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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 901
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/08/2004 | Age: 14 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 |
| LEFT SHIN LAC, PT WAS USING A WEED WACKER AND IT FELL HITTING LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2004 | Age: 79 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 |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME SUSTAINED A 4 INCH V SHAPED LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT CUT ON RT LEG BY A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2004 | Age: 56 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, PIECE OF DEBRIES HIT HIM IN RT LOWER L EG, FB LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** LAWN HIT LEGDX ABRASION ANKLE DX ABRASION ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RT LOWER EXTREMITY ABRASION,.PT WAS USING A *** AND HIT LOWER LEG. EG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2004 | Age: 47 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 |
| LOWER LEG FB-@ HOME-STICK HIT LEG WHILE WEEDWACKING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| OUTSIDE USING *** ON YARD WORK, *** HIT INNER LEG DX LOWLEG ABR LEG ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 1.5 CM LACERATION LOWER LEG (L) AT HOME IN YARD, *** FELL ONTO 6 INCH CONCRETE WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LOWER LEG CT-HIT W/A ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTUSED LEG WITH *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON STRING FROM ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| BURNED LEG ON *** DX. LOWER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH A RUNNING *** WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. DX LOWER LEG CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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. HAD BEEN WEEDEATING WITH *** WHEN GOT POISON IVY ON LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2004 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE WEED WACKING AND INJURED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/28/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| TOUCHED LEG AGAINST *** MUFFLER DX. LOWER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 37 YOWM USING A *** AND CUT HIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX RIGHT LOWER LEG CONTUSION: HIT BY ROCK THROWN BY *** AT HOME. HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| PT USING A ***** AT HOME KICKED UP A PIECE OF MULCH AND SHOT IT INTO LEFT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GOT SEVERAL CUTS WHILE ***** DX: SUPERFICIAL LACS RLE SECONDARY TO ** * ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2004 | Age: 43 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 POWERED *** AT HOME WHEN IT STRUCK A FOREIGN OBJECTSENDING I T INTO LEFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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