Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 26-50 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,499
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,618	Lower Leg:	296
Lower Arm:	287	Finger:	274
Elbow:	234	All Of Body:	234
Ankle:	212	Unkown:	203
Hand:	197	Shoulder:	167
Lower Trunk:	166	Knee:	158
Face:	136	Wrist:	75
Upper Arm:	75	Foot:	75
Ear:	68	Upper Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 29 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 GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WEED EATING. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	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
USING *** WHEN DEBRIS FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME WHEN HE STRUCK A ROCK AND IT FLIPPED UP INTO FAC E LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WOUND FROM USING *** APPEARS INFECTED DX: INFECTED WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BACK STRAIN: BENT OVER TO CHANGE STRING ON ***, INJURED LOW BACK LOW BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	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
*** YESTERDAY, SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 35 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
PT HAD BEEN OUT HUNTING AND WAS CUTTING UP HIS MEAT WITH A KNIFE AND TH E KNIFE SLIPPED. DX: THUMB LACERATION LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 AT HOME USING A *** WHEN HE STRUCK A PLANT WHICH SHOT A THORN INTO L EFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2005	Age: 27 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 WENT IN EYE. RT EYE AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2005	Age: 29 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 THE EYE WITH A ROCK THROWN FROM ***. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CONTUSION L FORERM - *** FELL OFF RACK AND STRUCK ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
32 YO MALE WAS USING *** ALL DAY ELBOW STRAIN ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 48 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
WAS USING WEED TRIMMER AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION , LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2005	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
WAS *** THIS AM AND WAS HIT IN THE RT EYE BY A ROCK, C/O BLURREDVISION- PAIN. CORNEAL ABRASION TO RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC TO KNEE WHEN USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPRAIN R ANKLE: TWISTED ANKLE INWARD WHILE USING ***, FELL DOWN HILL HILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 37 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
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE WHEN WO RKING ON/FIXING *** AT HOME ONE HOUR AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 33 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BURN FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS HE BURNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON HOT *** M OTOR - PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FELL WHILE *** HILL DX LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT HURT SHOULDER DOING YARD WORK. WAS USING ***. DX: STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT ARM ON BLADED *** DX FOREARM LACERATION DX FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 39 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
PT WAS *** AT HOME AND GOT SOME DIRT IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN HAND WHILE ***. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 46 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 USING LAWN TRIMMER DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN ARM BY BLADES ON ***/ LAC RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FB L EAR; USING *** @ HOME WHEN MILLER-MOTH FLEW INTO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 48 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 *** AND WAS EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. DERMATITIS, GENERALIZED LIZED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 33 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
C/O PT USING *** AND OBJECT FLEW IN HIS EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	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
SPRAIN WRIST - 31 YOM C/O LEFT WRIST PAIN AFTER USING WEED CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT BY ***; LAC KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** IN THE YARD AT HOME AND PASSED OUT IN THE HOT SUNAND DEVELOP ED LIGHTHEADEDNESS SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2005	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
HIT LEFT THIGH WITH CORD OF *** DAYS AGO. BRUISING OF THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN FACE WITH *** DX CONTUSION OF JAW DX CONTUSION OF JAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING ***, HURT R ARM DX TENDONITIS DX TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT TRIPPED WHILE *** AND INJURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LEFT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM WHILE USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RASH AROUND BOTH UPPER ARMS,NECK,FACE&EYES-CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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
PT. WAS USING A *** - EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. DERMATITIS, GENERALIZED IZED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	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
HEAT EXHAUSTION-OUTSIDE IN EXTREME HEAT USING A ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 42 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 HIT IN EYE BY ROCK WHILE WEEDING EATING AT HOME CONJUNCTIVA ABRSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 48 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, Bottles or jars
PT. WAS WEEDEATING 2 DAYS AGO AND HIT GLASS BOTTLE. LAC TO LEG. DX. L TIB/FIB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
48 YO HIT HAND ON *** CONTUSION HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 44 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 HIT EYE WHILE WEEDWACKING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 50 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 TO EYE SECONDARY TO USING *** (TRIMMER) WITHOUT G0GGLES G0GGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	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 USING *** AND FELT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: R EYE PX. DX: R EYE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING LAWN TRIMMER, GOT DEBRIS IN BOTH EYES, NO EYE PROTECTION USED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	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, Fences or fence posts
STRING ON *** BROKE WHILE WORKING NEAR FENCE, PIECE OF STRING FLEW IN E YE. DX; AVULSION CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
