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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 245
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 78 Y/O WAS *** AT HOME HAD ONSET KNEE PAIN. DX-SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE. . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS "***" AN EMBANKMENT AT HOME WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. DX.KNEE SP RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 81 Y/O M INJURED L KNEE WHEN TWISTED WRONG WHILE *** AT HOME.DX; L KNEE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT USING A PAIR OF POWER HEDGE TRIMMERS AT HOME AND THEY BOUNCED OFF A TREE INTO RIGHT KNEE LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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