Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,267
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	71
6-15 years old:	20
16-25 years old:	181
26-50 years old:	440
50+ years old:	553

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,002	Hand:	86
Foot:	86	Head:	71
Face:	15	Wrist:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 24 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 MAUNUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2006	Age: 20 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 CLIPPERS AT HOME AND CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER AVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS, TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME, DROPPED IT ON FOOT, LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 78 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 CLIPPERS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
HOUR AGO PT CUT LEFT LONG FINGER TRYING 2 SHARPEN HEDGE TRIMMERS W/ GRINDING WHEEL, NUMBNESS LEFT HND, DX OPEN 1 RING,FNGR FX, LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 68 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 MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT TH IRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 40 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 WORKING IN YARD, USING PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS, AVUSION LT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT C/O HIT IN HEAD. PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH TRIMMERS. DX CONT TO HEAD P UNTURE WOUND TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 19 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 LEFT 5TH FINGER USING HEDGE CUTTERS AT HOME LACERATION LEFT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	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, Plants, trees and shrubs
CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER CUTTING BUSHES DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT DROPPED A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS ONTO LEFT FOOT LACERATION FO OT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 49 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER, LACERATED LT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 66 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
WHILE CUTTING BUSHES WITH SHEARS PT CUT FINGER. DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 62 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
LACERATION ON THE HAND FROM TRIMMING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 49 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
CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS LACERATION LEFT 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 27 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
CUT FINGER ON A PAIR OF HEDGE CLIPPERS LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING HEDGE CUTTERS, CUTTING RT WRIST DX: RT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 18 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 FINGER ON MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 14 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
LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING A HEDGE CL IPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 64 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
ACC CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 43 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
CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS LEFT 3RD FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 25 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
CUT TIP OF FINGER WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS LACERATION FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PATIENT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LT CHEEK AFTER HE FELL CUTTING IT WITH HEDGE TRIMMER BLADE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 63 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
LAC TO L 5TH FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 48 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
PATIENT CUT RT INDEX FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS TODAY. DX - LACERATION TO RT INDEX & RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 69 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 USING GARDENING SHEARS, SUSTAINED LAC TO LT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 77 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
PATIENT CUT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX: LACERATION 2ND LT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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