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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 725
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2003 | 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 |
| 25 Y.O. W MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT CUT SELF ON HEDGE TRIMMERS. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A *** AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING *** 3 DAYS AGO. DX: R EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR. DX: R EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WORKING ON ***, PIECE CAME UP STRIKING HIM IN FACE/ LAC LT LOWER EYE, L T EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. WAS *** TODAY AND THINKS HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS R EYE. DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS ALLERGIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | 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: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RECENT ELBOW SURGERY, WAS *** NOW INCREASED PAIN. DX POST OP ELBOW PAIN WITH EFFUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RASH ON FACE-SINCE WEEDWACKING SOME POISON IVY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT LOWER LEG OPEN FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A GAS POWERED *** WITH METAL BLADES AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FB SENSATION TO OS WHILE *** DX: FB L EYE W/CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| R HEEL LAC/17YOM CUT WITH *** BLADE AT HOME. NOT STRING ON IT, IT HAD T HE PLASTIC BLADES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 17 YOM USING WEED TRIMMER SOMETHING HIT EYE F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SUSTAINED METALLIC FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE WEED-WHACKING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| BACK PAIN AFTER ***. TURNED WRONG. LBP. DX; LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 22YOM-LACERATION LEFT FIRST FINGER-CUT ON METAL *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| F.B RIGHT EYE. USING A *** AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 24 YOF WAS USING A *** TO CUT DOWN WEEKS; DEVELOPED RAISED AREASON BODY . CONTACT DERMATITIS, GENERALIZED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 19 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 WAS USING A *** AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME SHOT A TWIG INTO RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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