57YOM COMES TO THE ER WITH A RIB INJURY.  HE WAS TRIMMING A TREE, USING A CHAINSAW WHEN A BRANCH FELL TAKING THE CHAINSAW WITH IT.  THIS CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS RIBS ON THE RAILING OF THE CHERRY PICKER.  EXAM NOTES NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF TRAUMA BUT PAIN WITH COUGHING OR DEEP BREATHS, AND TENDERNESS LOWER RIBS AND ABDOMEN.  DX: CONTUSION RIB CAGE; STRAIN ABDOMEN WALL MUSCLE
Date: 4/9/2025
Category: home structures and construction materials
Product: HANDRAILS, RAILINGS OR BANISTERS
Products involved: CHAIN SAWS; HANDRAILS, RAILINGS OR BANISTERS
Diagnosis: Contusions, Abrasions
Body part: Upper Trunk
Location: Not Recorded