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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 271
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON ***; FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING DOWN TREE LIMBS AT HOME, SLIPPED AND HIT HIMSELF WITH THE CUTTERS. DX-RIGHT RIB FRACTURE, CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS USING *** AROUND FENCE AND FELL. DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, MULT CON T, RIB CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR WENT OFF 2 TIMES WHILE USING GAS *** AT HOME. DX; ARRHYTHMIA WITH VENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATOR ACTIVATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WORKING WITH *** AT HOME FOR 2 DAYS, HAS HAD CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST PAI N ACUTE, COSTOCHONDRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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