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Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - Year 2009 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 731
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:53
26-50 years old:587
50+ years old:90

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT DEVELOPED PAIN AND SWELLING IN HAND AFTER "***". DX. TENDONITIS ITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE TAKING BOLT OFF WEED TRIMMER HEARD HAND POP HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT AT HOME WEED WHIPPING HIT BEE HIVE BEING STUNG BY BEES/ DX R HAND BEE STINGS WITH LOCAL REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
53Y/O,F,STUNG BY BEE WHILE ***, SWELLING HAND, LEFT WITHOUT BEING EXAMI NED BY ED DOC, WENT TO FMD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/15/2009Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS "***" AT HOME WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY UNDER HIM CAUSINGFALL. HI T HAND ON ROCK. DX. HAND AND KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts
FOREIGN BODY OF LEFT HAND, POSSIBLE NEUROVASCULAR INJURY - WEED EATING WITH A STEEL BLADE ATTACHMENT WHEN *** HIT A STEEL (METAL) POST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HAND CONT PT HIT HAND ON A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT CUT R HAND ON *** AT HOME. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CUT HAND WITH BLADE OF *** LACERATION HAND # LACERATION HAND #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT STATES HAND PAIN USING *** AT HOME FX RT HAND FX RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TRYING TO UNJAM A *** & IT CUT L HAND/FINGER DX ABRASIONS L HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2009Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS AT HOME, LACERATED LT HAND WITH AN EDGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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