Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 50+ years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,271
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	560	Upper Trunk:	317
Lower Leg:	206	Lower Trunk:	196
Hand:	150	Wrist:	144
Finger:	106	Internal:	76
All Of Body:	75	25 - 50% Body:	68
Unkown:	68	Upper Leg:	66
Ankle:	59	Neck:	53
Lower Arm:	41	Head:	15
Face:	15	Foot:	15
Toe:	15	Ear:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ABRASION RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE USING TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT C/O EYE INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN EYE WHILE USING ***. DX RT HYPHEMA RT EYE TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONCUSSION-FOUND LAYING BESIDE ROAD-HAD BEEN WEED WACKING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 62 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: USING *** AT HOME, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC TO HAND WHEN USING *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O L ARM PAIN WHILE WEED-EATING. DX. FX L RADIUS PROXIMAL, CONT L WRI ST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** & GOT GRASS IN EYE @ HOMEDX CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION R EYE DX CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** THIS AM, SYNCOPE DX: HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS *** AND FELL TO GROUND. LACERATION, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS OUT *** AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION BRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS WEED EATING WITH *** AND FELL INTO A DITCH. CUT FINGER. ALSOSYNCOPE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 71 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
CONTUS CHEST; REPORTS FALLING ONTO *** ON SAT. PAIN WORSENING TODAY AY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 59 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
LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN WEED EATING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN EYE WITH DEBRIS WHILE USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS WEED EATING AND TURNED NECK WRONG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE ***--STUNG BY YELLOW JACKETS DX MULTIPLE YELLOW JACKET STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. WAS USING A *** TRIMMER AT HOME AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HER EYE. D X. ABRASION CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
73 YO GARDENING TRIMMER SLIPPED AND FELL ON TOE LAC TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS IN THE HOT SUN USING A *** AT HOEM AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AND DIAPHORESIS ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME WHEN SOMETHING FLEW UP STRIKING RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS USING A *** AND WAS EXPOSED TO POISON SUMAC. DERMATITIS, GENERALIZ ED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** & SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME STRUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG WITHTHE PLAST IC STRING BLADE LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 68 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
TRIPPED OVER ROCK INJURNG RIBS WHILE WEED EATING AT HOME. DX FRACTURE R IBS, SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT HIT WITH FOREIGN BODY WHILE ***. DX-SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** 5-7 DAYS AGO AND FELL ON TAIL BONE CONTUSION COCCYX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER JAGGED LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN EYE WHILE WEEDEATING-CORNEAL ABRASION/CONTUSION RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LEFT FOOT LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOOT WHILE USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 75 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
PT. FELL ON TOP OF MOTOR OF *** 1 WEEK AGO. DX. R RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 60 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPRAINED WRIST PULLING ROPE TO CRANK ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FELL IN WET GRASS USING *** DX L ANKLE SPRAIN DX L ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION/55YOM USING *** THIS MORNING & NOTED FB SENSATI ON R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEED EATING AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, NOW HAS BACK PAIN. DX: LOW BACK PAIN, ABDOMINAL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 79 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 TO FINGER WHEN USING POWER TRIMMERS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT INJURIED LOWER LEG ON A *** SUSTAINED " LAC" " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TRIPPED ON WEED TRIMMER FELL LOWER BACK PAIN...CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT HIT ON LOWER LEG WITH *** LINE DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING ***, BECAME DIZZY, FELL + ETOH DX ETOH ABUSE, HYPONATREMIA DX ETOH ABUSE, HYPONATREMIA
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A POWER *** AT HOME AND STRUCK A SMALL STONE IT STRUCKHIM IN T HE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT LEG ON A ***, SUSTAINED"LAC" "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 65 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
FELL ON *** AT HOME INJURING RIBS. DX; FRACTURE RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
81 YO STUMBLED OVER *** STRUCK FACE FX ORBITAL FACE FX ORBITAL FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING A *** AND A PC OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT PT ON WRIST ON WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WEED WACKING AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO MOUTH AND PT STATES ITEM IS STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS USING A *** AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Gasoline
FIXING ***, SPILLED GAS ON THIGH AT HOME. DX: RASH TO INNER THIGH 2ND TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
STATES USED A *** YEST AND PAIN IN NECK STARTED AFTER THAT. DX.ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN CERVICAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM *** DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CHANGING SPOOL ON *** HAND SLIPPED HIT BLADE DX LACERATION HAND DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC TO L EAR FROM *** DX: 2 CM LAC L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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