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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,044
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 40 YOM INJURED SCALP WITH *** IN STREET. DX-ACUTE HEAD INJURY WITH SCAL P LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE WEEDEATING HEAD CONTUSION,RT HIP CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Tables |
| CHI:SYNCOPAL EPI; 1.5 CM FOREHEAD LAC., REPAIRED: OUTSIDE ALL DAY USING ***,GOT SHOWER,GOT DIZZY,PASSED OUT,STRIKING HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX SIMPLE 4CM SCALP LAC, S/P REPAIR/R KNEE ABRASION: US'G *** WSOMETHIN G FLEW UP & HIT HIM ON HEAD CAUS'G FALL FWD & STRUCK HEAD GRND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTUSIONTO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS WEED EATING AND BUMPED HEAD ON OVERHANG. DX: SCALP LAC 6 CM.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ~ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A RUNNING *** / DAZED DX: MULTIPLE S CALP LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 30 Y/O M INJURED BACK OF HEAD WHEN FELL WHILE *** AT HOME. DX; HEAD CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PATIENT WAS *** BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HIT BY CAR AND WAS THRO WN APPROXIMATLY 35 FEET. DX: CONCUSSION TO HEAD WITH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SCALP LACERATION-STATES A *** FELL ON TOP OF HEAD. HAS LACERATIONS TO S CALP. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WALKED INTO A TREE BRANCH WHILE TRIMMING WITH *** DX: HEAD CONTUSION DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT HEAD ON *** DX SCALP LACERATION DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HIT HEAD ON WEED WHIP MOTOR DX: CHI, FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INSECT STINGS HEAD - PATIENT WAS BITTEN MULTIPLE TIME ON HEAD BY YELLOW JACKETS WHILE WEEDWACKING - ALSO STINGS ON RIGHT FOREARM AND FLANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT DEVELOPED MIGRAINE HEADACHE WITH NAUSEA AFTER *** AT HOME; MIGRAINE HEADACHE |
| 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: 08/28/2001 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Exercise |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2001 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/1998 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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