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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 524
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ABRASION RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE USING TRIMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT AT HOME USING A *** WHEN HE STRUCK A PLANT WHICH SHOT A THORN INTO L EFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FELL USING LAWN TRIMMER DX. TIBIA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INJURIED LOWER LEG WHILE ***," SHIN LAC" " SHIN LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME WHEN SOMETHING FLEW UP STRIKING RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Bottles or jars |
| PT. WAS WEEDEATING 2 DAYS AGO AND HIT GLASS BOTTLE. LAC TO LEG. DX. L TIB/FIB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME STRUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG WITHTHE PLAST IC STRING BLADE LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| POISON IVY RASH - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF POISON IVY DERMATITIS AFTER* ** YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 48YFC PICKING OUT WEEDS WITH A *** ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND NOW HAS RASH ON SHINS/DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT @ HOME FELL ONTO *** THAT WAS TURNED OFF CUT LEG ONTO METAL PIECE. D X LEG LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT INJURIED LOWER LEG ON A *** SUSTAINED " LAC" " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LOWER LEG WAS CAUGHT BY *** TODAY. MULTIPLE SUPERFICIAL LAC LT ANTERIOR LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GOT HIT ON LOWER LEG WITH *** LINE DX: LACERATION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX LACERATION TO LOWER LEFT LEG: USING *** AT HOME, SOMETHING HIT LEG. LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT LEG ON A ***, SUSTAINED"LAC" "LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING ***, PIECE OF THE MACHINE IS IN HIS LOWER L LEG DX: METAL FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEFT EXTREMITY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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