Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,250
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	175
26-50 years old:	428
50+ years old:	640

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	634	Hand:	179
Lower Arm:	159	Lower Leg:	73
Ankle:	71	Foot:	71
Eyeball:	30	Upper Trunk:	15
Upper Arm:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 18 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
LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS AND LACERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 30 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
WOUND LT.FOOT.PT.REFERS WHILE USING TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT OUTSIDE HOME TRIMMING TREE,FELT SOMETHING LODGE INTO RIGHT EYE, DX RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 34 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
THUMB LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC TRIMMERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT HURT FINGER ON PRUNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 65 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
65YOM TREE TRIMMER CUT ARM FORARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX RIGHT EYE ABRASION: SOMETHING FELL INTO EYE WHILE PRUNING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 67 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
LACERATED MIDDLE FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARERS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 65 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
65 YOM LACERATED LEFT 5TH FINGER ON TREE TRIMMER BLADE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A TRIMMER AT HOME POWERED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 4 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
PT PICKED UP A TREE TRIMMER AND LAC HAND.DX COMPLEX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 62 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: Power pruning or trimming equipment
LAC LEFT 2ND FINGER - CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 45 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
LAC FINGER ON TIP OF PRUNING SHEERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
SOFT TISSUE AVULSION L 5TH FING/33YOF CUT FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS WH ILE AT *** FOREST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 19 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 FINGER WITH ELECTRICAL TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 29 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
PATIENT CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT C/O CUT ON LEG.PT CUT LEG ON TRIMMERS. DX CELLULITIS LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT.INJ.RT. FOREARM AT HOME WHEN USING PRUNERS & THEY FELL & HIT HIM. DX; 2 CM.LAC.R.TFOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 61 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
61 YOM LACERATES FINGER ON A PRUNER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
HAND LAC - CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS STANDING ON A HILL USING A TRIMMER TO TRIM TREES - FEEL BACKWARDS A ND TWISTED ANKLE. FRACTURE, LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 40 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
40 YOM LACERATED LEFT HAND WHILE USING GARDEN SHEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 56 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
LEFT RING FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING PRUNING SHE ARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 51 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
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 55 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 CUT FINGER W/PRUNING SHEARS. DX: L DISTAL FIFTH DIGIT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
FELL ON STICK IN YARD TRIMMING HEDGES CHEST WALL PAIN/ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
DX LEFT UPPER ARM STRAIN: PRUNING, INJURED ARM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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