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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,052
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/17/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SOMETHING HIT L EYE WHILE *** DX: CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** HIT PT IN THIGH. DX: L THIGH MULT ABR. DX: L THIGH MULT ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WAS *** THIS AFTERNOON AND SOMETHING GOT INTO L EYE. DX. SCLERAL ABRA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| EYE ABRASION, SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE WHILE WEEK WHACKING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LIP FROM *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2004 | Age: 20 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 CUTTING *** TWINE AND CUT LT THUMB 1 1/2 CM LAC LT THUMB 1 1/2 CM LAC LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 19 YOM WAS USING *** AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION, RIG HT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2004 | Age: 23 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 |
| USING *** CUT HAND DX: R HAND LAC. DX: R HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2004 | 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 USING *** AND WOKE UP WITH RED AND SWOLLEN EYE C/O PAIN CHEMICAL CON JUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2004 | Age: 17 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: Amputation |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SUSTAINED AMPUTATION TO FINGER TIP FROM *** |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WEEDEATING AND GOT HIT IN EYE WITH ROCK DX CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS *** EARLIER IN THE WEEK, NOW HAS A RASH ON HISBODY. DX-CONT ACT DERMATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT ****** AT HOME WITHOUT ANY EYE PROTECTION GOT A PIECE OF DIRT IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| MULTIPLE LACERATIONS R FOREARM - FELL WHEN USING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2004 | Age: 23 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 |
| WEED WACKING YESTERDAY. FOREIGN BODY PARTIAL REMOVAL LT SCLERA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| C/O RASH WITH ITCHING ALL OVER SINCE 05/26/04-STATES WAS WEEDEATING 05/25/04; CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT R HAND W/TREE TRIMMERS DX: 2 CM LAC R PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ABRAS BY *** - SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS USING A *** AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABR ASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT WITH ***; LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 18 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE US ING A WEED-EATER @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 22 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 WORKING AT HOME WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WEED TRIMMER. D: OPEN TUFT FX AND NAILBED LACERAT ION, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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