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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 743
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Air conditioners |
| 2 CM R UPPER ARM LAC. W/ REPAIR: 46YOF PULLING CORD ON ***, ARM CAME BA CK, STRUCK CORNER OF AIR CONDITIONER, LAC. UPPER ARM 2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| L ARM NUMBNESS, R/O CVA: DYSPNEA: USING *** AND GOT SHORT OF BREATH, L T ARM NUMBNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Insect induced injuries |
| PATIENT WAS RUNNING FROM A WASP, FELL INTO A *** AND CUT UPPER ARM. DX- PUNCTURE WOUND UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Day wear |
| WORKING IN THE YARD WEARING SHORT SLEEVE SHIRT AND USING *** ANDDEVELOP ED RASH DERMATITIS UPPER ARMS FOREARMS AND ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING ***, HURT R ARM DX TENDONITIS DX TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RASH AROUND BOTH UPPER ARMS,NECK,FACE&EYES-CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PAIN AFTER USING *** DX. UPPER ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX RIGHT UPPER ARM STRAIN: PULLING STARTER STRING FOR *** INJURED ARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Day wear |
| YEST WAS *** AT DUSK, TOOK SHIRT OFF, FELT STING SITE R ARM. DX . INSECT OR SPIDER BITE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT INJURED BY ***; ARM HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FELL WHILE USING *** - FRACTURE HUMERAL HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LEFT UPPER ARM STRAIN.PT WAS ***YARD AND PAINTING AND UPPER AR M BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK ON THE ARM WITH FOREIGN BODY WHILE USING A DR TRIMMER. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING *** DEV RIGHT ARM PAIN DX RIGHT ARM STRAIN DX RIGHT ARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2001 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2000 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/1998 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/1998 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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