Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 50+ years old - Year 2009

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,354
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	920	Finger:	464
Knee:	336	Upper Trunk:	274
Head:	228	Shoulder:	156
Neck:	108	Lower Leg:	106
Ankle:	92	Hand:	90
Face:	85	Lower Trunk:	84
Elbow:	69	All Of Body:	69
Toe:	69	Lower Arm:	53
Wrist:	53	Foot:	37
Unkown:	37	Upper Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
55 YOF C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER *** AT HOME. DX-SHOULDER ANDLOW BACK PAI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 53 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 ***, ROCK FLEW IN EYE, L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
59 YOM CONCUSSION, HANGING UP HIS *** WHEN IT FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE H EAD, R FORHEAD BUMP + HEAD ACHE NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	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
PT HAS (R) SIDED NECK PAIN AFTER USING *** @ HOME DX;# CERVICAL STRA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
51 YOM, HIT HEAD WITH ***, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE TAKING BOLT OFF WEED TRIMMER HEARD HAND POP HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT HAS (R) SHOULDER PAIN AFTER PULLING THE STARTER OF A *** DX;* (R) SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WAS STANDING ON PORCH USING A *** AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL HASPAIN TO L SHOULDER AND NECK DX- SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 71 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
PT HAS BEEN LIFTING, TURNING, ***, UPPER BACK PAIN, SPONDYLOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WEEDWACKING AND IT BACKED UP AND HIT HIM ACROSS HIS KNEE DX: LAC TO UPPER LAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 58 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
CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE: 58YOM USING *** @ HOME, NOT USING EYE PROTECTIO N, DIRT OR GRASS WENT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT *** & PEICE OF EQUIPMENT FELL ONTO (R) ARM DX;* (R) FOREARM LAC RM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
53Y/O,F,STUNG BY BEE WHILE ***, SWELLING HAND, LEFT WITHOUT BEING EXAMI NED BY ED DOC, WENT TO FMD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FELL IN WET GRASS AT HOME WHILE ***. DX TOE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** AND HIT A BEE HIVE, HAVE MULTIPLE STINGS DX;# BEESTINGS STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
57YOF WEED EATING AT HOME WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES FELT SOMETHING BRUSH RT EYE;CONJUNCTIVITIS RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
UPPER BACK INJURY FROM WEED TRIMMING YARD ON SUNDAY-DX-MUSCLE SPASMS, UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
KNEE HEMATOMA-BUMPED KNEE WHILE USING ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT FB IN EYE AFTER USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	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: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
POSSIBLE INSECT BITE OR STING RT AC AREA: BIT ON INSIDE OF R ELBOWWHILE *** (2) DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX SKIN INF/WD CHECK: BILAT LEG CUTS POSS INF (* ACC) STRUCK BIL LEGS W * LINET LAST MONDAY W WEAR'G SHORTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SPR WRIST USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS EDGING IN HIS YARD AT HOME WITH HEAD DOWN AND RAN RIGHT INTO A TREE BRANCH SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** IN HER YARD STEPPED OUT INTO THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK BY A CAR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 59 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION/ACUTE EYE PAIN WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS - HIT IN EYE BY A ROCK WHILE WEEDEATING ON MONDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 59 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX ALLERGIC RHINITIS/ALLERGIC CONJ: W "WACK'G WEEDS" & EYE STARTED TO WATER THE R FACIAL REDNESS UNDER EYE. INC' LACRIMATION R EYE W ITCH'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 53 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING EMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT REPORTS THAT HE WAS WEED EATING YEST, SOMETHING HIT PT IN EYE. DX. FB EYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION TO 5 BEE STINGS IN LAST 30 MINS/ BOTH EYES,BRIDGE OF NOSE USING *** DX BEE STINGS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WEED EATING WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE.DX: R EYE SUBCONJUNCTI VAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 63 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
PT CUT FINGER W/***. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.3 CM. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE GOUT, KNEE: 63YOM *** YESTERDAY, WOKE UP WITH KNEEPAIN THIS MORNI NG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AND SRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 73 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
PT CUTTING BUSHES WITH A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LA CERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 71 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 *** IN HIS YARD AT HOME WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE C ORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BEE STING ON THUMB-WHILE ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LT EYE PAIN AFTER USING ***/ FB REMOVAL, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 61 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 STATES KNEE GAVE OUT WHILE "WEED-WHACKING" DX;; (R) KNEE SPRA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
