Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,688
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	663
Year 2007:	661
Year 2008:	362

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual scissors
CUTTING LIVE GREEN PLANT WITH SCISSORS AND CUT FINGER ...LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
PT CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW AND SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment
FB R IND FING/82YOM AT HOME WAS OUT TRIMMING TREE AND THORN GOT STUCK I N FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws
AT HOME IN YARD,SAWING A CACUTS - ONE OF THE ARMS FELL AND HIT PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND R INDEX FINGER R/O FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPRAIN RT.HAND.1ST.THUMB.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH PLANTS IN PATIO A T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING PALM TREES AT HOME AND GOT A PALM FRON EMBEDDED IN FINGER F B FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING HIS HEDGES AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws
66 YOM LACERATED LEFT THUMB WHILE SAWING TREE LIMBS WITH A MANUAL SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A BUSH AT HOME AND GOT A THORN IN FINGER THREE WEEKS AGO IT GOT INFECTED TREATED FOR CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT RECEIVED LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT CUT HIS FINGER YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS TRIMMING SOME BUSHES WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER. DX-LACERATION/ABRASION OF LT 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 74 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other manual pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS CUTTING BUSHES WITH SHEARS, CUT FINGER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WHEN CUTTING A BUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
LAC R 4TH & 5TH FINGERS; @ HOME CUTTING TREE BRANCHES & CUT FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 57 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: Avulsion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING BUSHES ,GOT L RING FINGER IN CUTTERS DX PARTIAL AVULSION,AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT LAC 2ND FINGER WHILE TRIMMING SHRUBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS TRIMMING BUSH WITH ELECTRIC TRIMMER, CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pins and needles
FELL ONTO A TREE ROOT GETTING A SPLINTER INTO FINGER, TRIED TO GET IT O UT C A NEEDLE COULDN'T' '' FINGER PW/FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE CUTTING DOWN TREE. CUT ON FRESHLY CUT LEMON T REE BRANCH. D:INDEX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING HIS PLANTS WND SUSTAINED A PW TO LFT INDEX FINGR WHICH OT INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string
HANGING A GRAPEVINE & CUTTING TWINE, CUT FINGER DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT CUTTING A TREE DOWN AND THE TREE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO LEFT FIFTH FI NGER DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 73 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT FINGER ON A SHRUB PRUNERS " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Clothing accessories
PT DOING YARD WORK, CACTUS NEEDLE STUCK THROUGH LEATHER GLOVE DX: FB R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/23/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME WITH A TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT TO FINGER WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 82 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment
FLAP LAC L 4TH FING/82YOF CUT FINGER WHILE PRUNNING HER ROSES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT WITH SHEARS WHILE PRUNING BUSHES, LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers
FINGER AB-HIT A TREE LIMB WHILE MOWING YARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
CUT FINGER BETWEEN TREE BRANCH & FENCE POST @ HOME DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers
GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND LAWNMOWER, DX; FINGER CONTUSIONS;/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW SLIPPED / CUT FINGERS DX: L 2ND & 3RD DIGIT PARTIAL AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/07/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws
LAC L INDEX FINGER; PT TRIMMING TREES @ HOME ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON TREE SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM A TREE, TRIMMER GOT STUCK, PT CUT 3RD/4T H DIGITS GETTING TRIMMER UNSTUCK DX: OPEN FX LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
FINGER CT-INJURED ON ROSE BUSH & FENCE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
TRIMMING TREES CAUGHT FINGER IN HEDGE CLIPPER DX: R 5TH FINGER FX. / LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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