Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - Year 2002 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 305
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	134
50+ years old:	93

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT KNEE WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS DX. KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT USING A GRASS TRIMMER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Industrial		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
45 YOWM WAS USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS L KNEE NOT A WORK RELATED CASE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMERS-LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUT KNEE ON A HEDGE TRIMMER DX: RT KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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