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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 565
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A TRIMMER, WHEN IT KICKED BACK CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO LE KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 78 Y/O WAS *** AT HOME HAD ONSET KNEE PAIN. DX-SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE. . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| C/O TRAUMATIC KN EE PAIN AND SWELLING WHILE ***, BENT KNEEBACKWARDS. DX -RIGHT KNEE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT FELL DOWN A HILL, WHILE "***", INJURING RIGHT KNEE DX; CONTUSION RIG HT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| C/O LEFT KNEE PAIN, FOREIGN BODY HIT LEG WHILE *** HIS YARD.DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN LEG WHILE *** AT HOME, DX-FOREIGNBODY KNE E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT KNEE ONA WEED WALKER VERSUS/HEDGE TRIMMER, ?MECH >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT KNEE SPRAIN: *** ON SATURDAY AT HOME, FELL OVER FEET OVERTHE HILL AP PROX. 4 FT, PAIN KNEE & ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING *** ON HILL, HURT KNEE. DX KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS "***" AN EMBANKMENT AT HOME WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. DX.KNEE SP RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 81 Y/O M INJURED L KNEE WHEN TWISTED WRONG WHILE *** AT HOME.DX; L KNEE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT USING A PAIR OF POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME AND THEY BOUNCED OFF A TREE INTO RIGHT KNEE LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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