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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 451
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPER WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMER & TRIPPED OVER CORD INJURING FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football |
| 23 YOM PRESENTS WITH A WOOD SPLINTER FROM A TREE AFTER IMPACT WHILE PLA YING FOOTBALL, SPLINTER IN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Windowsills or frames |
| PT TRIED TO CATCH POTTED CACTUS THAT FELL OFF WINDOW SILL LAST NIGHT AN D GOT CACTUS STICKER IN FINGER. D: FOREIGN BODY, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 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: 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 |
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