Accidents - Power pruning or trimming equipment - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,249
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	84
Year 1999:	17
Year 2001:	77
Year 2002:	83
Year 2004:	191
Year 2006:	179
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	30
Year 2009:	157
Year 2010:	413

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	31
16-25 years old:	145
26-50 years old:	496
50+ years old:	570

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/01/2010	Age: 43 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
43YOM WAS USING PRUNING SHEARS WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY CUT LT HAND ON SHEARS;HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION HAND - 64 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CUT TO LEFT HAND - WAS PRUNI NG A TREE AT HOME AND THE POWER PRUINING SAW SLIPPED CUTTING HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2010	Age: 42 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
42YOF-HAND LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2010	Age: 52 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
52 Y/O/F CUT HAND ON GARDENING SHEARS AT HOME DX/ RT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2010	Age: 23 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
23 YOM HAND LAC, USING PRUNING SHEERS AND CUT HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
56YOM,LACERATION TO LEFT HAND S/P ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND W/ PRUNERS WHILE WORKING IN HIS YARD @ HOME,NO OTHER INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2010	Age: 87 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
87 YOM-HAND INJURY FROM STRING TRIMMER @ HOME DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 35 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
35 YOM WAS USING A TREE TRIMMER TO TRIM TREES - CUT HAND. LACERATION, L EFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	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
LAC TO L HAND BY A PAIR O PRUNNERS WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES @ HOME DX LAC L HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 23 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
CUT HAND ATTEMPTING TO CATCH SOME TRIMMERS THAT WERE FALLING AT HOME. DX-LAC LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 15 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 WITH LAC TO HAND FROM ELECTRIC TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE GARDENING, LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT STS PRUNING TREE,BRANCH FELL ON HAND 2-3 DAYS AGO DX CONTUSION R HAND
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 09/21/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS USING A TREE TRIMMER- LACERATION TO THE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 87 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
HOLDING POLE FOR TREE TRIMMING AND POLE SLID THROUGH HAND DX: RIGHT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2001	Age: 64 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1999	Age: 69 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/1998	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/1998	Age: 72 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: Burns, Elec
Product: Power pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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