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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,269
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 66 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, Hand saws |
| 66 YOM LACERATED LEFT THUMB WHILE SAWING TREE LIMBS WITH A MANUAL SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | 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, Chain saws |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A CHAINSAW WHILE CUTTING BRANCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A BUSH AT HOME AND GOT A THORN IN FINGER THREE WEEKS AGO IT GOT INFECTED TREATED FOR CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 45 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, Power pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNNING PLANTS AT HOME AND CUT FINGER PT LEFT BEFORE BEING TREATED DX// LAC RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 55 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 RECEIVED LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 15 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, Hand saws |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A HAND SAW WHILE CUTTING TREE AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 CUT HIS FINGER YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS TRIMMING SOME BUSHES WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER. DX-LACERATION/ABRASION OF LT 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tractors |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 39 YO MALE GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND TRACTOR AT HOME 1 HOUR PTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Poles |
| PATIENT'S FINGER WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN A TREE AND STEEL POST. DX-OPEN FRACTURE PHALANX 3RD 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: 09/02/2007 | Age: 74 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUTTING BUSHES WITH SHEARS, CUT FINGER, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | Age: 51 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, Tools |
| PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WHEN CUTTING A BUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 65 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, Tools |
| LAC R 4TH & 5TH FINGERS; @ HOME CUTTING TREE BRANCHES & CUT FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 57 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING BUSHES ,GOT L RING FINGER IN CUTTERS DX PARTIAL AVULSION,AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 64 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, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC 2ND FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 WAS TRIMMING BUSH WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER, CUT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 14 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.INJ.L.THUMB AT HOME WHEN USING A SAW TO CUT BRANCHES OFF TREE & CUT THUMB. DX; L.THUMB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 71 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, Pins and needles |
| FELL ONTO A TREE ROOT GETTING A SPLINTER INTO FINGER, TRIED TO GET IT O UT C A NEEDLE COULDN'T' '' FINGER PW/FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING TREES AT HOME, FINGER PAIN DX; FINGER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 85 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, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE CUTTING DOWN TREE. CUT ON FRESHLY CUT LEMON T REE BRANCH. D:INDEX FINGER LACERATION. |
| 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: 04/01/2007 | Age: 35 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, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT PRUNING A TREE W/ SMALL CLIPPERS,CUT TIP L MIDDLE FINGER, DX 1CM L MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HIS PLANTS WND SUSTAINED A PW TO LFT INDEX FINGR WHICH OT INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sleds |
| PT INJURED FINGERS WHEN SLED HIT A TREE AT HOME TODAY DX// FX LEFT INDEX MIDDLE FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 73 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, Rope or string |
| HANGING A GRAPEVINE & CUTTING TWINE, CUT FINGER DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives |
| LAC L 2ND FINGER, PT CUTTING FLOWERS W/A KNIFE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2007 | 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, Other manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING ROSES WHEN SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND. D: PUNCTURE WOUND AND CELLULITIS, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING A TREE DOWN AND THE TREE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO LEFT FIFTH FI NGER DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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