Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,222
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	140
26-50 years old:	369
50+ years old:	706

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/09/2009	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: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
32YOM WAS TRIMMING A *** PLANT AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LOWER ARM WER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
62 YOF WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND WAS STUNG ON LEFT FOREARM BY SOME INSECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX CONTU FOREARM: TRIP'D W TRIM'G TREES YTDY. PN IN R WRIST & FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 60 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
60 M PRUNING TREES AT HOME AND SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO LOWER ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 45 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: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREES IN HIS YARD AT HOME AND DEVELOPEDS AN ABRASION THAT G OT INFECTED CELLULITIS LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 11 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: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING A TREE WHEN SHE FELL ONTO A PILE OF CUT BRANCHES. HIT H ER L FOREARM AND HAS A LAC. DX L FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 49 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: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING PALMETTO TREES TWO WEEKS AGO AND GOT A THORN IN RIGHT LOWER ARM PULLED IT OUT HERSELF AND IT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 88 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: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.FOREARM.PT.REFERS WHILE USING TRIMMER IN PATIO FELL DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 22 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 HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 54 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
54 YOM LACERATED LEFT FOREARM ON HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
RASH TO ARMS 3 DAYS AFTER TRIMMING BRUSH. DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX// RIGHT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 58 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.INJ.RT.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN USING PRUNING SHEERS TO TRIM TREE & HIT ARM WITH PRUNERS. DX; LAC.RT.FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 31 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: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT POKED IN THE LOWER ARM WITH A THORN AS HE WAS TRIMMING HIS BUSHES AT HOME NOW INFECTED ABSCESS LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPER YESTERDAY TODAY RED STREAK DOWN ARM & FEVER, DX ACUTE LYMPHANGITIS RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 59 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 FOREARM WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FOREARM SKIN RASH-SINCE CUTTING HEDGES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 50 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: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
WAS WORKING WITH CLIPPERS YESTERDAY IN THE GARDEN&ACC CUT FOREARM >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 53 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
CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE CUTTING A BRANCH. DX. L FOREARM LACERATIO N.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 47 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 FOREARM ON A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREES AT HOME AND A TREE LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT LOWER ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 20 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
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIMSELF WITH CLIPPERS WHILE DOING YARD- WORK TODAY AT HOME. DX-LT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 56 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 PALM TREE AT HOM WHEN THE SEEDPOD FELL ONTO LOWER ARM LAC ERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 66 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 TREE LIMBS AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 89 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 TREE WHEN THE TRIMMER HIT HIM IN THE FOREARM LACERATION L OWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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