Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,690
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	88
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	292
Year 2002:	136
Year 2003:	133
Year 2004:	316
Year 2005:	220
Year 2006:	436
Year 2007:	224
Year 2008:	176
Year 2009:	131
Year 2010:	447

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	17
16-25 years old:	155
26-50 years old:	1,449
50+ years old:	1,068

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 58 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
58YOF STRAIN TO LEFT WRIST - PAIN STARTED AFTER USING *** FOR TWOHOURS. HOURS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WRIST FX: 55YOF TRIPPED & FELL, INJURED WRIST & FOREARM WHILE MOVING A *** IN THE YARD @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2010	Age: 58 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
58YOM WAS TRYING TO START A POWER *** AT HOME AND STRAINED WRISTPULL ST ARTING THE DEVICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
33 YOF, TENDONITIS WRIST, PT. WORKING IN YARD, USING TRIMMER, HEARD POP IN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 YOM, TENDONITIS WRIST, PT. WAS USING *** AT COLLEGE, SINCE WRIST AND SHOULDER HAVE BEEN HURTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 39 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
WRIST SPRAIN-39YOM-FELL DOWN A HILL WHILE USING A WEED TRIMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 39 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
39YOM SPRAINED LT WRIST WHEN TWISTED HAND WHILE *** HEARD POP.DX:SPRAIN LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 57 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
SPR WRIST USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE DOING YARD WORK, WENT TO PICK UP A WEED WACHER AND WRIST SNAPPED. DX. WRIST INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME WHILE WEEDWACKING IN YARD TODAY. DX. FX L DISTAL RADIUS, STYLOID ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Tables
CUTTING WITH KNIFE SHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT ON TABLE INJURED WRIST LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GAS POWERED *** CAUGHT FIRE PREV DAY TRAUMATIC CARPAL TUNNEL WITH BURN TO THUMB - FIRE / ? FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FX WRIST- FELL USING ***
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH SPRAINED WRIST FROM USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 75 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
WAS USING LAWN TRIMMER TO TRIM YARD; LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND. S PRAIN, RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH INJURY TO LEFT WRIST AFTER FALLING WHILE *** YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A WEED WHACKER. DX: TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
* INJURY 5/30, WRIST NOW SWOLLEN DX CELLULITIS S/P * INJURY DX CELLULITIS S/P WEEDEATER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 44 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
PT WAS USING A *** YESTERDAY NOW HAS PAIN IN LEFT WRIST STRAINED WRIST ED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LEFT WRIST FX. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 56 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
*** SPRUNG ONTO WRIST 5 CM WRIST LACERATION 5 CM WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 42 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
PT FELL IN A DITCH WHILE ***. DX. WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 26 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
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET GROUND WHILE ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
OVERUSE SYNDROME R WRIST; USING *** X 2 DAYS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 42 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
WEEDWACKING ON HIS HILLSIDE AND SLIPPED ON WET GRASS AND FELL ON WRIST WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 20 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
***, HIT PIECE OF GLASSDX WRIST LACERATION DX WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 38 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
WRIST SPRAIN-***-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	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
SPRAIN WRIST - 31 YOM C/O LEFT WRIST PAIN AFTER USING WEED CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPRAINED WRIST PULLING ROPE TO CRANK ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WRIST SWELLING AFTER WEED WACKING TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 53 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
PT WAS USING A *** AND A PC OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT PT ON WRIST ON WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
YEST WHILE *** EXPERIENCED PAIN IN R WRIST. DX. PAIN R WRIST, L ABILE HYPERTENSION, GOUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 56 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
INJURED STARTING *** DX. WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** AND FELL INTO CACTUS BUSH, C/O LEFT WRIST AND HAND LACERATION, DX: DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 40 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
STARTING ***, STRING JERKED ARM. RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN AND STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 48 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
LT WRIST,ELBOW PAIN. *** YARD YEST. DX: LT WRIST SPRAIN/ TENDONI TIS LT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2001	Age: 53 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 20 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2001	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, House repair or construction materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2001	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2001	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2001	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2000	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/25/1999	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/1999	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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