Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 6-15 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,224
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Leg:	257	Finger:	217
Hand:	211	Toe:	111
Face:	89	Lower Arm:	81
Knee:	72	Wrist:	59
Eyeball:	59	Foot:	21
Elbow:	15	Upper Leg:	15
Ankle:	5	Head:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2005	Age: 11 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
STATES WAS MOWING LAST WEEK AND A PIECE OF BONE HIT PT IN THE RT LOWER LEG. PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT R FINGER CAUGHT IN LAWN MOWER BELT AVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GREAT TOE RUN OVER BY LAWN MOWER AT HOME 1 MO AGO, STITCHES PLACED BY O RTHO, PURPLE W/OOZING BLOOD; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA, RUBBING AGAINST TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2005	Age: 10 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT STATES BURNED LEG ON LAWN MOWER DX RT LOWER LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Power lawn mowers
HAND BURNED, TOUCHED LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 15 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
BURN R HAND; TOUCHED MUFFLER OF LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 15 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
PT SLIPPED DOWN HILL WHILE MOWING LAWN WITH POWER MOWER INJURING TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers, Fences or fence posts
MOWING LAWN AT HOME, CAUGHT PIECE OF WIRE FROM INVISIBLE DOG FENCE SHOT OUT THROUGH MOWER EMBEDDING IN KNEE, PROTRUDING; FB REMOVED, LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC TO R UPPER ARM ON METAL WHILE MOWING YARD DX: 4 CM LAC L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers, Wire
MOWING LAWN, WIRE STUCK IN LEG DX: FB R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 12 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN LOWER LEG - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH A 7 X 4 CM BURN TO RIG HT LOWER LEG - REPORTS HIT LEG AGAINST HOT LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS CUTTING THE LAWN WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE L AWNMOWER STRUCK IN FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
14 YO MOWING LAW W/LAWN MOWER CUT TOEAMPUTATION TOE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT MOWING LAWN AND SOMETHING KICKED UP AND CUT LEFT HAND C/O PAIN LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 12 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: Power lawn mowers
FX OF PROXIMAL 5TH METACARPAL: INJURED HAND LAST WEEK STARTING A LAWN MOWER WHEN PULLED LAWN MOWER CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers, Wire
PATIENT MOWING LAWN, METAL WIRE CAME OUT IMPALING ANKLE, SEEN BY EMS, C OULD NOT REMOVE; FB REMOVED, ANKLE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Power lawn mowers
STRUCK WITH A ROCK THROWN FROM MOVING BLADE OF A LAWN MOWER EYEBALL HEM ORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
SOMETHING FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE LAWNMOWER AND HIT ON EYEBROW. DX; 2 CM LACERATION TO LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 11 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
11 YO WM RECEIVED BURN TO RT LEG FROM LAWN MOWER MUFFLER 2ND DEGREE BURN RT LOWER EXT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
HELPING BROTHER PUSH LAWN MOWER UP HILL AND SLIPPED MOWER NOT RUNNING W RIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 14 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. REPORTS OF BURNING L 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS ON LAWNMOWER CARBORA TOR TODAY. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURNS FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 15 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 THUMB ON LAWN MOWER ENGINE. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	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: Power lawn mowers
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND: TOUCHED HOT MOTOR ON LAWN MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	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, Footwear
PATIENT MOWING LAWN AT HOME, FOOT SLIPPED UNDER LAWN MOWER, BLADE CUT T HRU TENNIS SHOE, NOT WEARING SOCKS; FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN, FB FLEW FROM MOWER, CUT R LEG DX: 6 CM R LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
RT FOREARM BURN.PT BURNED FOREARM ON HIT MUFFLER ON LAWN MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	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 ARM ON LAWN MOWER DX SECONDARY BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
LOWER ARM FRACTURE, FRACTURE FOREARM TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LOWER LEG LACERATION, HIT WITH ROCK FROM LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 13 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
ACCIDENTLY GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN LAWN MOWER BLADE WHEN IT WAS RUNNING. A CUTE PARTIAL AMPUTATION TIPS DISTAL LT 4 & 5 DIGITS & AMPUTATION TIP 3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers, Fences or fence posts
LAWNMOWER SLUNG A PIECE OF CHAIN LINK FENCE INTO PATIENT'S RIGHT LEG. DX-FOREIGN BODY DISTAL THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT BURNED HIS KNEE ON A LAWN MOWER DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS THERMAL BURN RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP, METAL STUCK IN SIDE OF HEAD , DAD WAS MOWING A ND BLEW OUT OF MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
FORHEAD LACERATION, ROCK FROM LAWNMOWER HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2005	Age: 14 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, Footwear
TOE LACERATION, LAWN MOWER, HAD CLOSED TOE SHOES ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
PARTIAL FINGER AMPUTATION, STUCK HAND UNDER LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN ON L HAND, BURNED ON LAWN MOWER AT HOME DX: SUPERFICIAL BURN L PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TRIPPED OVER AN UNSPECIFIED POWER LAWN MOWER SUSTAINED AN ABRASION T O LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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