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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,822
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	151
Year 1999:	245
Year 2001:	242
Year 2002:	271
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	200
Year 2005:	317
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	155
Year 2008:	156
Year 2009:	274
Year 2010:	547

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/06/2010	Age: 77 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
77 YO F USING *** AT HOME, SUDDEN PAIN IN CHEST. DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 59 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
59 YOM HAS BACK PX SINCE PULLING CORD ON ***. DX: LWBS. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
75YOM WAS USING WEED WACKING FELL DOWN A EMBARKMENT INJURED RT SIDE RIBS;RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2010	Age: 73 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
73YOM,*** AT HOME, CHEST DISCOMFORT, HEAT STRESS, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
54YOM FX RIBS- TRIPPED WEED-EATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2010	Age: 81 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
81YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AFTER ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
ALLERGIC REACTION OF UNK ETIOLOGY: 64YOF FACIAL SWELLING, ITCHY RASH ON CHEST & ABD X 2 DAYS, STATES DID GO OUT AND USE ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
91 YOM, USING ***, BACK PAIN , STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 74 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
74YOM HAS BACK PAIN AFTER USING ***ACUTE MID BACK PAIN ACUTE MID BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
81 YOM USING *** LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN A HILL, C/O RIB PAIN.DX-FX 1 RIB.
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: 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: 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: 06/04/2009	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: 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: 08/28/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CHEST CT-FELL IN YARD W/A ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT HURT BACK ***, MOVED TRASH. FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.DX: ACUTE MY OFASCIAL STRAIN,DORSAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 53 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
PT STATES USED A * TWO WEEKS AGO AND STARTED HAVE MUSCLE PAIN THEN US ED THE * AGAIN NOW HAS PAIN DX FX RIGHT 5TH & 6TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING *** LAST PM. DX: THORACIC STRAIN. DX: THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
STRAIN CHEST WALL - 76 YO MALE COMPLAINS OF CHEST WALL AND NECK PAIN AF TER PROLONGED EPISODE OF ***- ALSO SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CHEST PAIN: ***, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, DROPPED TO KNEES,LAID DOWN ON P ORCH, FOUND ON PORCH BY SQUAD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CHEST WALL CONT. PT FELL ONTO A *** AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2006	Age: 67 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
RIGHT RIB PAIN AFTER PULLING ON *** YESTERDAY RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TRIPPED OVER *** AND FELL CONTUSION TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 53 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN; BRONCHITIS: OUTSIDE RUNNING *** RT UPPER BAC K PAIN X 3 DAYS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 76 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
PALPITATIONS, HEADACHE, NECK PAIN 1 HOUR AFTER ASSEMBLING *** ATHOME. DX: ATRIAL FLUTTER NEW ONSET, PVC'S. HAS PACER, DEFIB. IMPLANT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTUS CHEST; REPORTS FALLING ONTO *** ON SAT. PAIN WORSENING TODAY AY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 IN THE HOT SUN USING A *** AT HOEM AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AND DIAPHORESIS ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 68 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
TRIPPED OVER ROCK INJURNG RIBS WHILE WEED EATING AT HOME. DX FRACTURE R IBS, SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. FELL ON TOP OF MOTOR OF *** 1 WEEK AGO. DX. R RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 65 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
FELL ON *** AT HOME INJURING RIBS. DX; FRACTURE RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
STRAINED UPPER BACK WHILE USING A *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 66 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
WHILE *** PATIENT FELL AND FRACTURED HIS RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 65 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
WEED EATING, SLIPPED & FELL DX RIB FX, CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
MUSCLE STRAIN CHEST WALL, REPORTS USING *** OVER WEEKEND AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN MONDAY, WORSE WITH MOVEMENT & DEEP BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 73 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
PAIN WHILE USING A *** DX. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 64 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
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON ***; FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 81 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
PATIENT WAS CUTTING DOWN TREE LIMBS AT HOME, SLIPPED AND HIT HIMSELF WITH THE CUTTERS. DX-RIGHT RIB FRACTURE, CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS USING *** AROUND FENCE AND FELL. DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, MULT CON T, RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 75 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
IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR WENT OFF 2 TIMES WHILE USING GAS *** AT HOME. DX; ARRHYTHMIA WITH VENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATOR ACTIVATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 79 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
WORKING WITH *** AT HOME FOR 2 DAYS, HAS HAD CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST PAI N ACUTE, COSTOCHONDRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2001	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 69 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2001	Age: 65 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1999	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/1999	Age: 52 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, Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1998	Age: 73 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/1998	Age: 65 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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