POISON IVY RASH - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF POISON IVY DERMATITIS AFTER* ** YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING GAS ***, STEPPED IN HOLE & WAS ELECTROCUTED. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 29 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
LEFT RING FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A *** AND LACERATED FINGER. NGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 42 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 RT EYE WHILE WEEDEATING-CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
48YFC PICKING OUT WEEDS WITH A *** ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND NOW HAS RASH ON SHINS/DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT GRASS IN EYE WEEDWACKING FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEED WACKING AT HOME AND WAS STUNG ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 44 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
PT GOT SOMETHING FLEW INTO THE EYE WHILE USING ***. "CORNEAL ABRS]' "CORNEAL ABRS]'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 41 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
PT WAS WEEDEATING HIS YARD AT HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A ROCK SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	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
LT FINGERS LACERATED ON ***-LEFT WITHOUT TX
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING * WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHO BUMPED HIM--REACHED FOR OTHER * AND HIT HIS HAND DX CONTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Footwear
PUNCTURE LAC R LATERAL ANKLE; HIT BY *** SHE WAS USING WHILE WEARING SA NDALS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Footwear
TURNED *** WHILE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO LEG AND WAS WEARING A SHOE AND LOW SOCK ANKLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** FLEW APART, HIT PT IN EYE DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WEEDWACKING AT CEMETARY AND INJURED ELBOW, WAS NOT WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 36 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
PT WAS ***ING THE GRASS, PIECE OF GRASS/DIRT FLEW INTO EYE SUSTAINED" C ORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
49 YO MALE WAS USING *** AND GOT GRASS AND DIRT IN EYE RIGHT EYE CONTUS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 44 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
LOWER LEG WAS CAUGHT BY *** TODAY. MULTIPLE SUPERFICIAL LAC LT ANTERIOR LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FB IN RT FOOT (METAL) AFTER ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 43 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
CUT RIGHT HAND ON A ***. LACERATION, RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2005	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 *** AND GOT DUIRT IN LEFT EYE C/O PAIN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION ASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 35 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: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX LACERATION TO LOWER LEFT LEG: USING *** AT HOME, SOMETHING HIT LEG. LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TICK BITE WHILE WEED EATING IN A FIELD. DX: TICK BITE WITH RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 Y/O M EXPERIENCED SOB WHILE USING *** AT HOME. DX; ACUTE EXCERBATION OF COPD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	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
***, SOMETHING IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 32 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
ROCK HIT PT IN EYE WHILE *** DX: CONTUSION RT EYELID DX: CONTUSION RT EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 26 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
PT STATES LT ARM ELBOW PAIN AFTER WEEDEATING ELBOW PAIN, CERVICAL RADIOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2005	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
PT WAS *** AND A PC OF GRASS FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX BOTH SHOULDERS STRAINED: WEEDEATING, FELL THROUGH WOOD BOARDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WRIST SWELLING AFTER WEED WACKING TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2005	Age: 41 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
41 YO USING WEED WHACKER FELT PULL IN BACK BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LUMBAR PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
39 YO CUT FOOT ON *** ABRASION FOOT ABRASION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	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
CORNEAL AB LT EYE AFTER ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 35 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
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT CUT HAND ON A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** AND NYLON STRING BROKE OFF AND HIT EYE DIAGNOSIS NOT STATED ATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ROCK HIT EYE WHILE USING *** DX CORNEAL LACERATION DX CORNEAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 39 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 TOP OF R INDEX FINGER W/GAS TRIMMER. DX. LAC R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
39 YO - DX: CORNEAL ABRAISION RT. EYE - CUTTING GRASS, USING WEED EATE ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 42 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
42 YO CLEANING EDGER BLADE LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
44 YO USING A *** ALL DAY SPRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 46 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
ROCK HIT PT IN EYE WHILE *** DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2005	Age: 41 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
WHILE *** TWISTED KNEE AND ANKLE WHEN FELL IN GOPHER HOLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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 CLIPPED LEFT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER C/O PAI N LEFT 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TWISTED L ANKLE WHILE ***, FOOT STUCK IN ROOT OF TREEDX: ANKLE FX DX: ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING ***, PIECE OF THE MACHINE IS IN HIS LOWER L LEG DX: METAL FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEFT EXTREMITY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 27 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS *** ON FRI. AND BELIEVES PT HAS SOMETHING IN EYE DX R EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	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 CUT LEFT RING FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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