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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,147
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT LONG FINGER AFTER GETTING SPRING FROM *** IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT 3RD-5TH FINGERS WITH LAWN EDGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO 3-5TH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A SMALL ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AND CAUGHT FINGER FRACTURED FIN GER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| TRIMMING TREES IN YARD AT HOME WITH POWERED TRIMMER. DX FINGER LACERAT ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | 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 CUT FINGER WHEN TRIMMING HEDGES WITH AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS VS TINEA MANUUM: HELPING WIFE ***, RASH BETWEEN FINGERS, CHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING WEEDS AT HOME AND CUT FINGER DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 41 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 |
| PT CUT HAND WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS-LAC LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| CUTTING LINE ON WEED TRIMMER LACERATION INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | 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 |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER INGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING *** AND HAD NEAR AMPUTATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.DX: NEA R AMPUTATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 39 YOM LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | 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 (L) THUMB ON ELECTRIC LAWN TRIMMERS DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX HEMATOMA R RING FINGER: PT RECALLS USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 55 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 STATES WAS USING A HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM HIS BUSHES WHEN HE CUT HIS FINGERS DX 1.5 CM LACERATION TO LEFT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 66 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 (R) 3RD FINGER ON A *** DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO FINGER AFTER CUTTING SELF WITH LAWN TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 67 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS LACERATION LFET MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT CUT 3RD FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 80 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 |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 48YOF WAS HOME USING A ***, ACCIDENTLY LACERATED FINGER; 1-CM RIGHT MID DLE FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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