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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,063
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:494
Year 2007:265
Year 2008:304

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/16/2008Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
LACERATION LT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE CUTTING TREE BRANCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Metal containers
PT WAS INJURED PUTTING TREE LIMBS IN TRASH CAN DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
CUTTING TREE WITH CHAIN SAW, CUT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2008Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA RT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE IN THE PATIO,PLANTS FELL ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH PLANTS IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
A PIECE OF WOOD FELL OFF A TREE THAT WAS CUTTING HITTING HAND, NOW C SW ELLING&INFE S&S >> CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2007Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING TREES DOWN, BRANCH SNAPPED & SPRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
DROPPED CACTUS IN POT ON HAND DX HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT WAS TRIMMING A LEMON TREE ON MONDAY AND GOT A THORN EMBEDDED IN LEFT HAND PULLED IT OUT CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/22/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING HIS PALM TREE AT HOM AND GOT A PALM FRON EMBEDDED IN HIS RI GHT HAND FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
OUT SIDE CUTTING BRANCHES, GOT SOME THORNS INTO HAND " FB REMVOAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2006Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE FOR WOOD AT HOME. PEICE OF WOOD HIT HAND DX: LACERATION TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other unpowered garden tools
51 YO F WAS DIGGING CACTUS OUT OF POT AND HAND SLIPPED OFF SHOVEL INTO CACTUS. CACTUS NEEDLES IN HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
LACERATION HAND - 52 YOF WAS CUTTING FLOWERS AND LACERATED PALM OF LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts
PT WRKING IN GARDEN AT HOME,STUCK THUMB ON ROSE THORNE,BANGED HAND ON METAL GATE, DX CONTUSION HAND,PUNCTURE WOUND,POSS CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment
PT TRIMMING A PALM TREE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT HAND ON THE TREE GOT INFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Nonelectric razors or shavers
PT CUTTING EGGPLANT OFF VINE WITH A RAZOR AND CUT HAND DX// LAC LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws
PT CUT HAND WITH A SAW WHILE CUTTING A TREE AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Riding power lawn mowers
PT STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST A TREE WHILE RIDING ON RIDING MOWER AT HOME DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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