Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 16-25 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,036
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	491	Hand:	309
Lower Leg:	227	Face:	158
Lower Arm:	125	Shoulder:	122
Eyeball:	107	Toe:	107
Upper Trunk:	91	Head:	68
Elbow:	66	Neck:	66
Wrist:	31	Lower Trunk:	31
Knee:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN, GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE DX: FB R EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TOUCHED THE EXHAUST PIPE OF HIS LAWNMOWER SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN T O LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power lawn mowers
RASH TO FACE, SWELLING, ITCHING AFTER MOWING GRASS DX: URTICARIA RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS RUNNING AND FELL HITTING LAWN MOWER HOUSING IN PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
HIT BY SOMETHING THROWN BY A LAWNMOWER. DX. LAC R FA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
STARTING LAWN MOWER AND HURT SHOULDER DX LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
REACHED DOWN TO SHUT OFF LAWN MOWER AND BURNT HAND ON MUFFLER. SECOND DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM POWER MOWER DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN HIT LEG LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC SCALP; FRIEND REPORTS THEY THREW A ***/ALUMINUM ITEM INTO LAWN MOWE R, WHICH THEN STRUCK PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 24 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: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND OF A LOWER LEG BY AN OBJECT PROPELLED FR OM A RUNNING LAWN MOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT BURNED FINGERS ON LAWN MOWER AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, SEEN AT URGENT CARE, INCREASING PAIN; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS 2ND/3RD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
16YOBM-LACERATION RIGHT GREAT TOE-SLIPPED MOWING LAWN-FOOT WENT UNDER L AWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 22 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: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN, STUNG BY BEES TO RT CALF.REDNESS&SWELLING " BEE STING"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 19 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 lawn mowers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON POWER LAWN MO WER BLADE WHEN TIGHTENING BOLT ON MOWER - 1" LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
OBJECT FLEW FROM LAWNMOWER, HIT EYE DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND DEVELOPED CHEST WALL PAINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT WAS MOWING GRASS AND SLIPPED DOWN THE HILL AND INJURED TOE DX LT TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT WAS MOWING GRASS NEAR FENCE AND DOG BIT ARM DX LT LOWER ARM PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
DX RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN: STARTING LAWN MOWER AND INJURED SHOULDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT INJURED KNEE WHILE MOWING LAWN DX RT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 20 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: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT TOUCHED LAWN MOWER ENGINE AND GOT BURNT DX RT HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT , CHEST STARTED HURTING WHILE CUTTING GRASS DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT R FINGER ON LAWNMOWER BLADE DX: 4TH FINGERTIP AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
DX LOWER BACK PAIN: PAIN TO BACK AFTER TRYING TO START LAWN MOWER PULLING CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LACERATION FINGER - 19 YOM SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER ON THE BLADE OF LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT PUNCTURED WRIST ON A TREE BRANCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STARTE LAWN MOW ER SUSTAINED " WRIST PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT HAND WHILE PULL STARTING LAWN MOWER DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURNED HAND ON LAWN MOWER BURN TO LEFT 2ND AND 5TH FINGERS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 21 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 lawn mowers
PT CUT FINGER ON A MOWER BLADE SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
AMPUTATION FINGERTIP - 16 YOM CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON THE LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC R INDEX FINGERM CUT ON MOWER DX: LAC R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
17 YOM AMPUTATED FINGER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY GOT THEM UNDER BLADES OF L AWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 17 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: Power lawn mowers
PT BURNT HAND ON A HOT LAWN MOWER INGINE SUSTAINED " LT HAND 2ND DERGREE BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A LAWNMOWER AND A ROCK FLEW UP AND STRUCK FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT INJURED WORKING ON LAWNMOWER; FINGER CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
L LEG PINNED BETWEEN MOWER & TRAILER ABRASION/CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
FB L ELB/25YOF STS WAS STANDING IN HER YARD WHEN A PIECE OF METAL HIT L ELBOW AREA.HUSBAND WAS MOWING LAWN & APPARENTLY FB CAME FROM MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power lawn mowers
AVULS FX R 2ND & 3RD FINGERS WITH ABRASIONS; CUT ON LAWN MOWER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT FELL STARTING LAWN MOWER C/O PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER LEFT SHOULDER DIS LOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS RUNNING LAWN MOWER AND HIT A PC OF METAL AND LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
TOE CUT BY POWER MOWER BLADE DX. TOE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
NECK STRAIN; PULLING ROPE ON MOWER & FELT "POP"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
USED MOWER THEN WENT TO LIFT IT UP GRABBED EXHAUST BURNED HAND DX BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TOUCHED HOT LAWN MOWER. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R THIRD/FOURTH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
LBP AFTER MOWING TODAY DX: LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
CAUGHT R 5TH TOE IN LAWN MOWER DX: OPEN FT FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC TO R INDEX FINGER W/LAWN MOWER DX: LAC 2ND DIGIT R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
FINGER FX-@ HOME-CAUGHT FINGER IN FLYWHEEL OF LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
DX LEFT WRIST SPRAIN: PULLING MOWING LINE AND INJURED WRIST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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