Accidents - Manual lawn trimmers or edgers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,348
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	218
Year 1998:	169
Year 1999:	405
Year 2000:	212
Year 2001:	327
Year 2002:	107
Year 2003:	94
Year 2004:	177
Year 2005:	113
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	99
Year 2008:	139
Year 2009:	175
Year 2010:	92

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,611	Lower Arm:	187
Eyeball:	178	Hand:	122
Ankle:	77	Lower Trunk:	71
Knee:	66	Upper Trunk:	16
Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/21/2010	Age: 88 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
DX FB, R EYE/CORNEAL ABRASION, R EYE/PINGUECULA; R EYE: 88YOM WAS CUT' BUSHES W/ MANUAL CLIPPERS W/O EYE PROCTECT' FELT SHARP SENSATION, R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
80YOM TENDONITIS TO HAND AFTER USING HEDGE TRIMMERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
57 YOM PRESENT TO ER WITH A LACERATION TO RT INDEX FINGER WITH LAWN EDG ER- DX- LACERATION RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT INJURED WRIST USING HEDGE TRIMMERS. DX WRIST SRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 57 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
CUT FINGER WITH GRASS TRIMMERS AT HOME. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 74 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
74 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WHILE USING HAND HELD HEDGE CLIPPERS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 56 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
C/O PT STATES CUT FINGER ON LAWN TRIMMER DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WITH CELLULITIS FROM USING HEDGE CLIPPERS (MANUAL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT FINGER ON LAWN EQUIPMENT LACERATION 3RD LEFT FINGERTIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers, Chemicals
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - 57 YOF WAS CLEANING LAWN CLIPPERS, ACCIDENTAL LY SPRAYED "***" IN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR LAC TO HAND WHEN USING HEADGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 61 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
RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER USING A LAWN EDGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 51 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
51 YOM LACERATED LEFT 5TH FINGER WITH HAND TRIMMERS WHILE TRIMMING GRAS S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WAS TRIMMING LAWN AT HOME AND KNEE GAVE AWAY CAUSING FALL. DX. KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
CUT L 5TH FINGER WITH HAND HEDGE CLIPPERS WHILE PRUNING BUSHES DX: L 5TH FINGER TIP AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
BENDING OVER USING HAND TRIMMERS TO TRIM GRASS HAVING LOW BACK PAIN...B ACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 72 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
PT SLICED MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND USING HAND CLIPPERS TIP PAD SLICED OFF C/O PAIN AVULSION LACERATION RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON EDGECUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
61 YOF CUT LOWER LEG WITH GARDEN SHEARS/LAC R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 58 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
PT WAS CUT W/HAND CLIPPERS. DX: LAC R INDEX 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
ACCIDENTALLY CUT TIP OF L RING FINGER WITH MANUAL GRASS CLIPPERS. 5CM AVULSION OF LRF $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2001	Age: 68 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2001	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2001	Age: 76 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2001	Age: 58 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2001	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2000	Age: 89 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2000	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2000	Age: 77 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/1999	Age: 87 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/1999	Age: 73 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/1999	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1999	Age: 64 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/1999	Age: 75 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/1999	Age: 66 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/1998	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1998	Age: 59 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/28/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/1997	Age: 72 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/1997	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/1997	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/1997	Age: 56 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: Manual lawn trimmers or edgers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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