Accidents - Rotary power lawn mowers - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,167
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	141
Year 1998:	143
Year 2000:	145
Year 2001:	188
Year 2004:	468
Year 2005:	335
Year 2006:	73
Year 2007:	370
Year 2008:	540
Year 2009:	456
Year 2010:	305

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	293
6-15 years old:	115
16-25 years old:	230
26-50 years old:	1,218
50+ years old:	1,310

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
20YOM 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND ON LAWN MOWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
24YOM WAS STARTING LAWN MOWER WHEN PULL ROPE GOT CAUGHT DX- ABRA TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
6YOF BURN HAND ON LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
45YOF REACHED UNDER LAWN MOWER AND BURNED RIGHT HAND WHILE MOWING LAWN 2ND DEGREE BURN OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
26YOF CONT HAND STARTING LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 42 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
42YOM WAS AT HOME, WAS SHARPING A BLADE CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 62 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
62YOM LAC HAND REACHING UNDER LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/02/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
72 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND FROM A LAWN MOWER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 37 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
LAC HAND ON LAWN MOWER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS AT HOME MOWING THE LAWN, PUSHED THE LAWN MOWER UP AGAINST A FENC E POST, CAUSING A STRAIN TO LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN W/ PUSH MOWER SHE SLIPPED ON WET GRASS FALLING & HER RT HAND CAUGHT INBETWEEN HANDLES ON MOWER DX CONTUSION R HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
CUT HAND WHILE SHARPENING BLADES OF LAWNMOWER HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
21 MTH OLD F 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND AFTER TOUCHING A LAWN MOWER AFTER MOM TURNED IT OFF*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
INJURY TO HAND TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER AT HOME. DX HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
49 YO F 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND FROM LAWN MOWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT TOUCHED THE MUFFLER OF A HOT LAWN MOWER. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN - HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
BLISTER ON HAND AFTER CUTTING GRASS ABSCESS HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN WITH A SELF PROPELLED MOWER & DEVELOPED HAND PAIN DX: NERE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT FELL WHILE PUSHING GRANDPARENTS LAWN MOWER UP A HILL. RAN BACK OVER HIS R HAND. AVULSED SKIN ON DORSAL SURF. OF R HAND. DX R HAND AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
51Y/O,F,HAND PAIN TODAY, USED LAWN MOWER YESTERDAY, L HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATED RIGHT PALM ON DUMPSTER AS HE EMPTIED GRASS CATCHER FROM LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Insect induced injuries
HYMENOPTERA STING LT HAND: CUTTING GRASS NEAR WOOD LINE, PUSH MOWER, FELT BITE, SAW LONG BROWN INSECT ON HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS AT HOME, TOUCHED THE HOT MOTOR OF A LAWN MOWER CAUSING BURNS TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 42 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS AT HOME SHARPENING THE BLADE ON A LAWN MOWER, LACERATED RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 77 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS AT HOME TRYING TO START THE LAWN MOWER, THE PULL CORD SNAPPED BA CK HIT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
BURNS HAND ON EXHAUST OF LAWN MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
3 YOM GRABBED A LAWNMOWER MUFFLER AFTER HIS DAD HAD TURNED THE MACHINE ON- RT HAND BURN. DX: 2ND DEGREE PALMAR BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PULL CORD ON LAWN MOWER SNAPPED BACK/ LT HAND CONTUSION, RT SHOULDER ST RAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
FOREIGN BODY FROM PUSH LAWN MOWER FLEW UP & HIT PT DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
81YOM WHILE AT HOME WAS PULLING THE CORD ON THE LAWN MOWER TO START IT; SLIPPED STRUCK HAND AGAINST WALL; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS PULL STARTING A LAWNMOWER AT HOME, PULL STRAP SNAPPED BACK CAUSING A LT 1AT METACARPAL FX AND LT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
HAND CT-INJURED ON CORD OF LAWN MOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING HIS LAWN MOWER AND WAS PULLING HARD A ND HIT HIS HAND ON A SOLID OBJECT. DX: SPRAIN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
71 TI CUT HAND ON LAWN MOWER BLADE LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PULLED HARD ON THE STARTER CORD OF HIS LAWN MOWER/EDGER DX: FX METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PATIENT GRABBED THE EXHAUST PIPE ON THE LAWN MOWER RIGHT AFTER DAD HAD FINISHED THE LAWN. DX; 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO THE PALM OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 17 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO PALM OF R HAND: CUTTING GRASS W/PUSH LAWN MOWER,BENT OVER TO MOVE CROCK,LAYED HAND ON MOTOR THOUGHT PLASTIC PART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT.'S R. HAND WAS LERKED AROUND WHILE MOWING LAWN. WITH MOWER. DX. R. H AND SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT BURNT HAND ON THE HOT MUFFLER OF LAWN MOWER SUSTAINED " 2ND DEGREE BURN, HAND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PULLING ROPE ON LAWNMOWER,IT"LOCKED"-SOFT TISSUE INJ HAND/WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PULLING ROPE TO START MOWER IT WHIPPED BACK HIT HIS HAND DX CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Mobile/Manufactured home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Mobile/manufactured homes
MOWING GRASS TRIED TO MOW UNDER MOBILEHOME CUT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL DX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT STUCK HAND UNDER POWER LAWN MOWER LAC 3RD, 4TH, 5TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 61 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
61 YOM CUT HAND ON LAWN MOWER LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST HOT MUFFLER OF POWER LAWN MOWER SECOND DEGR EE BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
L WRIST PAIN/25YOM HAD THE PULL START CORD FROM LAWN MOWER WRAP AROUNDH IS L WRIST AND HAND 2 DAYS AGO. C/O PAIN. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT CUT FINGERS ON LAWNMOWER RT 2ND AND 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LACERATED RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2000	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/12/1998	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/1998	Age: 62 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/1997	Age: 43 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: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/1997	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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