Accidents - Manual hedge trimmers - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,185
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	242
Year 1998:	84
Year 1999:	133
Year 2000:	85
Year 2001:	85
Year 2002:	67
Year 2003:	223
Year 2004:	101
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	59
Year 2010:	86

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	77
16-25 years old:	126
26-50 years old:	498
50+ years old:	482

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/07/2010	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
84YOF CUTTING HEDGE WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS WAS CUT TO LOWER ARM WITH UNKNO WN WIRER...LAC TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
54 YOF PRESENT TO ER AFTER FALLING BACKWARD FROM TRIMMING HEDGES INJUR ING LT ARM-DX- FRACTURE LOWER LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
PT CUT ARMS WITH HEDGE TRIMMER AT FRIENDS HOUSE DX// BILAT FOREARM LAC
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: 12/17/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
STATES HE WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND INJURED ARM DX TENDONITIS IN LT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 86 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 MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER ON THE BUSHES AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CLIPPED SKIN W. HEDGE TRIMMERS NO LOC LAC TO FOREARM
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: 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: 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: 07/01/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
CUT ARM ON TREE BRANCH WHILE TRIMMING TREEDX: LACERATION RT. FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2001	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2001	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2000	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2000	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/1999	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/1999	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/1998	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/1998	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/1997	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/1997	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/1997	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual hedge trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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