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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 378
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT WAS PUTTING CORD ON TRIMMER AND HIT SELF IN THE EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO THE HAND AFTER USING TRIMMER.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-SUS SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO FINGER WHEN SHE CUT IT ON A HAND TRIMMER WHILE DOING YARD WORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM YARD CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER, WAS GARDENING WITH FRIEND WHO ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED PT'S FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT C/O FINGER LAC. PT CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX LAC LFT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PATIENT HIT HIS LEFT FIFTH WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINING A LACERATION DX-SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF THE LT FIFTH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| CUT FINGER WITH TRIMMING SHEARS. DX- 1.5 CM LACERATION L INDEX FINGER # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PATIENT DROPPED A HEDGECUTTER/LAWN TRIMMER ON FOOT AT HOME DX: LT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| DX: FINGER AMPUTATION WHEN CUT BY HEDGE CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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