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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,132
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/25/2010 | Age: 74 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 |
| 74 YOM PT C/O INJURY TO HEAD AFTER RUNNING INTO A TREE LIMB WHILE LLOKI NG DOWN ***. SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| A 54 YOF WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A ***. DX: RIGHT FRONTAL HEMATOMA. DX: RIGHT FRONTAL HEMATOMA. |
| 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: 10/04/2009 | 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: 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: 04/26/2008 | Age: 62 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 |
| PT TRIPPED OVER CORD OF *** AT HOME AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON GROUND DX : LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| STUNG BY YELLOW HORNETS SEVERAL TIMES WHILE WEEDWACKING HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION - HEAD, NECK AND ARMPIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HAD ROCK FLY OUT FROM ***; HEAD CONT |
| 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: 05/21/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| TRIPPED OVER *** CORD, THEN PASSED OUT WHILE SITTING ON PORCH HITTING H EAD AT HOME. DX: CONCUSSION, CONTUSION HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN *** FELL AND STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 USING A *** AND FELL BACKWARDS AFTER SLIPPING AND STRUCK HEAD ON ASPHALT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SCALP LAC-AT HOME-*** FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 USING WALK BEHIND POWERED TRIMMER/MOWER WHEN OVEREXTENDED ANDFELL ON IT. DX HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING *** FELL IN ROCKS HIT HEAD CONTUSION TO HEAD AND SKIN TEARTO ARM TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2001 | Age: 52 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2001 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2001 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2000 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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