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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 139
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 60 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 |
| PT WAS PUTTING CORD ON TRIMMER AND HIT SELF IN THE EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers |
| PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO THE HAND AFTER USING TRIMMER.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-SUS SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO FINGER WHEN SHE CUT IT ON A HAND TRIMMER WHILE DOING YARD WORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 53 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 WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM YARD CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 51 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 WITH LAC TO FINGER, WAS GARDENING WITH FRIEND WHO ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED PT'S FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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