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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 316
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER *** AND FELL TO GROUND. LEFT WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS USING A *** AND WRIST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS CUTTING A BLOCK OF CANDLE WAX AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HER WRIST/ LACERATION TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING GRASS WHEN *** THREW OBJECT AND CUT LEFT WRIST. LEFT WRIST LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 29 YOM FELL USING *** SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2004 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING LAWN WITH POWERED *** WITH WHEELS, FELL INJURING WRIST.DX: LACE RATION WRIST. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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