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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 594
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/18/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INJURED CUTTING WEEDS WITH STRING TRIMMER DX. FINGER DISLOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CLEANING GRASS EDGER, ACCIDENTLY HIT SWITCH TURNING EDGER ON & LAC RMF (1CM). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| REACHING DOWN TO MOVE SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY, *** CUT FINGER AT HOME. DX; LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 69 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WAS DOING YARD WORK AND CUT FINGER ON TRIMMER DX LT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WHILE U SING HEDGE TRIMMER THIS EVENING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| L THUMB AVULSION;LAC/66YOM WAS REACHING DOWN TO DISLODGE GRASS FROM *** BEFORE BLADE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED. STS NOT WORKING AT TIME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC LIF ON EDGE TRIMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LACERATION TO FINGER WITH GRASS CLIPPERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WEEDING IN GARDEN - FELL SPRAIN RIGHT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT LT. MIDDLE FINGER WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES DX: LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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