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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 637
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT STATES CUT HAND WITH PRUNING SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION 1.5 CM: CUT HAND WITH CLIPPER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Fences or fence posts |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: TRIMMING TREE, STANDING ON FENCE, FELL, INJURED HAND ON TREE BRANCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CUT WITH PRUNING SHEARS - LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HAND FROM GARDEN SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WITH SWOLLEN HANDS SINCE TRIMMING FOLLIAGE AT HOME. ALSO POSSIB LE INSECT BITE TOO. D: CONTACT DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS TRIMMING THE HEDGE WHEN A SNAKE BIT HER HAND. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| *** AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, HAS ITCHY RASH ON BOTH PALMS. DX ATOPIC DERMATITIS BOTH HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT USING HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME, LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND LACERATION - WORKING IN THE GARDEN PRUNING AND WAS HOLDING SECOND SET OF SHEARS, BRANCH BROKE OFF TREE CAUSING SHEARS TO LACERATE R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING SOME ROSE BUSHES AND CUT HER PALM. DX LEFT HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT GOT SPLINTER IN HAND WHEN WORKING IN YARD AND HIT HAND AGAINSTMOTHER 'S LANDSCAPING TRIMMERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT LAC L PALM W PRUNING SHEARS DX 1.5 CM L PALM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS CUT W/PRUNING SHEARS. DX: 2 CM L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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