Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,090
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 2000:	70
Year 2001:	83
Year 2002:	261
Year 2003:	39
Year 2004:	69
Year 2006:	142
Year 2007:	394
Year 2008:	336
Year 2009:	329
Year 2010:	288

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/04/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
50 Y/O W/M RECEIVED CHEST PAIN WHEN USING *** AND PULLING ON CORD AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
37 YOM HURT UPPER BACK USING *** UPPER BACK STRAIN UPPER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
39 YO M *** FELL DOWN HILL AT HOME. DX RIB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
41 YO M *** AT HOME, SUDDEN CHEST PAIN. DX ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFA RCTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
48YOM DEVELOPED MID BACK PAIN AFTER USING *** YESTERDAY BACK PAIN BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** AT HOME AND HURT BACK. DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CHEST PAIN AFTER WEEDEATING AT HOME CHEST PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USED *** 2 DAYS AGO AND NOW HAS BACK PAIN. DX. STRIAN ACUTE BACK. ACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FELL WHILE *** YARD AT HOME. DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts
33YOM, USING *** IN YARD LEANED OVER LOW FENCE TO GET OTHER SI DE ,K MID HIGH BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
45YOF USING *** TWISTED BACK TRYING TO GET IT STARTED; RADICULOPATHY BA CK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITHI FRACTURED RIBS, FELL ONTO A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 35 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
35 YO F THORACIC STRAIN DEVELOPED PAIN AFTER USING *** YESTERDAY* YESTERDAY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** IN HIS YARD AT HOME AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 44 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: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX MS BACK PAIN: R SIDE BACK PAIN (UNDER SCALPULA) S/P WEED-WACKING "SNEEZED"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	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: *** W/O A SHIRT ON, GOT DEBRIS ALL OVER HIS CHEST, MOST OF RASH ON CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WHILE PULLING CORD ON A *** DEVELOPED RIB PAIN DX CONTUSION CHEST DX CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	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, Lawn mowers
ACUTE RHUS DERMATITIS: CUTTING GRASS YESTERDAY, ***, RASH CHEST, BACK, ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT STRAINED CHEST USING *** ALL DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	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
POISON IVY - 33 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH POISON IVY FOR A FEW DAYS - ONSET AFTER *** THE POISON IVY - RASH OVER ENTIRE FRONT OF BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
31YOWM WITH STRAIN TO BACK AFTER TRYING TO PULL START *** AT HOME E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	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: HTN: *** THIS WEEKEND, RASH CHEST ANDARMS ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
EXPOSED TO POISON SUMAC WHILE WEED WACKING 3 DAYS PRIOR CONTACT DERMATITIS TORSO, ARM AND LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT STRAINED RIB AREA WHILE USING A *** TRIMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
35 Y/O F INJURED UPPER BACK WHILE *** AT HOME.DX; UPPER BACK MUSCLE STR AIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
31 Y/O M SUFFERED CHEST PAIN FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION WHILE ***.DX: HEAT EX HAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. REPORTS HE WAS *** EARLIER, WENT INSIDE AND DID HOUSEWORK, E XPERIENCED CHEST PAIN. DX. ACUTE CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT FELL OUT OF TRUCK ONTO ***. DX: 6TH RIB FX, L THUMB FX. DX: 6TH RIB FX, L THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. HAS BEEN *** AND NOW HAS POISON IVY RASH ON UPPER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LOST FOOTING ON BANK WHILE *** AND FELL, STICK STUCK IN LEFT SIDE. DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
RT SIDED RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL AND HIT RT SIDE ON A ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
TRUNK CONTACT DERMATITIS-AFTER WEED WACKING WEEDS AT HOME IN A TANKTOP SHIRT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ONSET THIS MORNING, CONSTANT CHEST PAIN. STRAINED ***. CHEST P AIN, RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2001	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2000	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/1997	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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