Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Ankle

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,703
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	141
Year 2000:	122
Year 2001:	301
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	152
Year 2004:	369
Year 2005:	59
Year 2006:	90
Year 2007:	140
Year 2008:	177
Year 2009:	92
Year 2010:	38

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
71YOWM PT STATES WAS STRUCK ON R ANKLE BY POWER EDGER YESTERDAY AFTER NOON AT HOME. DX. ABRA/CONT R ANKLE.
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: 06/03/2009	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: 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: 09/23/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITHI FRACTURED ANKLE, TRIPPED OVER ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
INJURED WITH HIS *** AT HOM.E MULTIPLE ABRASIONS, RT. ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS GARDENING, WAS USING HER ***, SUSTAINED INJURYTO THE LEFT A NKLE. DX-LEFT ANKLE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 52 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
STEPPED IN HOLE, HURT ANKLE WHILE ***. DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS *** AND SLIPPED DOWN A HILL, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE,C/O ANKLE PAIN. DX-SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT C/O LFT ANKLE INJURY.PT WAS HIT WITH *** STRING. DX ANKLE INJURY HEM ATOMA ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WEED WACKING ON A SLOPE AT HOME, FELL CAUSING A FX TO RT FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 53 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
*** YARD, HURT ANKLEDX ANKLE SPRAIN DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX LEFT ANKLE LACERATION: WEED EATING, SOMETHING FLEW AND HIT ANKLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SLIPPED,TWISTED ANKLE WHILE WEEDEATING YESTERDAY LT ANKLE STRAIN
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: 10/02/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC L ANKLE; WAS USING *** WHEN BLADE FLE OFF CAUSING LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
***, STUMBLED & FELLDX FRACTURE, DISLOCATION L ANKLE DX FRACTURE, DISLOCATION L ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FX DISLOCATION LT ANKLE, SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CUTTING GRASS WITH A ** * AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LACERATION ANKLE - 71 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT ANKLE ON A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 59 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 FELL IN A HOLE WHILE USING A *** ON YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R ANKLE PW W/NAIL WHILE *** DX: PW R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WEED WACKING SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO LEFT LOWER LEG AND AN KLE LEFT ANKLE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TWISTED ANKLE WHILE USING A *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT C/O LEG LAC. PT INCISED LEG WITH ***. DX LAC TO RT ANKLE AND CONT TO L ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 74 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
FELL WHILE USING A *** IN A DITCH AND SPRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ABRASION ANKLE - 73 YOF PRESENTS WITH AN ABRASION TO HER LEFT ANKLE SUS TAINED FROM A MOTORIZED ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RT ANKLE ABRASION.PT INJURED ANKLE WHILE USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2001	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2001	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2001	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2001	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2001	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2000	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/1998	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/1998	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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