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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 547
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LACERATION HEAD - 90 YOM WAS OUTSIDE TRIMMING THE TREE AND FELL BACKWAR DS HITTING HEAD ON SIDEWALK SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 71 YOM, WHO WAS CUTTING TREES DOWN, SOMEHOW A LIMB ROLLED OVER AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 7 1/2 CM LAYERED SCALP LACERATION WITH REPAIR: CUTTING DOWN CHERRY TREE, HIT IN TOP OF HEAD WITH BRANCH, HEMATOMA , UNK TOOL USED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CONCUSSION - 65 YOM WAS TRIMMING A TREE AND A LIMB FELL ONTO HEAD CAUSI NG A CONCUSSION AND A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| RIDING BIKE WHEN A TREE BRANCH HIT PT HEAD SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| SCALP LAC-@ HOME-HIT W/ TREE LIMB HE WAS CUTTING DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| FELL WHILE WATERING PLANTS, FELL, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HUGE FLOWERPOT, D X; CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT IN YARD AT HOME TRIMMING TREE WITH SPOUSE, LARGE BRANCH FELL HITTING PT IN HEAD, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| SCALP LAC-CUT DOWN TREE-LIMB HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ladders |
| PT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS AND WAS HIT IN BACK OF HEAD WITH A FALLING LADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING A TREE AND A BRANCH FELL ON HIS HEAD CONTUSION SCALP AND S TRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| TRIPPED OVER PLANT IN FLOWER POT DX CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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