Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,129
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Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
FINGER LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHITH A HEDGE TRIMMER WHILE PLAYING WITH A MALE COMPANION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT WITH HEDGE CLIPPER LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC LEFT 3RD FINGER - CUT WITH A HEDGE CLIPPER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 23 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC L MIDDLE FINGER - SLIPPED WHEN USING BUSH TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
SUSTAINED INJURY TO R INDEX FINGER WHILE CUTTING BUSHES IN YARD. ^
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT THUMB W/ HEDGE TRIMMERDX: LACERATION LT. THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT STATES WAS PUTTING SHEATH ON A PAIR OF HEDGE TRIMMERS & CUT HIS FINGER ON BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT HIS LEFT THIRD FINGER ON HEDGETRIMMERS AT HIS GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. DX LACERATION LEFT THIRD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER - CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER FROM HEDGECUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION L MIDDLE FINGER, TRIMMING HEDGES.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HIT FINGERS WITH TRIMMER TRIMMING HEDGES DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER W/HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. 2 CM R MIDDLE FINGER TIP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 25 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
*24YOF CUT L INDEX FINGER W/PRUNING SHEARS DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 17 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
USING HEDGE CCLIPPERS AND LACERATED R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 25 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: Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION FINGER - VICTIM GOT HER FINGER CAUGHT IN A HEDGE CLIPPER - H AS TINY LACERATION AND PAIN IN LEFT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
16 Y/O M INJURED R 4TH FINGER WHEN FELL WHILE *** AT HOME. DX; CONTUSION R 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC LT FING FINGER FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION: STRUCK BY *** STRING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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