Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
FELL 10 FEET FROM TREE WHILE LIMBING IT/ FX RT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
82 YO BM - TENDONITIS L WRIST - PAIN IN WRIST - PAIN IN WRIST AFTER WOR KING IN YARD HOLDING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PAIN TO WRIST AFTER TRIMMING ROSES DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PAIN R WRIST, INJURED USING HEDGE CLIPPERS TODAY WHILE CUTTING SHRUBBER Y. DX. TENOSYNOVITIS RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT HIT WRIST WITH WEED TRIMMER DX:; FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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