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Accidents - Power hedge trimmers - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,864
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Date: 12/07/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING WITH POWER TRIMMER WHILE DOING YARDWORK. DX-ACUTE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT CUT FINGERS WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS-FX LEFT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING A GAS POWERED HEDGE TRIMMER AND IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A NEAR AM PUTATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/29/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT CUT FIGNER ON POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT STATES WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AND CUT HIS LEFT FINGERS AT HOME DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT WAS USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS & INJURED FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT SUS LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE USING POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC HEADGE TRIMMER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
WAS USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AND CUT (L) 3RD FINGER DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT STATES WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY CUT 5TH FINGER O N LEFT HAND DX 5TH FINGER LACERATION 2.0 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
DX SUPERFICIAL RIF LAC/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION: US'G ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS, GOT RIF IN BLADES RESULT'G IN SERERAL "V" SHAPED LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers, Plants, trees and shrubs
LT INDEX FINGER LACERATION WITH REPAIR: TRIMMING HEDGES WHEN ELECTRICAL CORD OF HEDGE TRIMMER GOT CLOSE TO BLADES, STRUCK FINGER WITH TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRICAL HEDGE TRIMMER >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
48YOF WAS USING A ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER ON HER HEDGES,ACCIDENTLY CUT LEFT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT WASUSING A ELECTRIC POWER HEDGE CLIPPER AND CUT THUMB DX: LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LT 4TH DIGIT LACERATION: USING *** BRAND ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS CUT FI NGER ON THE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION FINGER - 40 YO FEMALE CAUGHT THE PAD OF HER FINGER IN HER EL ECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER JUST PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
47YOM WHILE USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME,ACCIDENTLY CUT RT 3RD DIGIT;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGERS WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMERS 4TH AND 5TH FINGER LACERATIO NS #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
AT HOME PT CUT MIDDLE R FINGER WITH HEDGE TRIMMER - THOUGHT IT WAS OFF DX R 3RD & 4TH DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
26YOM WAS AT HOME USING A ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS,ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. DX. FINGER LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
L THUMB LAC/50YOF AT HOME LACERATED THUMB WHILE USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CL IPPERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER DX/ LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers, Power saws
ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT FINGER IN A HEDGE CUTTER VERSUS ELECTRIC SAW >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power hedge trimmers
LACERATION TO THUMB,CUT OFF TIP OF LEFT THUMB WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX-AVULSION,THUMB TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHILE USING AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power hedge trimmers
CUT LT MIDDLE FINGER WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME DX FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AND CUT THUMB WITH POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
RT THUMB LAC.PT WAS USING A ELECTRIC TRIMMER AND LACERATED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
FINGER CAUGHT IN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER 2.5 CM FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT WAS CUT WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGER, LACERATION TO LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
PT USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME HAD LAC TO L MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers
ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT FINGER IN AN ELECTRIC HEDGE CUTTER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power hedge trimmers, Plants, trees and shrubs
CUT TO FINGER WHILE USING HEDGE TRIMMER CUTTING HEDGE DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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