Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,705
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	70
Year 1998:	122
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	67
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	68
Year 2003:	61
Year 2004:	196
Year 2005:	513
Year 2006:	131
Year 2007:	99
Year 2008:	86
Year 2009:	78
Year 2010:	175

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PRUNING LARGE TREE LIMB AT HOME. LIMB HIT PATIENT AND KNOCKED HIM TO TH E GROUND. CHI. 43 YOM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHI. 33 YOM WAS TRIMMING TREES WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
SIMPLE SCALP LAC: 33YOM TRIMMING A TREE & A LIMB HIT HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING LAC TO SCALP, 2.6 CM LAC, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHI: SCALP WOUND; 41YOM TRIMMING A BRANCH, BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF HEAD, THORN STUCK IN IT, C/O BAD HEADACHE, DIFFICULTY FOCUSING, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHI. PT WAS TRIMMING TREES AND WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRANCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CHI. PT WAS TRIMMING HIS TREE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING BRANCH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
39YO HISP MALE STS AT HOME CUTTING A TREE WITH CUTTING INSTRUMENT BOUNCED BACK-CUT SCALP,NLOC, DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SCALP LAC, PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WHEN A PAIR OF SHEARS FELL OFF A SHELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A TREE AND THE TREE BRANCH FELL ONTOP OF HEAD SUSTAINED A S CALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
HEAD LACERATION: TRIMMING BRUSH, LIMB OF TREE HIT HIM IN HEAD, KNOCKED HIM TO GROUNND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
CONCUSSION-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-HIT W/A TREE LIMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT WITH HEDGE TRIMMER. DXP=PARIETAL SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJUR Y JG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
WAS TRIMMING A TREE AND BRANCH FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD HAS LAC TO TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
C/O PT STATES WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD DX SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A TREE AND A BRANCH FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PRUNING TREES AND BRANCH FELL AND LACERATED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
C.H.I.; FX RT LEG: R/O LUNG, CHEST, ABD TRAUMA: FELL 40 FT OUT OF TREE WHILE TRIMMING LIMBS ON TREES AROUND HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING PALM LIMBS AT HOME AND ONE FELL ONTO HER HEAD SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
MULTIPLE BEE STINGS WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES & HIT A BEES NEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
49YOM-LACERATION SCALP=HIT WITH LIMB CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LAC TO SCALP FROM TREE BRANCH WHILE TRIMMING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
USING TREE TRIMMER AND TRIMMER HIT PATIENT ON HEAD AT HOME HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION HEAD - 50 YOF WAS TRIMMING LIMBS OFF A TREE AND WAS STRUCK O N HER HEAD BY FALLING LIMBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HEDGE TRIMMER FEEL ON HEAD SM PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A TREE WHEN THE BRANCE FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SCALP ;LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A TREE AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH FELL ON HIS HEAD LACERATION SC ALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT AT A LOCAL CHURCH TRIMMING TREES FELL OUT OF THE TREE ONTO HEAD SUST AINED AN OPEN SKULL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING TREES AT HOME WHEN A BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT PRUNING A TREE YESTERDAY WHEN TREE BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
SCALP LAC - STRUCK WITH LIMB WHEN TRIMMING BUSHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2001	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2000	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Ladders
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/1999	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1998	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/1998	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/1997	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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