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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,068
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/31/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 58YOF STRAIN TO LEFT WRIST - PAIN STARTED AFTER USING *** FOR TWOHOURS. HOURS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WRIST FX: 55YOF TRIPPED & FELL, INJURED WRIST & FOREARM WHILE MOVING A *** IN THE YARD @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOM WAS TRYING TO START A POWER *** AT HOME AND STRAINED WRISTPULL ST ARTING THE DEVICE |
| 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: 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: 07/19/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH SPRAINED WRIST FROM USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WAS USING LAWN TRIMMER TO TRIM YARD; LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND. S PRAIN, RIGHT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A WEED WHACKER. DX: TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT WRIST FX. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** SPRUNG ONTO WRIST 5 CM WRIST LACERATION 5 CM WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SPRAINED WRIST PULLING ROPE TO CRANK *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** AND A PC OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT PT ON WRIST ON WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER *** AND FELL TO GROUND. LEFT WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING GRASS WHEN *** THREW OBJECT AND CUT LEFT WRIST. LEFT WRIST LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2004 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING LAWN WITH POWERED *** WITH WHEELS, FELL INJURING WRIST.DX: LACE RATION WRIST. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INJURED STARTING *** DX. WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2001 | Age: 53 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2001 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2000 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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