Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,213
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	120
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	631
50+ years old:	446

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	799	Lower Leg:	150
Elbow:	71	Lower Trunk:	70
Knee:	61	Hand:	30
Lower Arm:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT KNEE ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX// RIGHT KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 65 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
LAC L 5TH FING/65YOF AT HOME CUT L 5TH FINGER ON HEDGE SHEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT ELBOW ON A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIM MERS LACERATION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES SLIPPED AND FELL ON TO HER R LEG DX R HIP FX#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 47 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 LEFT 5TH FIGNER WITH A PAIR OF HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX L INDEX FINGER SU PERFICIAL LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	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
CUT FINGER WITH MANUAL TRIMMER WHILE TRIMMING FLOWERS AT MOTHER'S HOUSE . DX; LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 30 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 A PAIR OF MANUAL PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME GOT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGE R CVAUGHT IN THE SHEAR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT SUST LACERATION TO HAND ON HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2007	Age: 58 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 FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 23 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
LAC TO FOOT FROM HEDGE SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 60 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: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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, Heating or cooling comfort packs
PT WAS AT HOME, PICKED UP A HEDGE CLIPPER AND THE HANDLE HIT LWR LW CAUSING A CONTUSION, USED ICY HOT PATCH CAUSING CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT WITH SPRAINED HANDS AFTER TRIMMING TREES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	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
LAC INDEX FINGER WORK IN YARD (SCISSOR - LIKE HEDGE TRIMMER)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 7 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 HAD AVULSION TO TIP OF L THUMB FROM HEDGE TRIMMERS @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	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
ACCIDENTALLY LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PATIENT USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 51 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 AND SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 42 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
PATIENT LACERATED MIDDLE FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	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
PT CUT LEFT FIFTH FINGER WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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