Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,143
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	69
16-25 years old:	103
26-50 years old:	704
50+ years old:	258

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	602	Hand:	191
Lower Arm:	87	Lower Leg:	69
Eyeball:	69	Toe:	69
Foot:	29	Ankle:	15
Shoulder:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT ON PRUNING SHEARS - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 44 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX LEFT 3RD DIGIT LACERATION: REACHED TO CATCH FALLING POWER TRIMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING A TREE, A BRANCH FELL ON HIS ANKLE SUSTAINED " RT MEDIAL ALLEOLAUS FRACTURE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT WAS TRIMMING BRANCHES FROM TREE WITH TREE TRIMMER AND HIT A THO RN WHICH TRAUMATIZED FOREARM. HEMATOMA, LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WHIE PRUNING TREES, CUT RT. HAND DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT LT. INDEX FINGER W/ PRUNING SHEARS DX: SPRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
50 YOM LACERATED 3RD RIGHT DIGIT WITH BUSH TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO 3RD FINGER LEFT HAND WHILE USING A WEED CUTTE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT. WAS HIT WITH GRASS SHEARS, DROPPED FROM A 2ND STORY BY OLDER BROTHER HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. DX. (R)SHLDR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT DROPPED PRUNING SHEARS. DX: R FOOT LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
28 YEAR OLD MALE CUT ACROSS HAND WITH POWER PRUNERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT CUT TOE ON TREE LIMB CUTTER. DX: 2 CM LACERATION TO GREAT LEF T TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS DX: LACERATION LT. INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
59 YOF WAS LACERATED ON LEFT HAND BY PRUNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUTTING BUSHES CUT FOREARM DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
FINGER LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRICAL HEDGE TRIMMER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WOUND LT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE USING THE TRIMMER,GOT CUT IN LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING ELECTRICAL SHEARS TO CUT PLANTS WHEN HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREE GETTING FB IN EYE DX: FB IN EYE RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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