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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 723
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Date: 09/16/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
45 YOF MOWING LAWN SOMETHING FLEW OUT OF LAWNMOWERABRASION L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT CUTTING GRASS AT HOME WHEN SOMETHING FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE LAWN MO WER LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS RUN OVER BY A LAWNMOWER. DX LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
RT LOWER LEG SPRAIN.PT WAS MOWING AND WENT TO BRING MOWER UNDER CONTROL AND PUT LEG DOWN ON WHEELPAD AND HAD LEG FORCIBLY HYPEREXTENDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT STATES HER FATHER WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND STRUCK CHILD IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN L LOWER LEG ON MOWER MUFFLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
LAWN MOWER GRABBED CLOTHESLINE WIRE & HIT R LOWER EXTREMITY. PAIN RLE. DX; RT LEG CONT, ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING THE GRASS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL OVER THE MOWER AND LACERATED HER LT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN R LOWER LEG FRIDAY ON LAWNMOWER. DX. BURN R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN LOWER LEG - 47 YOF C/O BURN TO LEFT LOWER LEG FROM LAWNMOWER YESTE RDAY, OPEN AREA WHERE BLISTER ONCE WAS, ALSO HAS LAC TO LEFT INDEX FNGR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND WAS STRUCK IN LEG BY A WIRE PLANT HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT CUTTING GRASS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OUT FROM UNDER THE LAWN MOW ER LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Mobile/Manufactured homeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT STATES HE CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN LAWN MOWER AND TRAILER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers, Gasoline
PT BURN 5%TBSA RLE. PT SPILLED GAS INTO A WELL NEXT TO MOTOR OF LAWNMOW ER IGNITING A SPARK AND A FIREBALL SHOT OUT BURNING PT'S PANTS AND LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT USING A POWER LAWN MOWER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OUT FROM UNDER THE LAWN MOWER STRIKING RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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