Accidents - Power leaf mulchers and grinders - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 685
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	517
50+ years old:	146

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	388	Eyeball:	95
Shoulder:	70	Face:	70
Hand:	15	Lower Leg:	15
Lower Trunk:	15	Upper Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 41 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A WOOD CHIPPER, LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LEFT HAND AND FINGERS LACERATION.PT WAS MULCHING LEAVES IN A MULCHING M ACHINE AND INJURED HAND AND FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN LEAF MULCHER DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Clothing accessories
PT CAUGHT GLOVE IN A CHIPPER SHREDDER AT HOME INJURING FINGER DX: PARTIAL TIP AMPUTATION RIGHT RING AND LITTLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CAUGHT THUMB IN WOOD CHIPPER AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT HELPING A FRIEND CHIP UP SOME TREE LIMBS WHILE PLACING THEM IN THE C HIPPER STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
INJURED SHOULDER 8 DAYS AGO WHILE USING A CHIPPER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT WAS CUT WHILE CHANGING A BLADE ON CHIPPER. DX: R FOURTH DIGIT AVULSION 1 CM, CELLULITIS L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
FB RT EYE.PT WAS USING A LEAF GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT SMASHED THUMB IN WOOD CHIPPER. DX: OPEN FX L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
NOT W/COMP USING WOODCHIPPER FB IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT WAS USING WOOD CHIPPER AND A PC FLEW INTO EYE, DX: REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CUT LEG WITH WOOD CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LEG HIT WITH WOOD FROM WOODCHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CUT FINGER IN LEAF MULCHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CUT TO FINGER IN LAWN CHIPPER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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