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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,371
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2006 | Age: 40 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, Knives |
| LACERATION FINGER - 40 YOM WAS CUTTING PART OF REAL TREE FOR CHRISTMAS AND SLIPPED LACERATING LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A KNIFE |
| 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: 11/29/2006 | Age: 73 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON A SHRUB PRUNERS " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2006 | Age: 4 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HELPING NEIGHBOR TRIM BUSHES,PT'S THUMB ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT IN THE LOPPERS, DX RIGHT PAIN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/15/2006 | Age: 62 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, Clothing accessories |
| PT DOING YARD WORK, CACTUS NEEDLE STUCK THROUGH LEATHER GLOVE DX: FB R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/10/2006 | Age: 38 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, Clothing accessories |
| THUMB FB-THORN FROM BUSH WENT THROUGH GLOVE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2006 | Age: 40 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| PT CUTTING TREE LIMBS WITH CHAIN SAW WHEN LACERATED FINGER. D: FINGERS LACERATIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME WITH A TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2006 | Age: 53 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 |
| CUT TO FINGER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2006 | Age: 82 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| FLAP LAC L 4TH FING/82YOF CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNNING HER ROSES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2006 | Age: 30 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 HIS FINGER WHILE USING A HEDGECLIPPER TO CUT SOME TREES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 35 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, Ball sports |
| PT ATTEMPTING TO GET A BALL OUT OF A TREE AT HOME FOR HIS SON AND STUCK SELF IN THE LEFT THUMB WITH A THORN FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 55 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 CUT WITH SHEARS WHILE PRUNING BUSHES, LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| FINGER AB-HIT A TREE LIMB WHILE MOWING YARD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 43 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: Puncture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Clothing accessories |
| PT CUTTING A TREE WHEN A BRANCH BROKE AND HAND WAS PUSHED INTO SAGUARO CACTUS. WEARING LEATHER GLOVES. D:PUNCTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| CUT FINGER BETWEEN TREE BRANCH & FENCE POST @ HOME DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND LAWNMOWER, DX; FINGER CONTUSIONS;/ |
| 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: 06/13/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW SLIPPED / CUT FINGERS DX: L 2ND & 3RD DIGIT PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws |
| LAC L INDEX FINGER; PT TRIMMING TREES @ HOME ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON TREE SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 32 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives |
| PT CUT FINGER W/ SCALING KNIFE WHILE TRIMMING PALM TREES DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 54 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: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM A TREE, TRIMMER GOT STUCK, PT CUT 3RD/4T H DIGITS GETTING TRIMMER UNSTUCK DX: OPEN FX LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 14 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, All-terrain vehicles |
| PATIENT HAVING TRAUMATIC FINGER PAIN, CAUAGHT PINKY FINGER ON A TREE WHILE DRIVING 4 WHEELER. DX-CRUSH INJURY, LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Scissors |
| CHILD IS BLIND; WAS TRIMMING BUSHES WITH A SCISSORS AND ACCIDENTALLY CU T FINGER. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT LONG FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 45 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 |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION TO RT INDEX FINGER WHILE CUTTING A TREE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| FINGER CT-INJURED ON ROSE BUSH & FENCE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING TREES CAUGHT FINGER IN HEDGE CLIPPER DX: R 5TH FINGER FX. / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 46 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, Saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING SOME TREE LIMBS WITH A SAW AT HOME AND LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE AT HOME AND A BRANCH FELL ONTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER FR ACTURED FINEGR |
| 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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