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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 463
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WOUND FROM USING *** APPEARS INFECTED DX: INFECTED WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HAD BEEN OUT HUNTING AND WAS CUTTING UP HIS MEAT WITH A KNIFE AND TH E KNIFE SLIPPED. DX: THUMB LACERATION LEFT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WAS WEED EATING WITH *** AND FELL INTO A DITCH. CUT FINGER. ALSOSYNCOPE SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN WEED EATING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT RING FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A *** AND LACERATED FINGER. NGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT NAILBED LAC, PT CUT FINGER USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT FINGER ON HEDGE TRIMMER JAGGED LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT FINGERS LACERATED ON ***-LEFT WITHOUT TX |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING POWER TRIMMERS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC TO TOP OF R INDEX FINGER W/GAS TRIMMER. DX. LAC R INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. WAS CHANGING *** TRIMMER STRING AND HER CHILD TURNED THE *** ON - CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CLIPPED LEFT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER C/O PAI N LEFT 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT LEFT RING FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER AT HOME LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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