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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,915
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS CUTTING FLOWERS WITH PRUNERS AT HOME AND CUT FINGER. 1 CM LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 59 YOWF WAS CLEANING HER PRUNNING SCISSORS (***) AND LACERATED HER FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LACERATED L RING FINGER ON PRUNING SHEERS, L FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A GARDEN SHEAR ON FOOT & PUNCTURED TOP OF HER FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 75 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: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 75 YO M CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 57 YOM CUT FINGER ON A UNION BRAND PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 51 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: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON GARDEN SHEARS- AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS USING GARDEN SHEARS & SNIPPED THE END OF HER FINGERLACERATING FI NGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT LT. INDEX FINGER W/ PRUNING SHEARSDX: LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LACERATION - 52 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A GARDEN PRUNING SHEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CLAVICLE FX-AT HOME TRIMMING TREE & FELT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS USING LAWN CLIPPERS AND CUT FINGER.DX: 1 CM R INDEX LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX HEAD LACERATION: GARDEN SHEARS FELL ONTO HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | 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: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FINGER LAC-CUT W/ GARDENING SHEARS WHILE PRUNING BUSHES AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS USING GARDENING SHEARS, LACERATED PALM OF LEFT HAND. DX: LACERATION , PALM OF LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CLIPPED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 45 YR OLD MALE LACERATION ON HIS LEFT THUMB HE CUT IT WITH PRUNNING SHEARS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| SHOULDE PAIN AFTER USING CLIPPERS IN GARDEN SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME SUSTAINED AN AVULSIONN TO TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PINCHED FINGER IN HEDGE CLIPPERS/ LAC LMF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment, Counters or countertops |
| DX LEFT TOE LACERATION 1CM: GARDEN SHEARS FELL FROM COUNTER AT HOME ONTO TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 69 Y.O. W MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT INJ WHILE TRIMMING SOME SHRUBS IN HIS Y ARD. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER W/GARDEN SHEARS.DX: 1.5 CM LAC L INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| WRIST LAC-CUT ON PRUNING SHEARS IN HER GARDEN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 51 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: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT LT IDEX FINGER ON GARDENING SHEARS. - LACERATION RT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT BY HEDGE TRIMMERS.DX: R INDEX 2 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT 5TH TOE LAC-STEPPED ON A PRUNING SAW AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM MANUAL PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME AT 1530. DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LACERATED FACE WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS, ACUTE FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT UPPER ARM WITH PRUNING SCISSORS. DX. ACUTE UPPER ARM LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.REPORTED BEING HIT IN LT.EYE WITH SLING BLADE C/O PAIN & BLURRED VISION. DX- ACUTE EYE PAIN/CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS INJURED USING A HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT THIRD FINGER WITH GARDENING CLIPPERSAVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARSDX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEERSDX: PALM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.INJ.L.5TH.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING PRUNERS. DX; 1CM. LAC. L.5TH.FIN GER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment, Footwear |
| DX LEFT FOOT LACERATION: DROPPED GARDENING SHEARS ONTO FOOT, PIERCEDSH OE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CHEST WALL PAIN-AT HOME-PRUNING TREES-THE POLE HIT HIS CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| R IND FING LAC/12YOWM PLAYING W/GARDEN SHEERS AROUND 6:30PM TONIGHT AND CUT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| C/O RIGHT MID BACK PAIN. WAS TRIMMING BUSHES WITH HAND PRUNER DX: BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| 39 YO F DROPPED PRUNING SHEARS ON KNEE LAC KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| MJUSCLE SPASM, L. BACK, PT RACKING LEAVES AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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