Accidents - Power leaf mulchers and grinders - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,429
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	255
Year 2000:	87
Year 2001:	160
Year 2002:	16
Year 2003:	89
Year 2004:	33
Year 2005:	159
Year 2006:	208
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	133
Year 2009:	124
Year 2010:	146

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	429	Eyeball:	210
Hand:	172	Head:	158
Lower Trunk:	151	Knee:	113
Face:	75	Wrist:	70
Upper Trunk:	16	Lower Arm:	15
Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/16/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
21 YOM INJURED LOW BACK FRO LIFTING CHIPPER. DX-ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
17YOM WRIST PAIN AFTER CHIPPING BUSHES/ RT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 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: 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: 03/17/2009	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: 11/08/2008	Age: 16 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
PT CAUGHT HAND IN WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME DX/ RIGHT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - 18 YO MALE WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BEHIND RT EAR BY OBJ ECT THROWN FROM CHIPPER MACHINE 1/2 HR PTA
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: 11/27/2006	Age: 17 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
WOOD FROM CHIPPER FLEW INTO EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 18 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 FINGER ON WOOD FROM CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 19 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
CUT FINGER ON A WOOD CHIPPER " FINGER AMPUTATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT. PUTTING SMALL TREE IN WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME AND END OF TREE HIT PT. BEHIND R KNEE. DX. DISLOC. R PATELLA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 19 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 leaf mulchers and grinders
CONTUSED FINGER IN WOOD CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PATIENT WAS CLEANING YARD AND PUT LEAVES AND STICKS INTO THE MULCHER, A ND GOT TOO CLOSE. DX; AVULSION TO L LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
CRUSH INJURY TO FINGER AFTER USING WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME. CRUSH INJURY LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LANDSCAPING AND STUCK ARM IN MULCHER AND AMPUTATED IT BELOW ELBOW; MED FLITE IN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 25 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
PULLED BACK LIFTING LOGS INTO A WOOD CHIPPER DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	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 leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CUT THUMB IN WOOD CHIPPER. DX: R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
SCALP LAC-HIT A WOOD CHIPPER-@ FRIEND'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LACERATION FINGERS - 22 YOM WAS REPAIRING A CHIPPER AND SLICED HIS RIGN T INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 19 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 leaf mulchers and grinders
PT. CUTTING WOOD YEST. SAWDUST IN EYE WHILE USING CHIPPER. DX. L EYE C ORNEAL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	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
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
DX:MULT FINGER AMPS AND FX. STUCK HAND INTO WOOD CHIPPER-SHREDDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
THORAIC CONTUSION.PT HIT BACK ON A CHIPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2001	Age: 24 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2001	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 leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/1998	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/1998	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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