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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,449
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 33 YOF, TENDONITIS WRIST, PT. WORKING IN YARD, USING TRIMMER, HEARD POP IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 46 YOM, TENDONITIS WRIST, PT. WAS USING *** AT COLLEGE, SINCE WRIST AND SHOULDER HAVE BEEN HURTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WRIST SPRAIN-39YOM-FELL DOWN A HILL WHILE USING A WEED TRIMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 39YOM SPRAINED LT WRIST WHEN TWISTED HAND WHILE *** HEARD POP.DX:SPRAIN LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WHILE DOING YARD WORK, WENT TO PICK UP A WEED WACHER AND WRIST SNAPPED. DX. WRIST INJURY.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Tables |
| CUTTING WITH KNIFE SHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT ON TABLE INJURED WRIST LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GAS POWERED *** CAUGHT FIRE PREV DAY TRAUMATIC CARPAL TUNNEL WITH BURN TO THUMB - FIRE / ? FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FX WRIST- FELL USING *** |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH INJURY TO LEFT WRIST AFTER FALLING WHILE *** YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** INJURY 5/30, WRIST NOW SWOLLEN DX CELLULITIS S/P *** INJURY DX CELLULITIS S/P WEEDEATER INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** YESTERDAY NOW HAS PAIN IN LEFT WRIST STRAINED WRIST ED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT FELL IN A DITCH WHILE ***. DX. WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET GROUND WHILE *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| OVERUSE SYNDROME R WRIST; USING *** X 2 DAYS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WEEDWACKING ON HIS HILLSIDE AND SLIPPED ON WET GRASS AND FELL ON WRIST WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WRIST SPRAIN-***-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| SPRAIN WRIST - 31 YOM C/O LEFT WRIST PAIN AFTER USING WEED CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WRIST SWELLING AFTER WEED WACKING TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| RT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS USING A *** AND WRIST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS CUTTING A BLOCK OF CANDLE WAX AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HER WRIST/ LACERATION TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 29 YOM FELL USING *** SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| YEST WHILE *** EXPERIENCED PAIN IN R WRIST. DX. PAIN R WRIST, L ABILE HYPERTENSION, GOUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** AND FELL INTO CACTUS BUSH, C/O LEFT WRIST AND HAND LACERATION, DX: DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| STARTING ***, STRING JERKED ARM. RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN AND STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT WRIST,ELBOW PAIN. *** YARD YEST. DX: LT WRIST SPRAIN/ TENDONI TIS LT ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2001 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, House repair or construction materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2001 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2001 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/1999 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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