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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 893
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PASSED OUT WHILE *** LAWN STRUCK HEAD DX LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 09/07/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE - FB IN EYE WHILE WEEDEATING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| C/O EYE PAIN ROCK HIT PATIENT IN EYE WORKING OUTSIDE AT HOME WITH ***. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT FELL DOWN A HILL, WHILE "***", INJURING RIGHT KNEE DX; CONTUSION RIG HT KNEE |
| 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: 08/05/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ***, FELL DOWN HILL, HURT CHEST. DX CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | 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: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX LBP: PT REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF LBP W RUNN'G A COMMERICAL *** WACKER |
| 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: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS: RASH TRUNK, NECK, FACE, USING ***, CONTACT WITH POI SON IVY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUTTING LINE ON WEED TRIMMER LACERATION INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 07/05/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX CCCULAR INJ-L EYE: WAS WEEDWACKING TODAY AND FELT SOMETHING FLY UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. HAS FB SENSATION, WASHED OUT, STILL W PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| FB IN EYE AFTER *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| TRYING TO START *** AT HOME, HURT LOW BACK. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 19 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 USING ***, WHEN SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRAS ION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING ***, SOMETHING FLEW IN MOUTH. DX DENTAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE USING A ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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