Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,272
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	18
Year 2001:	133
Year 2002:	160
Year 2003:	204
Year 2004:	34
Year 2005:	158
Year 2007:	169
Year 2008:	279
Year 2009:	75
Year 2010:	38

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 29 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
29YOWM PT STATES THAT 1 1/2 WKS AGO HE WAS ***AND TWISTED HIS L KNEE. DX. SPRAIN L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** HIS YARD YESTERDAY AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE STRAINEDRIGHT KNE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS AT HOME USING A TRIMMER, WHEN IT KICKED BACK CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO LE KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O TRAUMATIC KN EE PAIN AND SWELLING WHILE ***, BENT KNEEBACKWARDS. DX -RIGHT KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O LEFT KNEE PAIN, FOREIGN BODY HIT LEG WHILE *** HIS YARD.DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN LEG WHILE *** AT HOME, DX-FOREIGNBODY KNE E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Pruning or trimming equipment
ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT KNEE ONA WEED WALKER VERSUS/HEDGE TRIMMER, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LT KNEE SPRAIN: *** ON SATURDAY AT HOME, FELL OVER FEET OVERTHE HILL AP PROX. 4 FT, PAIN KNEE & ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 39 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
USING *** ON HILL, HURT KNEE. DX KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	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 USING A PAIR OF POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO THE INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 36 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
BENT OVER TO START HIS *** AND FELT/HEARD (R) KNEE POP C/O KNEEPAIN, WE ARING BRACE HELPS DX- KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 45 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
*** YARD @ HOME, SLIPPED & FELLDX KNEE CONTUSION DX KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
41YOM USING CUTTING SHEARS,WHEN HE SLIPPED,ACCIDENTLY CUT THROUGH HIS PANTS,HITTING HIS KNEE; 1.5CM KNEE LACERATION
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: 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: 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: 06/23/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PAIN TO L KNEE AFTER TWISTING ON SAT WHILE *** DX: L KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 28 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 STEPPED IN A HOLE WHILE WEED EATING, FELT SOMETHING POP. DX-LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	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
HIT LT. KNEE W/ FLYING *** DX: SPRAIN LT. KNEE DX: SPRAIN LT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT STEPPED IN A HOLE WHILE *** DX: SPRAIN RT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 50 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
SLIPPED WHILE *** AND TWISTED KNEE
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: 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: 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: 08/04/2001	Age: 39 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2001	Age: 44 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, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/1998	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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