Accidents - Manual pruning or trimming equipment - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 513
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	70
Year 2002:	68
Year 2003:	154
Year 2004:	17
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	119
Year 2007:	31

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
HAND CT-HIT W/ PRUNING SHEARS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT SLICED LT PALM WITH GARDEN TOOL WHILE PRUNING. DX - HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND WITH GARDEN SHEARS DX: R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
CUT HAND WITH HANDCLIPPERSDX HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 65 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: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: USING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME, CUT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEF T HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
70 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHILE USING PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME. DX; L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT SELF WITH PRUNING SHEARS CAUSING LT HAND LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS AT HOME STRUCK LEFT HAND DEVELOPED A HEMAOTMA TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
LAC L HAND, THUMB/INDEX FINGER WEB SPACE WHILE USING A PULL TRIMMER ON TREES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2000	Age: 75 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: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/1999	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual pruning or trimming equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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