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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,195
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| STARTED LAWNMOWER HIMSELF IN YARD AND PUT HAND UNDER IT CRUSHING TWO F INGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2003 | Age: 15 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 |
| CAUGHT R) 2ND FINGER WHILE TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 AT HOME PULLING THE START CORD ON A POWER MOWER THE CORD SLAPPED BAC K AND STRUCK HER LEFT THUMB CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| STRAINED BACK TRYING TO START MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PATIENT BURNED FINGERS ON HOT LAWN MOWER PART; 1ST DEGREE SUPERFICIAL T HERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 14 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 |
| BURNED L FOREARM ON HOT POWER LAWN MOWER IN GARAGE AT HME DX 2 DEG BURN L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT HOLDING MOWER DECK UP, BLADE DROPPED CUT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L THUMB, WORKING ON CARBURATOR OF LAWN MOWER AT FRIEND'S HOME, SPRING LAUNCHED, EMBEDDED IN L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| GRABBED HOT EXHAUST PIPE OF LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY ROCK THROWN FROM LAWN MOWER AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, I NCREASING EYE PAIN; HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers, Wagons |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF THE WAGON BEING PULLED BY A LAWNMOWER. DX-SPRAIN ANKLE, CONTUSION TO FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PLACED HAND UNDER A RUNNING LAWN MOWER- - TRF TO CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL LAWNMOWER INJURY OPEN FRACTURE INDEX FINGER & R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT STATES HER FATHER WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND STRUCK CHILD IN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| BURNS TO RT TIP OF FINGERS, TOUCHED LAWN MOWER ENGINE. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN OF FINGERTIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| BURN L LOWER LEG ON MOWER MUFFLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS HIT LT SIDE OF FACE BY FOREIGN OBJECT THAT FLEW FROM UNDER LAWN MOWER; 1.5CM LACERATION LT SIDE FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| CUT FOOT UNDER LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| BURN R LOWER LEG FRIDAY ON LAWNMOWER. DX. BURN R LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power lawn mowers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND WAS STRUCK IN LEG BY A WIRE PLANT HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 11 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 |
| BURNED HAND ON LAWN MOWER DX. HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| LIFTED A LAWN MOWERB AND HAD TESTICLE PAIN. ACUTE EPIDIDYMITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2003 | Age: 6 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 |
| PT BURNED FINGERS ON LAWN MOWER MUFFLER. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R INDEX/MIDDLE FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| STRAINED NECK WHEN PULLED LAWNMOWER STRING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT STATES HE AND A FRIEND WERE MESSING AROUND TRYING TO TURN ON AN OLD LAWN MOWER WHEN FIRE FLAMED AND HIT PT IN FACE. D: 1ST DEGREE BURN FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power lawn mowers, Gasoline |
| PT BURN 5%TBSA RLE. PT SPILLED GAS INTO A WELL NEXT TO MOTOR OF LAWNMOW ER IGNITING A SPARK AND A FIREBALL SHOT OUT BURNING PT'S PANTS AND LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT USING A POWER LAWN MOWER AT HOME STRAINED LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| 6 YOM FOOT SLIPPED UNDER LAWNMOWER LAC TOES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| 12 Y/O F C/O LEG LACERATION. PT WAS MOWING LAWN WITH LAWN MOWER WHEN SO METHING FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE LM . DX CONT TO LFT ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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