Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,502
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	536
Year 2007:	1,161
Year 2008:	804

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	40
16-25 years old:	379
26-50 years old:	1,447
50+ years old:	635

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Stairs or steps
PT STATES THAT HE WAS GETTING A TREE OUT OF HIS ATTIC WHEN HE MISSED TH E STEPS & FELL C/O CHEST, BACK, & SOB. D: CHEST PAIN, RENAL INSUFFICIEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2007	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT STS CRUSHING CHEST PAIN WHILE CUTTING BUSHES DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tree stands
FELL 30 - 40 FT OUT OF DEER STAND IN TREE WHILE HUNTING IN WOODS DX PNUEMOTHROAX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
CONTUSION CHEST(RIB),PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT PALM PLANT,ACCIDETALLY HITTING FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 40 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
CUTTING TREES, STRUCK BY BRANCH/ CHES TCONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
HIT BY TREE HE WAS CUTTING/RIB FX X4, VERTEBRAL FX X 4
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 18 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, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
RIDING DIRT BIKE, HIT TREE STUMP, THROWN FROM BIKE, C/O TROUBLE BREATHING, DX; CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 28 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, Other ball sports
FELL 10 FT FROM TREE WHILE TRYING TO RETREIVE BALL SUST INJ TO R RIBS DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		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
CHEST WALL STRAIN-DEVELOPED PAIN WHILE CUTTING A TREE & LIFTING BRANCHE S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 22 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: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SUSTAINED 15 FT FALL FROM BALCONY WHEN CUTTING TREE BRANCH. HX OF T1 2 FX IN 2003. D:INTRACTABLE PAIN SECONDARY TO 15 FOOT FALL. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 26 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, Tools
WAS CUTTING TREES, BRANCH HIT PT DX ABRASION L SIDE OF BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 37 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
CHEST PAIN AFTER CUTTING DOWN TREES DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
26 YO M CONTUSION TO RIBS RIDING MOTORCROSS HIT TREE BRANCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 45 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, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREE 20 FEET OFF GROUND, LOST BALANCE & FELL. +LOC. D:RIB F XS, PTX/HTX, PULMONARY CONTUSION, MAMMARY ARTERY TRANSECTION, ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2007	Age: 49 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, Tools
PT FELL 40FT FROM TREE WHILE CUTTING BRANCHES, CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
29 YOM CUTTING TREES, SLIPPED, TWISTED - STRAINED UPPER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sleds
SLEDDING AND HIT A TREE. DX SPLEEN INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 24 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, Sleds
PAIN TO CHEST HIT TREE WHILE GOING DOWN HILL ON SLED DX: CONTUSION TO C HEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2007	Age: 38 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, All-terrain vehicles
PT RIDING A FOUR WHEELED ATV AND CRASHED INTO A TREE SUSTAINED A CONTUS ION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 TREE & TREE FELL ON PT CHESTDX RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 50 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, Pruning or trimming equipment
TRIMMING TREE WITH TREE TRIMMER, PUSED TREE, FELT POP DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 73 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
RIB FXS-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-HIT W/ TREE LIMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
RT CHEST CONTUSION: DIGGING UP TREE, TREE FELL, STRUCK LT CHEST, KNOCKED PT TO GROUND HURTING RT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
PNEUMOTHORAX-FELL 15 FEET FROM A TREE-LANDED ON CHAIN SAW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 48 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 WAS CUTTING TREE AND TREE FELL ON HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 69 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, Fences or fence posts
WAS PULLING A LARGE TREE LIMB OFF A FENCE; LIMB BROKE LOSE AND STRUCK P ATIENT IN THE CHEST. FRACTURE, LEFT 8TH RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2006	Age: 84 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, Saws
PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMB WITH A SAW AT HOME, LIMB FELL HITTING PT. ON SIDE. DX-PULMONARY CONTUSION, CONTUSION CHEST AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 45 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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories
HELMETED BICYCLIST RIDING IN *** NATIONAL PARK WHEN LOST CONTROL AND ST RUCK A TREE. D: T-12 FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 42 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: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WITH DIZZINESS AND CHEST PAIN. WAS TRIMMING A PALM TREE YESTERDAY WH EN SYMPTOMS OCCURRED. D: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Floors or flooring materials
UPPER MID BACK PAIN AFTER PICKING UP PLANTS FROM FLOOR ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN, BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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