Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,318
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,001	Toe:	115
Wrist:	80	Hand:	70
Foot:	30	Mouth:	15
Eyeball:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FINGER WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUTTING WEEDS @ HOME WITH GRASS CLIPPERS & CUT FINGER DX FINGER TIP AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
11YOF WAS AT HOME USING A HEDGE TRIMMER,CUT SKIN ON RIGHT FINGER WHILE HELPING FATHER;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT HAND WHICH GOT INFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
HEDGE TRIMMERS FELL OUT OF NEIGHBOR'S TREE CUTTING PATIENT ON GREAT TOE ; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS AT HOME, DX: LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FOOT W/ CLEAN NEW HEDGE CLIPPER DX: 1 INCH LACERATION RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT C/O LAC FINGERS WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX LAC RT MIDDLE RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNING A ROSE. DX. 1.1 CM FINGERTIP LACERATION. JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT INJURED FINGER ON A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A TOE BY DROPPING A TRIMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
ACC CUT FINGER ON A METAL HEDGE CLIPPER "LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT HAD LAC TO L MIDDLE FINGER FROM HEDGE TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WITH LIP LAC FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
FOOT LAC-DROPPED GARDEN SHEARS ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT CUT ON FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER. DX; 3 CM LACERATION TO 3RD FI NGER, RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WHILE CUTTING HEDGES WITH TRIMMERS, PRESENTS WITH EYE IRRITATION X 1 DAY.DX EYE FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
USING HEDGECLIPPERS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATES FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
15 YO F TENDONITIS TO WRIST AFTER TRIMMING BUSHES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT C/O FINGER LAC WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX LAC LFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
2.5 CM LACERATION DISTAL PHALANX PALMER SURFACE RT INDEX: CUT ON HEDGE CLIPPERS AT MOM'S TRIMMING HEDGES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
9 YOF PRUNING BUSHES, STEPPED ON STICK - PUNCTURE TO L SECOND TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT FINGERS ON HEDGE CLIPPERS TODAY AT HOME DX// LAC RIGHT INDEX AND RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
C/O PAIN R MIDDLE FINGER, R HAND, TRIMMING HEDGES, TREE LIMBS JAMMED ON CONCRETE, DX; FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
FINGER LAC-ACCIDENTLY CUT ON HEDGE CLIPPERS BY GRANDMOTHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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