CPSC NEISS · code 1450

Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers

Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers: danger rank #574 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #665 of 838 (311 estimated ER visits a year; roughly flat over the last five years).

Lawn & Garden Equipment CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers ranks #574 of 838 by danger score (32/100) at ER-volume #665 of 838 (311/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#574
danger rank of 838
#665
ER-volume rank of 838
32/100
danger score
311/yr
estimated ER visits (avg)

Danger score combines injury volume, hospitalization, fatality, and five-year trend. ER volume is the average annual NEISS estimate alone. Rank 1 is highest on each list.

Where this category's danger score sits nationally

Danger score (32/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

32 Lower than most lower than 68% of 838 product categories

scored CPSC product categories, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more product categories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CPSC NEISS, PlainSafety danger-score model · 2024

Composite verdict

Composite Safety Score: 44/100

One verdict blending 4 independently-sourced dimensions from two separate CPSC systems, each benchmarked against all 838 scored product categories by percentile rather than raw value, so no single huge-volume category can dominate the scale.

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Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 7 56th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 311 18th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend +9% 76th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 6 37th 20% CPSC SaferProducts.gov public incident report count

Methodology: each dimension is ranked against the full population's p10/p25/p50/p75/p90 breakpoints and interpolated to a 0-100 percentile; the composite is the weighted average of available percentiles. See methodology for the full benchmark table.

Where 6,213 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1450. Segments sum to 6,213 - a body-map mix, not a danger score or ER-volume rank.

Two danger lenses

Same-group peer scores and this product's dial

The bars compare PlainSafety danger scores inside the Lawn & Garden Equipment group (same CPSC NEISS extract). The dial is this product's score alone on the Low/Moderate/High bands. Do not read a peer bar as an ER-visit count.

Lawn & Garden Equipment danger scores

1. Lawn Mowers, Not Specified47/1002. Riding Power Lawn Mowers44/1003. Manual Snow Or Ice Remova…44/1004. Snow Throwers, Blowers44/1005. Decorative Yard Equipment…43/1006. Garden Hoses, Nozzles Or …42/1007. Pruning Or Trimming Equip…41/1008. Manual Lawn Trimmers Or E…32/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10032/100
PlainSafety danger score · Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 32/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for manual lawn trimmers or edgers - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 311 ER visits/yr Low volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 6.7% Above median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend+9%

Band labels compare this category against the corpus of 838 scored CPSC product categories, see the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Across the 20-year NEISS window from 2005 to 2024, injury counts for manual lawn trimmers or edgers are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2018 (533 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2014 (29 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 2,659 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the hand (323 cases). The 45-54 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 1,368 cases over the NEISS window, and males appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 6.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 6 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how manual lawn trimmers or edgers fail in real households. Every figure on this page comes from CPSC-published data: NEISS projects national estimates from a probability sample of about 100 U.S. hospital emergency departments, while SaferProducts.gov collects voluntary reports from consumers, manufacturers, and clinicians. The danger score, trend indicators, and demographic breakdowns update automatically when CPSC releases a new yearly NEISS file, which is why this page is dated 2024-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.

Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)

0200400600 20052008201120142017202020232024 237
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 2024

Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only

Who Gets Injured?

Age Group Male Female Total
0-4 91 6 97
5-14 466 86 552
15-24 348 175 523
25-34 215 172 387
35-44 751 338 1,089
45-54 901 467 1,368
55-64 582 300 882
65-74 395 230 625
75+ 597 91 688

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 2,659
Hand Laceration 323
Upper Trunk Other 310
Finger Amputation 245
Lower Leg Laceration 196
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 192
Finger Fracture 179
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 177
Hand Other 161
Lower Arm Derma/conjunct 146
Lower Arm Laceration 142
Lower Trunk Other 128
Toe Laceration 120
Wrist Strain, Sprain 88
Ankle Other 86

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 91.9% (5,708)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 7.0% (432)
Treated And Transferred 1.2% (73)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 60 · Female · Shoulder · Strain, Sprain · 2024

60YOF STATES THAT SHE WAS CUTTING A LOT OF FLOWERS WITH A HAND TRIMMER AND NOW HAS PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER DX: STRAIN OF RIGHT SHOULDER

Age 60 · Female · Eyeball · Foreign Body · 2024

60YOF,TRIMMING BUSHES ON MONDAY MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO EYE,DX:FB EYE

Age 51 · Female · Finger · Laceration · 2024

51YOF C/O LACERATION OF LEFT HAND S/P PT STATES SHE WAS CUTTING WEEDS IN HER BACK YARD WITH A HAND-HELD MECHANICAL CUTTING DEVICE AND SHE ACCIDENTALLY CUT HER LEFT RING FINGER. DX: LACERATION OF LEFT RING FINGER

Age 83 · Male · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

83 YOM C/O UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER CUTTING SHRUBBERY WITH MANUAL CUTTER AT HOME DX ACUTE THORACIC BACK PAIN

Age 72 · Male · Hand · Laceration · 2024

72YOM WAS TRIMMING SOME TREE WITH MANUAL HEDGE CLIPPERS AND CUT LEFT HAND DX: LACERATION HAND

Age 66 · Male · Upper Trunk · Other · 2023

66YOM WAS CLIPPING HEDGES WITH MANUAL CLIPPERS WHEN HE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST PAIN

Age 72 · Female · Face · Fracture · 2023

72YOF TRIPPED OVER A LAWN EDGER AND LANDED ON FACE IN YARD AND INJURED NOSE AND FACE DX FRACTURE NOSE AND LACERATION OF FACE

