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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 742
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING LARGE TREE LIMB AT HOME. LIMB HIT PATIENT AND KNOCKED HIM TO TH E GROUND. CHI. 43 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 72 YOM FELL OUT OF TREE WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SIMPLE SCALP LAC. 3 CM: 63YOM TRIMMING A TREE, 4 INCH BRANCH STRUCK HIM IN HEAD, 3 CM LAC. LOCATION NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI. 33 YOM WAS TRIMMING TREES WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| SIMPLE SCALP LAC: 33YOM TRIMMING A TREE & A LIMB HIT HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING LAC TO SCALP, 2.6 CM LAC, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 70YOF CUTTING A PALM TREE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A ROCK ABRASION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 21 YOM TRIMMING TREE AND BRANCH FELL ON HIM DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHI: SCALP WOUND; 41YOM TRIMMING A BRANCH, BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF HEAD, THORN STUCK IN IT, C/O BAD HEADACHE, DIFFICULTY FOCUSING, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 82YOM HEMATOMA TO SCALP LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN EMBANKMENT WHILE TRI MMING HEDGES AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 69 YR OLD MALE WAS CUTTING HEDGES WITH CLIPPERS AND BECAME CONFUSED;HAV ING INTERCEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 75 YOM INJURED HEAD AND SIDE FALLING DOWN HILL WHILE WEEDING AT HOME. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, RIGHT SIDE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| CHI. 82 YOM FELL DOWN 12 FOOT LADDER WHEN TRIMMING LIMBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2010 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 66YOM TRIMMING A PALM TREE WHEN THE PALM FRON FELL ONTO HEAD NEEDLE WEN T INTO SCALP FB SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders |
| 55 YOM WAS PRUNING TREE AND FELL 12 FT FROM LADDER. DX: L 3,4,5,10,11,12 RIB FX, CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/27/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 56 YOM, CONCUSSION TO HEAD, WAS TRIMMING TREE'S AND BRANCH FELL ON HIM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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