Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,256
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	173
16-25 years old:	123
26-50 years old:	641
50+ years old:	311

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	729	Lower Arm:	223
Hand:	83	Foot:	68
Wrist:	55	Knee:	39
Upper Leg:	39	Lower Leg:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT UPPER THIGH WITH HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES LEFT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME ALL DAY LONG AWOKE WIT H RIGHT HAND PAIN STRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
STSTES SHE CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
79 YOF PRUNING FLOWERS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
11YOWM-LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-CUT WHILE USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMME RS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT REMOVED OWN ARM CAST TODAY WITH A PAIR OF GARDEN HEDGE CLIPPERS SUST AINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES LAST EVENING WITH A MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAIN ED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON HEDGE CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT C/O LFT RING FINGER LAC. PT CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX OPEN FRACTURE/LACERATION TO LFT RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
36YOF TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME INJ FINGER DX/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT LAC FINGER ON HEDGECLIPPERS. DX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LAC. CUT ON GARDEN HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
S/P TRIMMING HEDGES ACCIDENTALLY CUT TOP RT WRIST 5 TIMES LACERATIONS R T WRIST VOLAR SURFACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH A HEDGE TRIMNER (MANUEL) DX: FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
80YOM TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME INJ FINGER DX/LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT MOWING LAWN YESTERDAY COMPLAINT OF RASH R ARM, CONTUSION R KNEE CONT ACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT STATES SHE LACERATED FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CUT HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUTTING HEDGES WITH A MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER AFTER TRIMMING HEDGES WITH HEDGE CUTTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT STEPPED ON A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS WHEN THEY CATAPULTED UP S TRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG WITH THE POINT LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CONTUSION ARM; INJ CUTTING HEDGES W/ CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
DROPPED TRIMMING SHEARS ON FOOT/ LAC LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CUT FINGERS WITH HEDGE TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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