Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,657
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	68
6-15 years old:	53
16-25 years old:	181
26-50 years old:	615
50+ years old:	738

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	990	Hand:	144
Knee:	83	Ankle:	76
Toe:	76	Upper Trunk:	68
Upper Arm:	68	Shoulder:	66
Wrist:	66	Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/12/2005	Age: 34 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 MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 62 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 DOING YARD WORK, USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS, LAC LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 26 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 SHEARS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 44 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
PT WORKING WITH MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 52 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 TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 47 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. CUT 3RD. FINGER L. HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. LAC. 3RD. FINGER L HA ND. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WAS CLIPPING PALM TREES WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS WHEN SH E KNELT DOWN ON THEM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 13 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
PT AND MOTHER STATES PT WAS HELPING DAD TRIM HEDGES USING MANUAL CLIPPE RS. PT REACHED IN TO REMOVE BRUSH AND 3RD FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT DROPPED A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME ONTO LEFT ANKLE LACE RATION ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 47 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
47 YOF LACERATED RIGHT 5TH FINGER ON MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT HELPING HER GRANDMOTHER TRIM BUSHES WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIM MERS SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO RIGHT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 5 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 CUT RIGHT FOURTH FINGER ON A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT. DROPPED MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPER ON R. FOOT CUTTING 3RD. TOE. DX. R. TH IRD TOE LAC. 2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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
PT CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE CLIPPER. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
C/O PT , CUT FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMERS DX RT FINGER LACCEATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT SUST LACERATION TO KNEE FROM HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
HAS BEEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS, C/O L SIDE CHEST PAIN, DX; CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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
L 5TH FING LAC/59YOM WHILE PRUNING BUSH, CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS . HAPPENED AT HOME 1 HOUR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 36 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
CUTTING HEDGES WITH MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
ACCIDENTLY CUT UPPER ARM WITH MANUAL PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. DX; LACER ATION UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	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
USING HEDGE CLIPPER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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
PT CUT FINGER ON A GARDEN SHEAR SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 23 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 C/O CUT FINGER. PT CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE SHEARS. DX LAC RT SMALL FIG NER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 20 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 A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS ON HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX - OPEN TUFT FRACTURE, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO RIGHT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 72 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 CUT LEFT FIFTH FINGER WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME L ACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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
PT ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER WHILE TRIMMING THE HEDGES SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
STATES SHE WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND IT SLIP INJUREING LEG DX LT LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME, PAIN RT WRIST, RT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 72 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
72 Y/O M INJURED L THUMB WHEN FELL WHILE CARRYING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOM E. DX; LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 75 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 WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT SECOND THROUGH FOURTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL CLIPPERS TRIMMING ALOT OF HEDGES AT HOME STRA INED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 51 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: Manual hedge trimmers
51 YOF CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING HEADGES WITH A SHARP MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEFT SECOND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 81 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 CUT LEFT THUMB ON A PAIR OF GARDEN SHEARS AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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