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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,878
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 64 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 SLIPPED AND FELL ON ***; FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 80 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 |
| CUT BY *** THUMB LAC THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT HIS HAND WITH A KNIFE DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| BACK & NECK PAIN.***,TWISTED BACK 2 DAYS AGO.DX LS STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60YOM-CORNEAL ABRASION-AT HOME -WEED WACKING-YESTERDAY-SOMETHING GOT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 58 YOM FELL IN DITCH WHILE USING *** FX LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT RT LOWER LEG W/ METAL ***. DX; 2.5 CM RT LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 72 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 |
| SHARPENED ***-NOT TURNED ON FINGER LAC FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 81 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 |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING DOWN TREE LIMBS AT HOME, SLIPPED AND HIT HIMSELF WITH THE CUTTERS. DX-RIGHT RIB FRACTURE, CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ACUTE EYE PAIN - 57 YOM STATES HE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT EYE YESTERDAY BY SOMETHING WHILE USING A ***, PAIN/SWELLING RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT DOING YARD WORK USING *** NOW HAS LOWER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING WALK BEHIND POWERED TRIMMER/MOWER WHEN OVEREXTENDED ANDFELL ON IT. DX HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING *** FELL IN ROCKS HIT HEAD CONTUSION TO HEAD AND SKIN TEARTO ARM TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 72 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 |
| 72 YR OLD MALE WAS WEED WACKING TODAY WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTOHIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** A HEDGE & RAN INTO BEE NEST, GOT STUNG 2 OR 3 TIMESIS ALLEGI C AND WANTED TO BE CHECKED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 51 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, Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS USING *** AROUND FENCE AND FELL. DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, MULT CON T, RIB CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CUT FOOT WITH WEED CUTTER 30 MIN PTA-DX-ACUTE L FOOT ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| JAMMED THUMB AND MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER USING A *** DX FINGER LAC AC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT WAS *** AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Footwear |
| BILATERAL FOOT CONTACT DERMATIITS-POISON IVY-USING A ***-WEARINGSHOES-N O SOCKS-CLIPPINGS GOT INTO HIS SHOES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 55-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM A LINE TRIMMER AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 53 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: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HEAT EXHAUSTION - DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN USING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 69 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 |
| PATIENT WS *** AT HIS DAUGHTER'S AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USED *** 3 DAYS AGO AND HAS HAD PX SINCE. DX: ACUTE SHOULDER & NECK PX, ACUTE INFERIOR MI. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT FOOT W/***-DX LACERATION LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. HAD 2 WITNESSED SYNCOPAL EPISODED THIS MORNING WHILE OUTSIDE TRYING TO GET *** STARTED. DX. FAINTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 78 Y/O M GOT SOMETHING IN L EAR WHILE USING *** AT HOME.DX; FOREIGN BOD Y L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 66 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 |
| USING A *** AT HOME THIS MORNING, FELT LIKE A FOREIGN BODY WASIN LEFT E YE. DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 76 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 |
| RT ANKLE ABRASION.PT INJURED ANKLE WHILE USING A ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| AVULSION TO TOE NAIL 56 YO WF HURT TOE WHEN FELL USING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 53 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 |
| RT CORNEAL AB-USING ***-A ROCK FLEW UP & HIT PT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 53 Y.O. W FEMALE W/SHOULDER STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE USING A *** INHER YARD . E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 80 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 |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A *** AND HANDLE HIT PT IN EYE, YE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GROUND LEVEL FALL YESTERDAY WHILE *** THIS MORNING, WALKING TO B ATHROOM, GOT UP, STAGGERY AND FELL, NO LOC. LT HIP FX, SUSPICIOUS FALLS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 75 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 |
| IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR WENT OFF 2 TIMES WHILE USING GAS *** AT HOME. DX; ARRHYTHMIA WITH VENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATOR ACTIVATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 79 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 |
| WORKING WITH *** AT HOME FOR 2 DAYS, HAS HAD CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST PAI N ACUTE, COSTOCHONDRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| L WRIST PAIN. TRIMMING OUTSIDE IN YARD, STEPPED BACK AND FELL LANDING O N L WRIST. DX: FX L DISTAL RADIUS AND ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 62 YOF WAS USING ***; DEVELOPED RASH OF HANDS, WRISTS AND LOWERARMS. D ERMATITIS, MULTIPLE AREAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING *** DEV RIGHT ARM PAIN DX RIGHT ARM STRAIN DX RIGHT ARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AT HOME ON SAT, STRAINED RT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING GRASS TRIMMER DX: LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 96 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON POWER EDGER DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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