Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - Year 2008 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,671
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	242
16-25 years old:	155
26-50 years old:	903
50+ years old:	362

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 49 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, Saws
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER CUTTING A TREE WITH A SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 63 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, Manual scissors
CUTTING LIVE GREEN PLANT WITH SCISSORS AND CUT FINGER ...LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 7 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, Scissors
7 YOM WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH WITH SHEARS AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 48 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, Power saws
FINGER OPEN FX-INJURED WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES W/ ELECTRIC SAW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2008	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, Manual pruning or trimming equipment
CUT TO FINGER WHILE PRUNING PLANTS WITH TRIMMER DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power pruning or trimming equipment
43YO HISP MALE AT HOME USING TRIMMERS TO TRIM PLANTS-IT CAUGHT-KICKED BACK-CUT R 5TH DIGIT,DX AMPUTATION-FINGER PARTIAL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 11 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, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
PT RIDING DIRTBIKE AT HOME AND JAMMED FINGER AGAINST TREE DX// SPRAIN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 26 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
PT WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH WITH A KNIFE & ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
PT CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW AND SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power hedge trimmers
49YO BLACK FEMALE USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS-TRIMMING SHRUBS,CUT L INDEX FINGER, DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 10/01/2008	Age: 82 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, Manual pruning or trimming equipment
FB R IND FING/82YOM AT HOME WAS OUT TRIMMING TREE AND THORN GOT STUCK I N FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football
RAN INTO A TREE WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 52 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, Saws
AT HOME IN YARD,SAWING A CACUTS - ONE OF THE ARMS FELL AND HIT PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND R INDEX FINGER R/O FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 CUTTING TREES 10 DAYS AGO WHEN DOING YARD WORK. CONTINUING THUMB PAI N. D: ARTHRITIS, DJD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 30 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
CUT FINGER WHILE TRIMMING TREES. DX LACERATION L FINGER #2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 47 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 TRIMMING A TREE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPRAIN RT.HAND.1ST.THUMB.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH PLANTS IN PATIO A T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	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
PATIENT WAS PRUNING HIS BUSHES AND CUT ACROSS THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX-LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 38 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, Scissors
FINGER LAC-CUTTING FLOWERS W/ SCISSORS-CUT FINGER-@ HOME
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: 05/21/2008	Age: 43 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
FINGER LAC-TRIMMING BUSHES-CUT ON CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 27 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
FINGER LAC-CUTTING DOWN A TREE W/A CHAINSAW WHEN SAW HIT FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives
PT CARVING A TREE TRUNK AT THE PARK WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 58 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, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING PALM TREES AT HOME AND GOT A PALM FRON EMBEDDED IN FINGER F B FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 67 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 TRIMMING HIS HEDGES AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 47 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, Chain saws
PT WAS CUTTING BRASH WITH A CHAIN SAW AT HOME AND IT KICKED BACK AND CUT FINGER DX: OPEN FRACTURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 28 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, Tools
28 YO M LACERATION TO 3RD AND 4TH FINGER TIPS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 BRANCHES WHILE CUTTING A TREE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives
PATIENT WAS CUTTING PLANTS AT HOME, LACERATED THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE USING A MACHETE. DX-RT 2ND DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		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 PRUNING TREE YESTERDAY AND STICKER WENT INTO FINGER. D: FOREIGN BODY AND CELLULITIS, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT IN A TREE TRIMMING IT,PT FELL,CUT R AND FINGER WITH TRIMMER DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
PT WAS USING A CHAINSAW TO CUT A TREE LIMB AND SUSTAINED CRUSHING INJUR Y TO FINGER. NOT WORK RELATED- DISABLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tables
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A PLANT IN PLANT STAND FELL OVER ONTO FINGER NOW W/ PAIN. DX FINGER HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 31 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sleds
PT SLIDDING, STRAINED R THUMB WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE & ANOTHER PERSON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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