Age 87 · Male · Not Stated/unk · Other · 2023

87YOM PRESENTS TO ED AFTER FALL. PT STATES HE WAS OUTSIDE AND WALKING DOWN A HILL THAT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY STEEP BUT HE SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN APPROX 10 FT. PT UNABLE TO GET UP ON OWN BUT WIFE HEARD LAWN TRIMMER TURN OFF ADN SO SEH WENT OUT TO FIND HIM IN HELPED IM BACK IN. DX: FALL

Age 49 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2023

49YOM TO ER FOR LACERATION LEFT THUMB PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT SELF W/ PRUNNERS AT HOME TODAY DX LACERATION LEFT THUMB W/O FOREIGN BODY DX

Age 80 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2023

80 YOM CUTTING FLOWER BULBS IN GARDEN, SLIPPED, HEDGE CLIPPER CUT FINGER. DX FINGER LACERATION

Age 28 · Male · Hand · Laceration · 2023

28YOM WAS WORKING IN HIS GARDEN WITH METAL GARDEN TRIMMERS MANUAL WHEN HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND

Age 42 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2023

42YOM WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM HEDGE TRIMMER DX: LAC TO FINGER

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

7/23/2021 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · SUNCAST CORPORATION · Wisconsin

I purchased a Suncast Flagstone Edging product from Menards in mid-May. We setup the product behind our home end of May. We step-up the product according to the directions. A week after setup, we were filling mulch behind the edging and the edging kept tipping over due to a poor design on the stake peaks(tips of the points that were supposed to secure product into the ground). On June 2 my oldest son tripped over the edging, the edging became dislodged due to it's poor design, product flipped around and impalled him in the shin. Fortunately, only bandages were needed as opposed to stitches. I reached out to Suncast right away to report and ask for refund since I couldn't find receipt. They responded and denied product being unsafe and a refund--I didn't have my receipt. I included both pictures/proof of ownership to them but no receipt. I retain their emails to me

6/13/2016 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · FISKARS · Texas

Fiskars 32" power gear bypass Lipper. titanium i was cutting a hedge and was on a very low branches. my right hand was about 5" off the ground and my left arm was 18" above it. it was 1.5-2" diameter. older hedge and hard! i was squeezing and squeezing. this trimmer is awesome and the blade was working into the wood. all of a sudden i thought the wood broke, but the entire right handle of the trimmer broke off near the blades. my elbow still hurts 7 days later from the shock of all of a sudden slamming together. my wrist hurts. wednesday i have a doctor appt ~~ just to see if i need ice, heat, move it more, move it less??? i was telling the woman at work, and for some reason, one lady knew there was a recall....and i thought 'why would she know about this, and it's my fault for purring so much pressure on it....and sure enough , there was a recall. i love these clippers, as a 52 year old petite woman, these clippers can allow me to be a great gardener!

5/27/2014 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · FISKARS · Kentucky

While cutting limbs into 3 foot sections the handle on the tool broke at the base causing it to impact user head. The worker sustained a two cut to the forehead about 1 inch above the left eye. The product was a Fiskars Titanium 2" lopper. The product appears to have suffered from plastic fatigue in the cutting handle

5/10/2021 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · FISKARS · Connecticut

I cut hand on the outside edge of the tool

12/11/2014 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · FISKARS · California

USING 32" FISKARS LOPPERS - FIRST USE WAS UP IN A TREE - LOPPERS BROKE AT PIVOT POINT OF CUTTERS (A THREADED NUT WITH THE OPPOSITE END A MUSHROOMED TYPE RIVETED END). THE RIVET SIDE OF THE PIVOT BOLT SNAPPED. THE FORCE APPLIED TO CUT A 1 1/2" BRANCH (CAPACITY 2") LED ME TO PUNCH MYSELF, FALLING APPROX 3' OFF A LADDER. THIS COULD BE LETHAL TO SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE THAN I.

10/10/2022 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · FISKARS · California

When using Fiskars P341 Bypass Pruner my hand was caught in the device at 2 different times and caused blood blisters from injuries. See foto. I was using as directed.

Product Recalls

Search for active and past recalls related to manual lawn trimmers or edgers on the CPSC website.

Compare beyond Lawn & Garden Equipment

Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers: cross-group products nearest on danger score (32/100), estimated annual ER visits (311/yr), and hospitalization share (6.7%). Same-group neighbours stay in Related Products above.

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About this data

CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports form the basis of this page. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments.

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers ranks #574 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #665 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does manual lawn trimmers or edgers rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, manual lawn trimmers or edgers ranks #574 by PlainSafety danger score (32/100) and #665 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (311/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from manual lawn trimmers or edgers?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 2,659 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from manual lawn trimmers or edgers increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for manual lawn trimmers or edgers injuries?

The 45-54 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 1,368 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by manual lawn trimmers or edgers?

Of all ER visits involving manual lawn trimmers or edgers, approximately 6.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (93.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with manual lawn trimmers or edgers?

You can file a consumer incident report at SaferProducts.gov, the official CPSC reporting portal. Reports help the CPSC identify emerging hazards and trigger investigations or recalls. You can also call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772.

Data on Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers is compiled directly from CPSC NEISS and SaferProducts.gov records, current through 2024. See our methodology for details.

Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Product recall timelines and hazard labels are drawn from CPSC recall records for this product. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.