Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 16-25 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,029
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	296	Finger:	146
Upper Trunk:	131	Ankle:	102
Knee:	73	Unkown:	71
Neck:	71	Wrist:	59
Face:	30	Lower Arm:	15
Upper Leg:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WEEDWAHCKING AT HOME BAREFOOT AND STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT FOOT ABRAS ION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WEEDWAHCKING IN HIS YARD AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE STRAINED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT WHILE USING ***,FLYING DEBRIS FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS USING A *** TO CLEAN UP YARD; EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. DERMATITIS, GE NERALIZED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LEFT FACE ABRASION.PT WAS HIT IN FACE BY ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 17 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, Eye protection devices
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE ***-@ HOME-WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 17 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
FB EYE WHILE USING *** @ HOME YESTERDAY DX CORNEAL ABRASION DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 17 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
PT FELT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WEEDWACKING. DX: R EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPRAIN NECK - PATIENT REPORTS SLIPPING AND FALLING ON WET GRASS WHILE " ***" AT HOME - PT REPORTS "WHIPPING" HIS NECK DURING FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPRAINED ANKLE WHILE ***G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE CHEST WALL PAIN FROM DOING EXTENSIVE WEED-EATING YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RASH ON FOREARMS & LOWER LEGS-RASH SINCE ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 16 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 *** & SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYES AT HOMEDX: CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEED WACKING AND EXPOSED TO POISON OAK DERMATITIS LOWER EXTREMITY ARMS ABDOMEN AND CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 18 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
RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING A ***. .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC TRIMMER DX: L 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT THIGH W/POWER HEDGE TRIMMER. DX: L THIGH LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2006	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
HIT IN EYE WITH ROCK WHILE WEE WACKING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2006	Age: 25 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
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: USING ***, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O PT STATES BURNED FINGER WHILE USING *** [LAWN TRIMMER] DX RT FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	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
RT THUMB LACERATION.PT LACERATED THUMB ON A HEDGE TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE - SOMETHING HIT IT WHILE WEEDEATING.
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: 04/30/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
STARTING *** IN YARD AND CAUGHT L SMALL FINGER IN STRING. DX. SPRAIN L SMALL FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	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
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM LAWN TRIMMER/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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