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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,568
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives |
| TRIMMING CHRISTMAS TREE, CUT FINGER WITH A KNIFE/ EXTENSOR TENDON LAC LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string |
| PT FELL HURTING ANKLE WHEN HELPING BRO DROP A TREE WITH A ROPE DX:ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Christmas decorations |
| PT WAS DECORATING A CHRISTMAS TREE AND TWISTED THE KNEE CAUSING A SPRAI N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football |
| PT PLAYING FOOTBALL AT CHURCH HIT A TREE HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Day wear |
| PATIENT WENT UP A TREE TO GET HIS FATHER WHO HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED AND HIS PANTS LEG CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNING HIM. DX-1ST & 2ND DEG.-LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | 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: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| RT SHOULDER STRAIN: HIT RT SHOULDER OFF TREE WHILE RIDING 4 WHEELER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| PT LOST CONTROL OF CAR CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THEN A FENCE AND THEN AN OTHER TREE PT HAS MEMORY LOSS DX// CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| RT CHEST CONTUSION: DIGGING UP TREE, TREE FELL, STRUCK LT CHEST, KNOCKED PT TO GROUND HURTING RT RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| FELL CARRYING VASE OF FLOWERS, GLASS CUT L HAND DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Track and field |
| CONTUSION LOWER BACK-RUNNING CROSS COUNTRY ROLLED AND STRUCK HIS BACK O N A TREE STUMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH TREE BRANCH WHILE HIKING. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football |
| PT FELL OUT OF TREE WHILE TRYING TO GET FOOTBALL THAT WAS STUCK IN TREE DX// S/P FALL LEFT SHOUDLER CONTUISON MULTIPLE ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ladders |
| PT CLIMBING TREE WITH LADDER SLIPPED OFF STEP OF LADDER AND LANDED ON F EET DX// NECK SPRAIN BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| SPRAIN FOOT - PATIENT REPORTS HE JAMMED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A TREE STUMP WHILE RIDING A 4 WHEELER TODAY - ALSO CO RIGHT ANKLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONTUSION RIGHT EYELID-CUTTING BUSHES HIT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fishing |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A TREE LIMB WHILE FISHING. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| HIT A TREE WHILE RIDING 4 WHEELER/ MVA, MULT CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT CRASHED INTO A TREE ON 4 WHEELER DX: LOW LIP LAC , LT SHOULDER AND HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT DOING YARD WORK TRIMMING BUSHES C/O RASH ON UPPPER ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNING PALM TREES IN BACKYARD WHEN BENT OVER TO LIFT BRANCH AND FEL T LOW BACK PAIN. D: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC LT 2ND DIGIT WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES WITH SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Mountain climbing |
| LACERATED RIGHT WRIST WITH A CLIMBING SPIKE HE WAS USING TO CLIMB A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ceilings and walls |
| STRUCK BY TREE WHEN IT FLEW AND HIT PT AND PT HIT A WALL, C/O SHOULDER PAIN, DX; SHOULDER PAIN/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Snow tubing |
| STRUCK TREE WHILE TUBING DX: R FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| PT JOGGING WHEN RAN INTO A TREE. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING A PALM TREE GOT A SPLINTER IN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FOREIG N BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING TREES WITH FATHER AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH STRUCK HIM IN T HE MOUTH DENTAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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