRIM TREE AT HOME INJURED FOREARM DX LACERATION FOREAR M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS PRUNING HER BUSHES AND SLIPPED OFF A STEM AND CUT FOREARM. DX: LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT RECEIVED SKIN TEAR TO FOREARM WHEN USING SHEERS TO CUT HEDGE BUSHES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT ARM ON A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
POISON IVY: GARDENING, CUTTING SHRUBS, BEGAN WITH RASH, SPREADING TO BOTH ARMS AND LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
51 YOF LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM ON GARDENING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
NOTICED STINGING TO FOREARM AFTER TRIMMIMG HEDGES ONE WEEK AGO,NOW SWOLLEN WITH ABCESS ABCESS RT FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 24 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
ACUTE RHUS DERMATITIS: CUT HEDGES YESTERDAY, SCATTERED VESICLES FOREARMS, HANDS, FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 57 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
REPORTS GRADUAL ONSET OF ITCHY RADH ONTO BOTH ARMS AFTER TRIMMING THE H DGES>>CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS USING HEGDE TRIMMER AND LACERATED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
RIGHT FOREARM LAC,PT INJURED FOREARM WHEN USING PRUNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK WITH GRASS CUTTING SHEARS. DX LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS USING HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX: R FOREARM SPRAIN, TENDONITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING TREE AND CUT ARM W/PRUNER. DX: L FOREARM LACS 1 CM & 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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