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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 945
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT BY *** THUMB LAC THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 46 YOM CUT ON WEED TRIMMER LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SHARPENED ***-NOT TURNED ON FINGER LAC FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HIT FINGER WHILE USING *** DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING SOMETHING OFF THE *** WITH A KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED C UTTING HIS LEFT THUMB. DX-LEFT THUMB LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FINGER LAC-TRIMMING GRASS W/ ELECTRIC CLIPPERS-AT HOME-HIT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT FINGER ON GAS ***. LEFT 5TH FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Knives |
| CUTTING *** CORD WITH KNIFE DX LACERATION TO THUMB DX LACERATION TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| JAMMED THUMB AND MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER USING A *** DX FINGER LAC AC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LACERATED RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON ***. DX: LACERATION, RIGHT PINKYFINGER FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER.DX: 2 CM L THUMB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 55-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM A LINE TRIMMER AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A POWERED EDGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT L INDEX FINGER ON GRASS CLIPPERS. LAC 2.0CM L INDEX FINGER $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT 4TH FINGER AMP. PT CUT FINGER ON A SIDEWALK EDGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A GRASS TRIMMER AT HOME, (POWER) LAC RT 3RD ,4TH, AND 5TH FING ERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC RT THUMB. 12 ML CUT THUMB WITH BLADE OF KNIFE TODAY.# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HIT BY *** DX: LACERATION PROXIMAL L THUMB DX: LACERATION PROXIMAL L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING GRASS TRIMMER DX: LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT FINGER ON POWER EDGER DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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