Accidents - Manual lawn trimmers or edgers - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,754
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	150
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	52
Year 2001:	143
Year 2002:	236
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	261
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	262
Year 2007:	190
Year 2008:	232
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	86

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	987	Hand:	291
Eyeball:	164	Upper Trunk:	137
Foot:	71	Lower Trunk:	32
All Of Body:	17	Knee:	17
Lower Arm:	17	Wrist:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/13/2010	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
29 YOM INJURED UPPER BACK TRIMMING TREES DX: SPRAIN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
26YOM WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WAS AT HOME FIXING A LAWN EDGER, GOT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BLADE AND THE IMPACT WRENCH CAUSING A FX AND LACERATION TO LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM HEDGE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT C/O FINGER LAC. PT CUT FINGER WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS. DX LAC LFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PATIENT HIT HIS LEFT FIFTH WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINING A LACERATION DX-SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF THE LT FIFTH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT FINGER WITH TRIMMING SHEARS. DX- 1.5 CM LACERATION L INDEX FINGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PATIENT DROPPED A HEDGECUTTER/LAWN TRIMMER ON FOOT AT HOME DX: LT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 36 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PATIENT WHY OPERATING GRASS TRIMMER INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
39 YOM CUT FINGER ON LAWN CLIPPER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT STATES WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AND CUT FINGER DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT PRESENTED WITH COMPLEX LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM USING A N EDGE TRIMMER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT FINGER ON HEDGE CLIPPERS 2 CM FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS AND STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT H AND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
HELPING SON CHOP WEEDS IN YARD, RIGHT 5TH FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN WEED CLI PPERS DX: AVULSION TO FINGER, TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT STATES INJURED BACK USING LAWN TRIMMER DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
USING AND EDGER LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT FINGER ON A HEDGE CLIPPER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2005	Age: 47 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT STATES WAS TRIMMING WEEDS AND SOME FLEW IN EYE DX F.O.B. IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT LACERATED HAND WITH LAWN TRIMMERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CAUGHT FINGER IN HEDGE CLIPPERS AND SUSTAINED A CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT SUS ELECTRICSHOCK WHILE LAWN TRIMMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
LAC R INDEX FINGER CUTTING GRASS WITH SHEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
40 YOF CUTTING WEEDS WITH CLIPPER LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRIC EDGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
46 Y.O. B MALE W/HAND LAC. PT CUT SELF W/SLING BLADE @ HOME. E9208 PT L EFT AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
LACERATED RIGH 5TH FINGER WITH PRUNING SHEARS. DX: LACERATION, RIGHT SM ALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT ON CLIPPERS-RIGHT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT USING MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMERS ON A PALM TREE AT HOME THE BRONCH OF THE TREE SLAPPED BACK INTO FACE ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2001	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2001	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2000	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2000	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2000	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/1999	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/1998	Age: 28 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: Avulsion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/1997	Age: 43 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: Other
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/1997	Age: 35 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/1997	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/1997	Age: 29 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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