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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 558
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT USING A HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 A HEADGE TRIMMER DX: KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 41 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 |
| KNEE LACERATION - 41 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN CUTTING WITH PRUNING BLADE SOME BUSHES AT HOME. DX; LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 29 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 A HEDGE TRIMMER DX: KNEE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT PRUNING BUSHES AT HOME WHEN HE DROPPED THE TRIMMER SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 53 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 SLICED LEG WITH HEDGE TRIMMER DX: LAC RT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 48 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| INTERNAL DERANGEMENT OF KNEE, RT, FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FT OUT OF TREE WHILE TRIMMING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 29 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 |
| PT WAS CUT W/EDGE TRIMMER. DX: L KNEE LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 63 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 |
| 63 Y/O M C/O CUT LFT KNEE. PT CUT LFT KNEE WITH METAL EDGER.DX LAC TO L FT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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