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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 493
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT'S OLDER SISTER STATES THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PASSED APERSO N USING A ***, SOMETHING FLEW INTO CAR INTO PT'S EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 13 YOWM WAS USING A *** WHEN IT HIT A ROCK WHICH FLEW INTO HIS LEG LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PLAYING OUTSIDE, TRIPPED *** WENT OFF; LAC TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT FELL IN GARAGE AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON ***; FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** GRASS, BECAME SOB, CHEST SORENESS. LWBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK WITH THE STRING OF THE *** AT HOME.DX-ABRASION LEFT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| 14 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN FOXTAIL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE USING *** AT HO ME. DX; FOREIGN BODY . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** CAUGHT FIRE DX: 10% SUPERFIFICAL BURNS TO FACE DX: 10% SUPERFIFICAL BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** & WAS STRUCK IN ANKLE BY STRING WHILE ITWAS RUNNING RUNNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK ON THE ARM WITH FOREIGN BODY WHILE USING A DR TRIMMER. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 12 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 |
| LAC RT THUMB. 12 ML CUT THUMB WITH BLADE OF KNIFE TODAY.# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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