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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 448
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Glass bottles or jars |
| PT WAS USING *** WHICH HIT A BOTTLE AND GLASS HIT PT. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A POWER TRIMMER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT SUSTAINED A RASH ON HAND AFTER *** IN THE YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT HAND CONTUSION: USING *** ON HILLSIDE, SLIPPED, LANDED ON HAND ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HAND FB-UNKNOWN OBJECT STUCK IN HAND WHILE ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS WEEDEATING AND PICKED UP A BOARD AND WAS BIT BY A COPPERHEAD SNAKE DX: COPPERHEAD BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE USING A ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER ***; C/O HAND PAIN DX: HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT HAND FX: LT SHOULDER SPRAIN: *** ON A BANK AT MOTHER'S,SLIPPED, CAUG HT SELF WITH HAND, FELL DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE WEED AND LAWN TRIMMING AT HOME DX: LT HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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