Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,030
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	701
Year 2007:	871
Year 2008:	457

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	40
16-25 years old:	321
26-50 years old:	589
50+ years old:	1,063

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
LACERATION LT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE CUTTING TREE BRANCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Metal containers
PT WAS INJURED PUTTING TREE LIMBS IN TRASH CAN DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/23/2008	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING A SHRUB WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND SUSTAINED A LAC TO HIS H AND. LAC TO PLAMAR SURFACE IS DEEP. NEEDS STITCHED. DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
GARDENING&ACCIDENTALLY GOT PRICKED BY A PLANT, ?RUOMS, NOW WITH HAND PA IN, SWELLING&REDNESS>>CELLULITIS/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW, CUT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baseball
PT WAS PLAYING BASEBALL SLID INTO A TREE AND NOW HAS BARK INTO R- PALM OF HAND. DX ABRASION TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA RT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE IN THE PATIO,PLANTS FELL ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH PLANTS IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
43Y/O,M,CUTTING A TREE, HURT HAND, L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power leaf mulchers and grinders
HAND CAUGHT B/T TREE& A WOOD CHIPPER THAT SLIPPED >>DEEP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Snow boarding
HAND STRAIN-HIT A TREE WHILE SNOWBOARDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT HAD A THORN STUCK IN HAND AND IS HAVING PAIN. PT ATTEMPTED TO PULL T HORN OUT WITH PLIERS. D: FLEXOR TENOSYNOVITIS. ADMITTED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
A PIECE OF WOOD FELL OFF A TREE THAT WAS CUTTING HITTING HAND, NOW C SW ELLING&INFE S&S >> CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING TREES DOWN, BRANCH SNAPPED & SPRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT INJ RT HAND WHILE CUTTING A TREE DOWN 1 MONTH PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
PT FELL WHILE CUTTING TREE AND LACERATED HAND ON BARBED WIRE FENCE. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN A TREE AND CHIPPER AT HOME DX: CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE AND A LIMB FELL ONTO ARMDX: LT HAND AND WRIS T INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT INJ HANDS WHILE CUTTING DOWN A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS WITH DAD, USING CHAIN SAW BLOCKED LIMB THAT WAS FALLING ON HIM. DX-FRACTURE 4TH METACARPAL RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
DROPPED CACTUS IN POT ON HAND DX HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING A LEMON TREE ON MONDAY AND GOT A THORN EMBEDDED IN LEFT HAND PULLED IT OUT CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power lawn mowers
PT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN A TREE AND PLASTIC GRASS CATCHER ON MOWER AT HOME, DX: CRUSH INJURY LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND FB-THORN IN HAND WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
C/O THORNS TO HAND WHILE CUTTING A LOCUST TREE, DX; FB WITH REMOVALTO H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING HIS PALM TREE AT HOM AND GOT A PALM FRON EMBEDDED IN HIS RI GHT HAND FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
OUT SIDE CUTTING BRANCHES, GOT SOME THORNS INTO HAND " FB REMVOAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE FOR WOOD AT HOME. PEICE OF WOOD HIT HAND DX: LACERATION TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other unpowered garden tools
51 YO F WAS DIGGING CACTUS OUT OF POT AND HAND SLIPPED OFF SHOVEL INTO CACTUS. CACTUS NEEDLES IN HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION HAND - 52 YOF WAS CUTTING FLOWERS AND LACERATED PALM OF LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
PT WRKING IN GARDEN AT HOME,STUCK THUMB ON ROSE THORNE,BANGED HAND ON METAL GATE, DX CONTUSION HAND,PUNCTURE WOUND,POSS CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A PALM TREE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT HAND ON THE TREE GOT INFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Trampolines
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GRAB AN OVERHEAD TREE BRANCH WHILE JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINE AND CUT RIGHT HAND. DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
FELL CARRYING VASE OF FLOWERS, GLASS CUT L HAND DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Nonelectric razors or shavers
PT CUTTING EGGPLANT OFF VINE WITH A RAZOR AND CUT HAND DX// LAC LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Buckets or pails
RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND A BUCKET. D: CONTUSION RIGHT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ceilings and walls
HIT TREE AND WALL W/FIST, R HAND PAIN DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws
PT CUT HAND WITH A SAW WHILE CUTTING A TREE AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ladders
CUTTING TREE WHILE ON LADDER, FELL OFF/ CONTUSION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Riding power lawn mowers
PT STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST A TREE WHILE RIDING ON RIDING MOWER AT HOME DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PER GRANDMOTHER, CHILD PLAYING IN SPRINKLERS AND GRABBED A CACTUS W/ HA NDS, UNABLE TO REMOVE ALL STICKERS, STILL HAS SOME IN HANDS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise
PT FELL WHILE HIKING AND FELL ON CACTUS. CACTUS NEEDLE IN HAND. D: FORE IGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING PALM TREE @ HOME, C/O SWOLLEN HAND DX: CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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