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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 479
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/01/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 44 YO M LACERATION TO LOWER LEG CIRCULAR BLADE FROM *** CAME OFFCUTTING PT'S LEG* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2009 | Age: 13 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 LAC-CUT ON ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 23 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: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LAC LWR LEG W/ *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2009 | Age: 60 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 |
| DX SKIN INF/WD CHECK: BILAT LEG CUTS POSS INF (*** ACC) STRUCK BIL LEGS W *** LINET LAST MONDAY W WEAR'G SHORTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 49YOM USING A *** AT HOME INADVERTICALLY INJURING LT CALF; CALF HEMATOMA AND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT CUT LEG WITH A ***. D: CONTUSION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 69 YO M FRACTURED FIBULA SLIPPED IN GRASS WHILE USING THE **** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 48 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, Fences or fence posts |
| DX CONTACT DERMATITIS: PT W WEED EAT'G AROUND FENCE 2D AGO IN SHORT SOCKS & SHORTS. RASH X 3D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FB IN R LOWER LEG WHILE WEED EATING. FB L TIB/FIB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 35 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: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ACC STRUCK ONTO LEG WITH A ROCK KICKED BY THE LAWN EDGER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT HIT LEG WITH A *** AT HOME DX: FRCTURED LEFT TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 28 Y/O WAS BITTEN BY AN INSECT ON LOWER LEG WHILE USING *** AT HOME. DX -INSECT BITE WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 53 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 WAS CUTTING THE LAWN WITH A ***, BECAME DISTRACTED AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEG. DX CALF LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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