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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 519
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 47 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 |
| DX:L HAND LAC. CUT HERSELF WITH PRUNING SHEARS WHILE PRUNING IVY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT LT. HAND W/ PRUNING SHEARS DX: LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE TRIMMING ROSE BUSHES GOT CAUGHT IN IT DX: LACERATION RT. FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 50 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 |
| PT. STATES PT. CUT FINGER ON PRUNING KNIFE. LT.RING FINGER AT HOME. DX. RING FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60 YOM CUT WITH PRUNING SHEARS LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | 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 |
| PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT CUT HER FINGER ON LAWN SHEARS YESTERDAY. DX LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX: PARANECHIA L 4TH FINGER. PRUNING ROSES IN HER GARDEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 56 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: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| HE WAS CUTTING HEDGES AND LOWERED TRIMMER AND CUT HIS ARM DX RT LOWER ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT HAND ON PRUNNING SHEARS AT HOME DX:HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| AMPUTATED LEFT 4TH FINGER TIP. ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER WITH GARDEN SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 77 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 |
| LACERATED FINGER WHILE CUTTING WITH PRUNNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 50 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON LEFT HAND AS SHE WAS CLEANING PRUNING SHEARS DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX:L RING FINGER AMPUTATION. FINGER AMPUTATED BY PRUNING SHEARS WHEN GR ANDDAUGHTER AND PT PRUNING TREES. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT INJURED WHILE CUTTING BRANCHES WITH SNIPPERS; SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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