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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 891
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS USING ELECTRIC HEDGER AND CUT FINGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| ACC CUT LT MIDDLE FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - CAUGHT FINGER IN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A HEDGE TRIMMER, TRIED TO GET THE BLADES CLEARED CAUSING AN OPEN COMPOUND FX TO RT 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 65 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| LACERATION FINGER - 65 YO MALE REPORTS HE WAS REMOVING GUARD FROM GAS H EDGE TRIMMER - STATES HE REMOVED IT QUICKLY AND CUT 5TH FINGER LEFT HAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 74 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS AND LAC THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| SIMPLE LACERATION OF FINGER, 1.5 CM: AT HOME TRIMMING HEDGES WITH *** 2 009 *** ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS, CUT TIP INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 55 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING THE ELECTRICAL HEDGE TIMMERS, LACERATED LT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| INTOXICATED MALE WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS TRIMMIMG HEDGES AT HOME - CUT SEVERAL FINGERS - BOTH HANDS. LACERATIONS, FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| DX LWOBD LAC FINGER <1CM: CUT RIF YTDY AFTERNNO W ELECTRIC HEDG TRIMEER 1CM LAC TO TOP OF RINF |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 55 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: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATI ON TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| CUT L THUMB ON HEDGE TRIMMER WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER CORD DX- FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| USING ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPERS, RECEIVED LAC RT INDEX FINGER. DX: 2" L AC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| 51 YOF CUT L 2ND FINGER WITH ELETRIC HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| CUT FINGER W/ AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS FRACTURE RIGHT THIRD FINGER AMPUTATION TIP FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| PT SUSTAINED COMPLEX FINGER LACERATION WHEN SHE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HEDGE CLIPPER IN THE BACKYARD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power hedge trimmers |
| LAC TO 3RD DIGIT ON R HAND, CUT W/SHEARS WHILE CUTTING BUSHES. DX. LAC R 3RD DIGIT HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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