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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 343
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 10/02/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HIT HEAD ON WEED WHIP MOTOR DX: CHI, FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| 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: 08/04/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INSECT STINGS HEAD - PATIENT WAS BITTEN MULTIPLE TIME ON HEAD BY YELLOW JACKETS WHILE WEEDWACKING - ALSO STINGS ON RIGHT FOREARM AND FLANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT DEVELOPED MIGRAINE HEADACHE WITH NAUSEA AFTER *** AT HOME; MIGRAINE HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: 1 CM SCALP LAC. DX: 1 CM SCALP LAC. |
| 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 |
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