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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 865
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME AND STRUCK A WASPS NEST SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BEE S TINGS WITH WHEEZES HIVES AND SWELLING ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS INJURED USING A *** AT HOME. DX-LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION. LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS USING *** AND APPARENTLY WAS EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. CONTACT DERMATITIS, GENERALIZED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS HIT IN RT EYE WITH BY WHILE USING *** DX: FB RT EYE DX: FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS WEED WACKING AND A ROCK FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. W/ FB SENSATION. WAS WEED EATING TODAY. DX. FB EYE, CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| STONE FLEW UP,HIT LT CHEEK WHILE WEEDEATING CONTUSION LT CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FOREIGN BODY TO EYE SECONDARY TO RUNNING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS "***" YESTERDAY AT HOME, NOW HAS FACIAL AND NECK RASH; POIS ON IVY |
| 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: 07/22/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. WAS USING A *** AND APPARENTLY WAS EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. DERMATITI S, GENERALIZED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WORKING IN YARD THIS WEEKEND WEEDWACKING AND DEVELOPED RASH ON ARMS DER MATITIS LEGS, ARMS, TRUNK AND FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LEFT NAILBED LAC, PT CUT FINGER USING A *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 18 YOF DEVELOPED RASH AFTER WEEDWACKING CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HIT IN R EYE W/ROCK WHILE *** DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/19YOM AT HM WHILE *** WAS HIT IN EYE WITH ROCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Lawn mowers |
| PT WAS WEEDEATING AND MOWING LAWN LAST PM.DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RIGHT ELBOW LAC, A *** KICKED SOMETHING UP HITTING PT IN ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. WAS CHANGING *** TRIMMER STRING AND HER CHILD TURNED THE *** ON - CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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 |
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