Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,345
See also: Lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	69
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	67
Year 2001:	143
Year 2002:	227
Year 2003:	133
Year 2004:	159
Year 2005:	376
Year 2006:	104
Year 2007:	100
Year 2008:	286
Year 2009:	184
Year 2010:	456

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	140
16-25 years old:	464
26-50 years old:	962
50+ years old:	777

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Extension cords
18YOM USING A *** AT HOME AND HIT THE EXTENSION CORD RIPPED INTOIT AND SUSTAINED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK NOW DIFFUSE MUSCLE PAIN ELECTRIC IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
43YOM, WAS *** WHEN GOT STUNG BY BEES ONTO LIPS&BEACME DIAPHORETIC WITH SOB>>ALL RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 YO F USING *** AT HOME, PASSED OUT. DX SYNCOPE, HEAT EXHAUSTION N
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
55YOM WEEKWACKING HIS YARD AT HOME AND DEVELOPED NAUSEA AND VOMITING MUSCLE CRAMPS HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
OUTSIDE *** ALL AFTERNOON NAUSEA AND DEHYDRATION DEHYDRATIO N 20YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2010	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
MULTIPLE STINGS FROM YELLOW JACKETS WHILE **. 42 YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
56YOBM STATES WENT TO CHURCH & DID *** FOR OVER AN HOUR, CAME HO ME ATE & LAYED DOWN, WOKE UP W/NAUSEATED. DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
87YOF WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SWELLING IN THROAT, S/P TAKING NEW MEDF ROM PCP. ALSO *** 2 DAYS AGO. DX: ALL RXN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
20 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT WAS OUTSIDE USING *** AND PASSED OUT. DX; HEA T EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
36 YOM HAVIND DIZZINESS & HEADACHE WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE AT HOME AFTER *** IN THE HEAT. DX-HEAT EXHAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS SHOCKED WITH 220 VOLTS AT AT HOME WHILE ***.DX-ELECTRICAL S HOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT TOO HOT *** HIS YARD FOR 6 HOURS, HEADACHE 7 VOMITING,DIZZINESS. DX -HEAT EXHAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACUTE EXAC. OF ASTHMA: *** WITH GRANDMOTHER ALL AFTERNOON &NOW FEELS "T IGHT IN CHEST" THINKS ASTHMA IS "ACTING UP", DIFF.BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FELT DIZZY AND WEAK AFTER WEED-EATING YESTERDAY SYNCOPE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CARDIAC ARREST:FOUND BY SON ASIDE *,APPARENTLY HAD BEEN *,SON ADVIS ED HIM NOT TO DO STRENOUS ACTIVITY,HEART ATTACK 1 YR AG
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Medical equipment, general
ACUTE CHEST PAIN RESOLVED:HAS PACEMAKER,USING *,TRYING TO FIX LAWNMOW ER @ SAME TIME,TOUCHED SPARK PLUG,* KEPT SHOCKING PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH WEAKNESS AFTER WORKING IN YARD AND USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
15 Y/O M BECAME DEHYDRATED WHILE *** AT HOME.DX; HEAT EXHAUSTION. DX; HEAT EXHAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION WHILE USING A *** AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTACT DERMATITIS.PT WAS WEED WACKING AND DEVELOPED A RASH ALL OVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Lawn mowers
PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH DIZZINESS AND PAIN ACROSS CHEST. STATES THAT HE HAS BEEN MOWING AND *** EATING. DX. HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTACT DERMATITIS.PT WAS USING A *** AND SKIN BECAME RED AND ITCHY. HY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS USING WEED EATER AND SUSTAINED HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Alcohol
PATIENT WAS USING A *** AT HOME, BEGAN TO HAVE A RASH, EYES ITCHING. DX -ALLERGIC REACTION, ETOH INTOXICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONTACT DERMATITIS.PT WAS WEED EATING AND DEVELOPED A RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** THIS AM, SYNCOPE DX: HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** IN THE YARD AT HOME AND PASSED OUT IN THE HOT SUNAND DEVELOP ED LIGHTHEADEDNESS SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HEAT EXHAUSTION-OUTSIDE IN EXTREME HEAT USING A ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING GAS ***, STEPPED IN HOLE & WAS ELECTROCUTED. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEED WACKING AT HOME AND WAS STUNG ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING ***, BECAME DIZZY, FELL + ETOH DX ETOH ABUSE, HYPONATREMIA DX ETOH ABUSE, HYPONATREMIA
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ELECTRICAL SHOCK: CLEANING *** AND IT SHOCKED HIM C/O R FOREARM AND WR IST TINGLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE USING A *** THINKS HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO WEEDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A ***** AT HOME STOOD IN AN ANT PILE AND GOT SEVERAL BIT ES THEN BROKE OUT IN A RASH AND HIVES ALLERGIC REACTION FROM ANT BITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
C/O RASH WITH ITCHING ALL OVER SINCE 05/26/04-STATES WAS WEEDEATING 05/25/04; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT STATES HE PASSED OUT IN YARD WHILE USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. WAS OUT IN YARD *** AND PASSED OUT. DX. SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
83 Y.O. W MALE W/SYNCOPAL EPISODE. PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE USING A *** OUTSIDE @ HOME. PT ADM. E927
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HEAT EXHAUSTION - DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. HAD 2 WITNESSED SYNCOPAL EPISODED THIS MORNING WHILE OUTSIDE TRYING TO GET *** STARTED. DX. FAINTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** YESTERDAY, NW RASH. DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
AT HOME WORKING USING ***, INCREASED SWEATING, PRE SYNCOPAL AFTER ARISI NG FROM SQUATTING POSITION. ORTHOSTATIC DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2001	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2000	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/1999	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/1997	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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