69 YO M FRACTURED FIBULA SLIPPED IN GRASS WHILE USING THE ****
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 56 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
TWISTED KNEE WHILE USING *** DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME AND SOMETHING GOT INTO RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRAISON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC GRASS TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME WHILE WEEDWACKING IN YARD TODAY. DX. FX L DISTAL RADIUS, STYLOID ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 68 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
LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS WEED EATING AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 87 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
***, LOST CONTROL, FELL. RT SHOULDER/CHEST PAIN. DX: FALL, RTRIB FX, S MALL HEMOTHORAX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	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
PAIN TO LOWER BACK FOR 3 DAYS-DOING HEAVY YARD WORK W/**DX ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
54 YOM LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 60 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
HIT WITH OBJECT IN EYE WHILE WEEDEATING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACC CUT LT INDEX ON A HEDGE TRIMMER, ?MECH, +BLEEDING CONTROLLED >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O RASH ONTO CHEST&UPPER EXTREMITIES AFTER USING *** CUTTING THE GRASS >>DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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
54YOM WAS WEED WACKING SLIPPED TWISTED RT ANKLE IN HIS YARD; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX SPRAIN KNEE & LEG: W DO'G YARD WORK W A *** SATURDAY & WAS WORK'G ON UNEVEN GROUND. NOTICED SORNESS & SWELL'G IN THE EVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2009	Age: 70 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
SLIPPED WHILE *** AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE. DX: SPRAIN TO LEFT KNEE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS WORKING IN YARD AND USING A *** & DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS DX: ATYP ICAL CHEST PAINS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.SHOULDER.PT.REFERS WHILE USING TRIMMER FELL ON PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT DOING SOME *** AND FELT LOWER BACK GO OUT STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. WHILE *** FELT SOMETHING SCRAPE ON EYE. HAD GLASSES ON.DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT MULTIPLE PLACES ON LEFT FOREARM BY ELECTIRC ***, ACCIDENTALLYCAME O N. DX-LAC LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	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
PT C/O R FOOT PAIN, *** NICKED R FOOT EARLIER TODAY. DX. LAC R FOOT. FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CARDIAC ARREST:FOUND BY SON ASIDE *,APPARENTLY HAD BEEN *,SON ADVIS ED HIM NOT TO DO STRENOUS ACTIVITY,HEART ATTACK 1 YR AG
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 63 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION: USING * *, DRY CHUNK OF DIRT FLEW UPAND HIT HI M IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX ANK ABRASION: P/W ABRASIONS ON ANK SINCE US'G *** TODAY & GET'G HIT W LINE SEVERAL TIMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT ON POWERED EDGER MACHINE FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A POWER HEDGE TRIMMER ON HER BUSHES AT HOME AND CAUGHT HER FIN GER DISLOCATED KNUCKLE OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 67 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A *** AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 56 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: Amputation
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
R IND FING PARTIAL AMPUTATION;LAC/56YOF CLIPPED OFF THE END OF HER FING ER USING ELECTRIC GRASS TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE RT SIDED NECK STRAIN: *** YESTERDAY, THINKS PULLEDSOMETHING IN HI S NECK DOING YARD WORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** AT HOME, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX CORNEAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
H'TMA F'HD- TRIPPED ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 66 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
PT USING A *** THAT HAD BLADES INSTED OF STRING AND GRASS GOT CAUGHT IN IT TRIED TO REMOVE GRASS WITH BLADE GOING LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 52 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 WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, WHILE ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 53 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
PT WAS CUTTING THE LAWN WITH A ***, BECAME DISTRACTED AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEG. DX CALF LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 79 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
PT WAS MESSING WITH AN ELECTRICAL SHRUB TRIMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
61YO HISP MALE USING *** & WAS HIT IN L EYE BY FLYING OBJECT,L EYE BLOO D RED, DX L SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 58 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
DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE WEEDEATING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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