Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,034
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,276	Finger:	460
Lower Leg:	369	Upper Trunk:	261
Hand:	168	Lower Trunk:	167
Knee:	160	Upper Leg:	144
Wrist:	136	25 - 50% Body:	136
Neck:	128	Lower Arm:	122
Elbow:	98	Face:	98
Foot:	91	Toe:	68
Head:	67	All Of Body:	60
Ankle:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FOREIGN BODY NOSE - 32 YOM WHILE *** YESTERDAY A SMALL PEBBLEFLEW UP NO SE, TODAY HAVING PAIN LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD AND TEMPLE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	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
PT HIT TO EYE WITH ***DX: CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX RIGHT FOREHEAD LACERATION: HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH ROCK THROWN WHILE** * AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 39 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
PATIENT WAS *** WHEN A ROCK FLEW INTO HIS EYE.DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 42 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 USING A *** AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF DIRT WENT INTO RIGHT EY E FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 46 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 YOM CUT ON WEED TRIMMER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	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
WAS WEED WACKING, ROCK FLEW UP AMD HIT HIM IN THE EYE DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS *** GOING DOWN A HILL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.DX-LEFT KNEE STR AIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT FELL OUT OF TRUCK ONTO ***. DX: 6TH RIB FX, L THUMB FX. DX: 6TH RIB FX, L THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 50 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
50 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT WAS USING A *** & SOMETHINGGOT IN HIS EYE @ HOME. E9289
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT LEG ON GLASS / HIT LEG ON *** LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RT SHIN PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT W/ A *** CORD @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 37 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
37 YOF WAS USING A *** TO CUT WEEDS - DEVELOPED GEN. RASH. CONTACT DERM ATITIS, GEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 43 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
USING *** SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT. HAS BEEN *** AND NOW HAS POISON IVY RASH ON UPPER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 40 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
FOREIGN BODY EYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS - 40 YOM WAS WEED WACKING YESTERDAY AN D SOMETHING GOT INTO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 40 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
HIT FINGER WHILE USING *** DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 43 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 W/ROCK WHILE ***. DX. ACUTE L EYE PAIN AND CORNEAL A BRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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
LT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-STRING OF *** HIT HER EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Lawn mowers
USING ELECTRIC *** AND FELL TRIPPING OVER LAWN MOWER AND FX ELBOW OW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 36 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
POISON IVY ON ARMS-AFTER USING ***-AT HOME-CLEANING UP BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 47 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. WAS *** THIS AFTERNOON, FB IN R EYE, FLUSHED W/WATER. DX. ACUTE EYE PAIN R , R CORNEAL ABRA., R EYE FB.
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: 09/01/2002	Age: 28 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 USING A POWERED *** AT HOME YESTERDAY GOT AN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Doors
LEFT ELBOW CONT. PT HIT SIDE OF DOOR WHEN STARTING AN EDGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 47 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, Pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT WAS CUTTING SOMETHING OFF THE *** WITH A KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED C UTTING HIS LEFT THUMB. DX-LEFT THUMB LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTION - *** ON TUESDAY - WOKE UP WITH SWELLING UNDER RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	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
PT STRUCK IN EYE WITH THROWN ROCK FROM ***, ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
=43YOF USING *** INJ ELBOW AT HOME DX/RT ELBOW PAIN DX/RT ELBOW PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 40 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
USING ***, HIT IN EYE WITH A PIECE OF WOOD. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FINGER LAC-TRIMMING GRASS W/ ELECTRIC CLIPPERS-AT HOME-HIT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT HAS LAC TO BACK OF LEG WHILE USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 48 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, Knives
CUTTING *** CORD WITH KNIFE DX LACERATION TO THUMB DX LACERATION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 45 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
LEFT CORNEL ABRASION.PT WAS *** YARD AND A PIECE OF CONCRETE FL EW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 42 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 WAS *** AND FOREIGN BODY HIT EYE AND CAUSED INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LOST FOOTING ON BANK WHILE *** AND FELL, STICK STUCK IN LEFT SIDE. DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING A *** AND TWISTED WRONG. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 34 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
LACERATED RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON ***. DX: LACERATION, RIGHT PINKYFINGER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Air conditioners
POISON IVY ON ARMS-AT HOME-AFTER USING *** AROUND AIR CONDITIONER-EXPOS ED TO POISON IVY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 50 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, Eye protection devices
PT USING A POWERED WEED *** AT HOMEW WHILE WEARING PROTECTIVE OCULAR DE VICE- STILL AN OBJECT GOT INTO LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 32 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS CUT ON HEDGE TRIMMER.DX: 2 CM L THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 34 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
LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS USING A *** AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT WAS *** WHEN A ROCK OR SOMETHING HIT HER IN THE THIGH, RESULTING IN BRUISE TO THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
L ANKLE HIT BY ***. OTHER PERSON WAS RUNNING POWER STRING TRIMMER, HIT HIS ANKLE. DX; ABR'S LT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT FELL DOWN HILL WHILE USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 46 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
46 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT GOT RUST RING IN EYE @ HOME FROM USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RT SIDED RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL AND HIT RT SIDE ON A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LACERATIION WAS CAUSED BY GLASS THROWN FROM ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
# 26 YOM STRUCK BY ROCK WHILE USING *** DX CELLULITIS L FOOT LIMPHANGIT IS SIGNED AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 42 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL ABRASION - ROCK WENT INTO EYE WHEN USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 31 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
WAS *** AND A WALNUT FLEW UP HITTING KNEE. CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT KNEE. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
29 Y/O W/M SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG WHILE USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
ABRASON CORNEA - PATIENT WAS *** LAST EVENING WHEN SOME DIRT SPRAYED UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE - TODAY EYE IS RED AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FOOT LACERATION - LACERATED LEFT FOOT ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LT FOREARM SWELLING-AFTER HE USED HIS *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PLANT CONTACT DERMATITIS TO FACE, WIND BLOWING WHILE USING ***,DEVELOPE D RACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 38 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
WHILE CUTTING CACTUS, CACTI HAIR GOT INTO EYESDX: CORNEAL ABRASIONS BIL . EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT DX ALLERGIC REACTION - C/O ITCHIND RASHES ON BOTH LEGS/THIGHS AFTERC UTTING GRASSES YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PULLED BACK WHILE *** DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 28 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 *** WHEN A PIECE OF GLASS GOT IN HIS EYE, DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS USING *** LAST FRIDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE, STILLHAS PR OBLEM WITH EYE. DX; CONJUNCTIVITIS TO LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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 USING A POWERED WEED TRIMMER AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR FORE IGN BODY WENT INTO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONJUNCTIVITIS R EYE, *** AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	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
*** THREW A ROCK WHICH HIT PT.DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR/IRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RAISED RASH ON ARMS, ONSET 3 DAYS AGO AFTER *** OUTSIDE. CONTACT DERM ATITIS 2ND TO PLANTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A POWERED EDGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 31 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
TRUNK CONTACT DERMATITIS-AFTER WEED WACKING WEEDS AT HOME IN A TANKTOP SHIRT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT TOUCHED HOT PIPE ON ***.DX: FIRST DEG BURN L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TWISTED KNEE TRIPPED WHILE USING *** DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS HIT W/ A ROCK WHILE USING A ***. DX: R EYE TRAUMA/HYPHEMA .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 40 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
40 YOF WAS CUTTING WEEDS WITH A POWERED ***; DEVELOPED GEN. RASHAFTER C OMING IN CONTACT WITH POISON IVY. DERMATITIS. GEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** FIRDAY, POSSIBLE INSECT BITE ON NECK, RED BUMP WITH RED STRE AKS NOW. INFECTED INSECT BITE WITH EARLY CELLULITIS, LYMPHADINITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	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
CUT L INDEX FINGER ON GRASS CLIPPERS. LAC 2.0CM L INDEX FINGER $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTUSTION LT 4TH TOE BUMPED ON A *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE BENT OVER WEED WACKING HISBA CKYARD GRASS. LUMBAR STRAIN $
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: 05/01/2002	Age: 40 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
LT EYE FB-WHILE USING *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN RT EYE BY FLYING ROCK FROM *** WHILE WALKING ALONG BOULDER HIGHW AY DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 42 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
PATIENTW AS *** AT HOME, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, F OREIGN BODY LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ONSET THIS MORNING, CONSTANT CHEST PAIN. STRAINED ***. CHEST P AIN, RESOLVED.
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: 04/20/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS USING LAWN TRIMMER AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT RIGHT ARM, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING A *** AT HOME AT 1130 WHEN PIECE OF NYLON LINE SNAPPEDOFF & PUNCT URED RT THIGH, SHE REMOVED LINE. DX PUNCTURE WD RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 40 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 RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN *** AND SOMETHING HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HURT RIGHT HAND WHILE *** DX TENDONITIS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 YOF WAS USING ***; THEREAFTER DEVELOPED ALLERGIC REACTION.DERMATITIS OF HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 48 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
FELL WHILE ***, TWISTED ANKLE. DISTAL LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE, ANKLE SPRA IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
AT HOME WORKING USING ***, INCREASED SWEATING, PRE SYNCOPAL AFTER ARISI NG FROM SQUATTING POSITION. ORTHOSTATIC DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 34 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
HIT BY *** DX: LACERATION PROXIMAL L THUMB DX: LACERATION PROXIMAL L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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