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Accidents - Manual lawn trimmers or edgers - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 144
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:15
26-50 years old:15
50+ years old:113
Accidents - Body Parts:
Knee:66Finger:31
Lower Leg:15Eyeball:15
Hand:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/31/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT STATES WAS TRIMMING WEEDS AND SOME FLEW IN EYE DX F.O.B. IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR LAC TO HAND WHEN USING HEADGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT CUT LEG WITH *** [LAWN TRIMMER]DX LT LOWER LEG LACERATION DX LT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER USING A LAWN EDGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
51 YOM LACERATED LEFT 5TH FINGER WITH HAND TRIMMERS WHILE TRIMMING GRAS S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WAS TRIMMING LAWN AT HOME AND KNEE GAVE AWAY CAUSING FALL. DX. KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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