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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 308
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/10/2006 | Age: 30 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 |
| 30 YOM WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT KNEE SPR. PT WAS PULLING WEEDS AND USING A WEED TRIMMER AND STRAIN ED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PRUNING SHEARS FELL AND HIT IN KNEE.LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | Age: 59 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 USING HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME AND CUT L KNEE, DX. LAC L KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 30 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 LAC-CUT ON PRUNING SHEARS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 47 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: R KNEE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT WAS TRIMMING PALM TREES AT HOME AND GOT A PALM FRON NUMB EMBEDDED IN LEFT KNEE TWO WEEKS AGO GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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