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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 399
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/31/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM ONFOREARM FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| C/O PAIN IN L FOREARM, BEGAN WHILE WEED-EATING THIS AM, POSS OBJECT THO ROWN FROM TRIMMER. DX. PW L FA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT ON ***; LAC ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Power lawn mowers |
| PT GETTING *** & LAWN MOWER OUT GOT HUNG UP AND FELL CONTUSION WITH NEU ROPATHY RT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SYRINGE WITH NEEDLE FLEW AND STUCK TO ARM - PT WAS CUTTING THE GRASS WI TH ***. D: PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| MULTIPLE LACERATIONS R FOREARM - FELL WHEN USING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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