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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 16-25 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 878
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Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:250Finger:175
Shoulder:135Foot:83
Ear:68Lower Arm:67
Wrist:15Upper Arm:15
Toe:15Upper Trunk:15
Lower Leg:15Eyeball:15
All Of Body:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/25/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
19 Y.O. W MALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT WAS REPAIRING A LAWN MOWER & THE ENGI NE BLEW APART @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
REINJURED SHOULDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START LAWN MOWER AT HOME. DX: S HOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN HAND ON LAWN MOWER LEFT PALM 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TURNED OFF THE BLADE ON A POWER LAWN MOWER THOUGHT IT STOPPED SPINNI NG PUT HAND UNDERNEATH IT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO L 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
19 YOM FELL ONTO LAWNMOWER MUFFLER CAUSING BURN TO UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT SHARPENING THE BLADE OF A POWER LAWN MOWER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO LEFT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
WAS MOWING AT HOME WENT TO READJUST MOWER FELL ORWARD TOUCHING MUFFLER BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
OBTAINED MULTIPLE BEE STINGS TO L EAR, L HAND AND R CALD WHILEWEED WACK ING. LOCAL REACTION $
Disposition: Not recorded


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers, Footwear
PT USING A POWER LAWN MOWER WHILE WEAR SANDLES BLADE RAN OVER RIGHT FOO T SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE TO RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/12/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
ATTEMPTING TO START LAWN MOWER WHEN SHE DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN RT SHOULD ER. ACUTE RT SHOULDER SOFT TISSUE INJURY, R/O ROTATOR CUFF INJURY@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
PW RT LATERAL ANKLE. OCCURRED WHILE MOWING- FB HIT ANKLE. DX; METAL FB RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT ENCLOSED IN ROOM IN HOUSE WITH A GASOLINE LAWN MOWER, HAVING BR EATHING DIFFICULTY DUE TO GAS FUMES; HYPERVENTILATING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT ATTEMPTING TO START POWER LAWNMOWER BY PULLING CORD, STRAINED RT WRI ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON LAWNMOWER BLADE WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. DX-LACERATION RIGHT 2ND DIGIT WITH TENDON LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO JUMP LAWNMOWER BATTERY OFF WITH TRUCK AND STATES GOT SHOCKED AND THROWN TO GROUND. DX; CONTUSION TO FOREARM, SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAWN MOWER MUFFLER; RT HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
DX RIGHT HAND BURN: TOUCHED HOT LAWM MOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
SEVERE LACERATIONS R FOOT - JUMPED OFF LAWNMOWER WHEN IT WAS TIPPING OV ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
LANDSCAPING AND FIXING LAWN MOWER CLEANING IT WHILE ITS STILL ON AND SL ASHED FINGER PARTIALLY AMPUTATING TWO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT CUTTING GRASS AT HOME, SOMETHING FLEW OUT HITTING HIM IN THE RT EYEF B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT RIGHT HAND ON POWER LAWN MOWER BLADELACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC TO RT LOWER LEG ON LAWN MOWER (OFF). DX: LAC RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
23 Y.O. W FEMALE W/MID BACK STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE PULLING ON A LAWN MOWE R STRING TO CRANK IT UP @ HOME. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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