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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 804
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HER MESQUITE TREE W/ A TRIMMER & STEPPED BACK TO LOOK A T HER TREE & HAS AN ONSET OF MID BACK PAIN.DX:THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| WAS CUTTING A TREE DOWN WITH SON AND WAS HIT IN CHEST AS TREE FELL DX- RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fishing |
| 30 YOF WAS STANDING ON OLD TREE FISHING, FELL SUSTAINING CONTUSION TO U PPER BACK AND ALONGSIDE RIGHT HIP AND UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WHEN HE WAS PUSHED AND ACCID. STRUCK A TREE. HI T HIS L CHEST OFF OF TREE. PAIN WORSE WHEN HE MOVES ARM. DX CHEST CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 38 YOM HAD LIMB OF TREE FALL ON CHEST WHILE CUTTING DOWN TREE; SPLENIC INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONTUSION/ABRASION L CHEST; WAS HIT BY A TREE BRANCH WHILE PRUNNING UP ON A LADDER, C/O L SIDE CHEST PAIN/RIB PAIN. * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH, FELL & STRUCK IN CHEST DX; NONE STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 76 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CUTTING DOWN TREES CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING TREE AT HOME,, HURT UPPER BACK. DX THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT INJURED BACK 4 DAYS AGO CUTTING DOWN A TREE AT HOME DX// THORACIC SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WITH CHEST WALL CONTUSION, FELL OFF BIKE, HIT A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string |
| PT WAS SWINGING FROM A ROPE IN A TREE WHEN IT BROKE. PT FELL ON L SIDE OF CHEST ON A TREE STUMP. FELL 20 FT. NO LOC. DX CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING A TREE, FELL 15FEET OFF, HITTING CHEST ON A TREE BRANCH ON WAY DOWN >> PNEUMOTHORX/RIB FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WITH CHEST WALL CONTUSION, WAS CUTTING TREES, A PART OF TREE STRUCK PT IN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A TREE, AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, & SLIPPED, LANDING ON A FENCE, HIT CHEST ON FENCE. DX: CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING BRANCHES UP IN A TREE AT HOM AND FELL OUT ABOUT 15 FEET SUST AINED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| WAS UP IN TREE CUTTING LIMBS WITH A CHAIN SAW, FELL AND INJURED HIS RIB AREA. LEFT 9TH AND 10TH RIB FX'S* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES WHEN ONE STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DOWN TREE AND IT FELL ONTO HIM HURTING RIBS # FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| STRUCK BY FALLING TREE LIMB WHILE CUTTING WOOD/ CHEST CONTUSION ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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