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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,582
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	66
Year 2000:	170
Year 2001:	166
Year 2002:	92
Year 2004:	297
Year 2005:	196
Year 2006:	306
Year 2007:	180
Year 2008:	508
Year 2009:	84
Year 2010:	513

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/11/2010	Age: 55 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
55 M, PT DEVELOPED FLANK AND LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER *** AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 51 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
51YOM WAS USING *** TWISTED BACK DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR STRAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 65 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
65 YO M INJURY TO BACK WHILE *** AT HOME. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
78YOF, BENDING DOWN AND PULLING STRING TO LAWN TRIMMER AT HOME, LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2010	Age: 78 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
78YOM, ON ** FOR AFIB, C/O LBP AFTER USING * DOING YARD WORK>>L BP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2010	Age: 65 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
65 Y/O W/M SPRAIN LOWER BACK WHEN USING WEED TRIMMMERS AT HOME AND BENT DOWN IN YARD FELT POP IN BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
79 M, PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE "***" DX. CONTUSION HIP, HEMATOMA FOREA RM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2010	Age: 62 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
62 YO M AT HOME USING ***, HURT LOW BACK. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 91 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.91YOM WAS USING A *** AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 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: 09/02/2008	Age: 57 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC LUMBAR BACK PAIN: PULLING ON *** CORD, PAIN BAC K
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O LOWER LUMBAR PAIN AFTER *** AT HOME. DX-LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 53 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN WITH SPASM: TRIMMING GRASS WITH 30# *** OVER PAST C OUPLE OF DAYS, LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
USING ***, FELL DOWN HILL, HURT HIP. DX HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	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
BACK STR. PT WAS USING A *** AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL INJURING BACK K
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BACK PAIN AFTER USING WEED WHACKER LUMBAR STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 53 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
DXACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR PT STRAINED BACK WHILE *** YARDX 2 WKS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 55 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
55 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN SINCE USING *** EARLIER IN WEEK, DX:LUMBAR S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BACK PAIN: *** YESTERDAY, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIP FX-*** IN YARD-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 86 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
HURT BACK TWISTING USING *** AT HOME. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 80 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, Riding power lawn mowers
PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH LBP AFTER *** AND MOWING WITH RIDING LAWN MOWER .
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2007	Age: 55 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
PATIENT WAS USING *** AT HOME TODAY, HAD ONSET SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN. DX -LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 WAS BENDING AND *** AT HOME AND DEVELOPED BACK PAINDX: LUMBAR SPRAIN DX: LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING A *** AND LATER THEN DEVELOPED FOOT NUMBNESS AND FOOT POSS IBLE COMPRESSION FRACTURE T LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Manual cleaning equipment
PT WAS SWEEPING HER DRIVEWAY AND FELL BACKWARDS FALLING OVER A WEEDWHAC KER ONTO HER RIGHT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 53 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
PATIENT HURT FROM ***/LAWN TRIMMER DX: BACK PAIN DX: BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 58 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
HURT BACK YESTERDAY WHILE ***DX LS STRAIN DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts
WAS USING A *** TO CLEAN OUT FENCE ROWS. STRAIN, LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USED *** AND BURNED BRUSH .NOW RASH ON ABD. URTICARIA
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: 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: 06/02/2005	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: 09/16/2004	Age: 76 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
FELL WHILE ***DX LS STRAIN DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 53 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
PAIN WHILE USING *** DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 56 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
USING *** 2 DAYS AGO. ACUTE EXACERBATION OF LUMBAR PAIN & LT KNEE PAIN EE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 59 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
PATIENT BEGAN TO HAVE LOWER LUMBAR PAIN AFTER LIFTING A ***,TWISTED HIS BACK. DX-MUSCULOSKELTAL LOWER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING A *** AND STARTED EXPERIENCING ABD PAIN DX: LOWER ABDOMIN AL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
FELL OFF BANK WHILE ***, HIT HEAD & BACKDX LS STRAIN DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS CRANKING A *** AND INJURED HIS BACK. DX-ACUTE LOW BACK PAI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
BACK & NECK PAIN.***,TWISTED BACK 2 DAYS AGO.DX LS STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 73 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT DOING YARD WORK USING *** NOW HAS LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GROUND LEVEL FALL YESTERDAY WHILE *** THIS MORNING, WALKING TO B ATHROOM, GOT UP, STAGGERY AND FELL, NO LOC. LT HIP FX, SUSPICIOUS FALLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/12/2001	Age: 64 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2001	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2001	Age: 66 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2001	Age: 84 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
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/30/2000	Age: 58 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2000	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2000	Age: 56 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2000	Age: 56 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/1998	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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