Accidents - Power leaf mulchers and grinders - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 839
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	37
16-25 years old:	124
26-50 years old:	265
50+ years old:	396

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	409	Face:	117
Lower Leg:	86	Eyeball:	78
Knee:	70	Hand:	31
Shoulder:	15	All Of Body:	15
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 21 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
TRIPPED,RIGHT LOWER LEG HIT WOOD CHIPPER AND TREE LIMB CONTUSION RT LOWER LEG * 21 Y/O W/M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PATIENT STATES WAS HIT BY SOMETHING THROWN FROM MULCHER ON FACE. DX: 2.5 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT WITH LAC TO CHIN FROM FLYING WOOD COMING OUT OF A WOOD CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
DEEP LACERATIONS TO FINGERS ON HAND USING A WOOD CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 19 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 CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD CHIPPER. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER OPEN FX/CRUSH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 8 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 HAD (L) PINKY CAUGHT IN MECHANICAL WOOD CHIPPER DX;* (L) SMALL FI NGER LAC / CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Footwear
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME BUSH FROM ACTIVE SHRUB SHREDDER, WAS WEARING SHOES, FOOT GOT CAUGHT. DX-RT 1,2,3 TOE FX, AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
EYE FB-TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES WHILE USING A WOOD SHREDDER-GOT DEBRIS I N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 74 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
HELPING FRIEND MOVE CHIPPER SHREDDER AND BECAME SYNCOPAL,MED FLITE IN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
AVULSION//AMPUTATION OF FINGER IN WOOD CHIPPER ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LEFT SCAPULA FX. PT WAS USING A CHIPPER AND A TREE BRANCH FELL ON SHOUL DER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 71 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
CHIPPER/SHREDDER BECAME CLOGGED PUT FINGER IN TO UNCLOG WHILE RUNNING I NJURY TO FINGER ..OPEN FX R IF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT DX FACILA LACERATION - S/P DUE TO FALLING AT HOME,HEAD FALL ON SHREDDER PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WOOD CHIPPER. DX: TRAUMATIC PARTIAL AMPUTATION ALL 5 DIGITS W/TRAUMATIC VOLAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WALKING BY A WOOD CHIPPER AT PARK. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PARTIALLY AMPUTATED THUMB USING A WOOD CHIPPER WHEN IT CAUGHT IN BLADE; MED FLITE IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT SUSTAINED FINGER LACERATION WHEN CUT WITH A SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
R MID FING FX;LAC/57YOM CRUSHED FINGER HOOKING TRACTOR TO WOOD CHIPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Business and office machines
ACC CUT HAND ON A SHREDDER @ HOME, ?MECH, +BLEEDING CONTROLLED >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
TRANSEFERRED TO HOSP BY A HELICOPTER AS FTR S/P RUN OVER BY A WOOD CHIP PER, INTUBATED FOR AIRWAY PORTECTION>>MULTI FACIAL BONE FX/LACS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
USING WOOD CHIPPER&SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FB SENSATION >>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 75 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 INJURED FINGER ON A LEAF MULCHER MACHINE AT HOME DX// RIGHT 3RD FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 22 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 TO EYE. PT WAS CHIPPING WOOD AND GOT A PIECE INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 52 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A LOG CHIPPER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 17 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 CUT FINGER ON WOOD CHIPPER AT FRIENDS HOUSE DX// LAC RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 45 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CONTUSION LEG - 45 YO MALE PRESENTS AFTER DROPPING A WOOD CHIPPER ON HI S LOWER RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT USING A STUMP GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO IT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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