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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 873
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/06/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING *** AT HOME, HIT RT LOWER LEG WITH BLADE, LAC LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT THE BACK OF LEG WITH A *** DX: LOWER LEG LAC. DX: LOWER LEG LAC. |
| 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. WAS USING *** AT HER HOME ON THE SIDE OF A HILL FELL - FX. LOWER LEG - TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** ON SOME SHRUBBERY AT HOME WHEN HE BROKE OUT IN A RASH ON ARMS CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Other furniture |
| MULTIPLE SUPERFICIAL ABRASIONS L CALF, USING A WEED TRIMMER, HAD DAUGHTER HOLD TRIMMER WHILE SHE MOVED LAWN FURNITURE, TRIMMER HIT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT LOWER LEG OPEN FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A GAS POWERED *** WITH METAL BLADES AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RT LOWER LEG LACERATION X2.PT WAS USING A *** AND LACERATED LOWER LEG. ER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WEEDWACKING 3 DAYS EARLIER INSECT BITE TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT LOWER LEG WITH *** DX: LOWER LEG LAC. DX: LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FELL AGAINST EDGER DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HIT WITH ***; LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO SHIN 74 YO WF HURT SHIN USING *** CORRECTED CORRECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME SHOT A TWIG INTO RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. STATES *** BLADE HIT THE FRONT OF HER LEG TODAY. DX. LAC R LOWER L EG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING ***, STRUCK ROCK AND ROCK HIT PTS LEG 2 DAYS AGO LEFT LOWER LEG CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WHILE CUTTING SHRUBS, FELL DX: STRAIN RT. LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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