Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,556
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	66
Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	67
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	15
Year 2004:	118
Year 2005:	198
Year 2006:	88
Year 2007:	180
Year 2008:	321
Year 2009:	175
Year 2010:	172

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
61YOM MOWING HIS GRASS AND PASSED OUT ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
56 YOM MOWING YARD AND COLLAPSED DX: CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers
76 YO M MOWING YARD OUT IN HEAT AND DRINKING BEER, WEAK NOW UNABLE TO S TAND WELL. DX ETOH INTOXICATION, GAIT INSTABILITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
52YOM MOWING GRASS AT HOME IN THE HOT SUN AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers, Gasoline
PT WAS WORKING ON LAWN MOWER AT HOME AND GAS SPLASHED INTO MOUTH DX: ACCIDENTAL CHEMICAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT THE GRASS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY DIAPHORESIS&LIGHTHEADNESS >>PRE-SYNCOPE/HYPOTENSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers
DIABETIC HYPOGLYCEMIC RX - 76 YO MALE - W/SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER MOVIN G LAWN FOR 3 HRS - TOOK USUAL INSULIN AT NOON RATHER THAN AM - PASSED O
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT DIZZY TRYING TO START POWER MOWER/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power lawn mowers
REDNESS AND ITCHING ALL OVER AFTER MOWING YARD DX; ALLERGIC RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF FACIAL SWELLING, THROAT CLOSING&SWELLING WHILE MOWING THE LAWN >> ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT MOWING HIS GRASS AT HOME AND GOT OVER EXERTED GOT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT WEAK PUSHING POWER MOWER/HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT MOWING HIS YARD AT HOME WHEN THE LAWNMOWER WENT OVER A HORNETS NEST STUNG MULTIPLE TIMES DEVELOPED HIVES AND DYSPNEA ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN & BECAME LIGHTHEADED & FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT DX: NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT DIZZY WHILE PUSHING POWER MOWER/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
DIZZY, WEAK AFTER MOWING YARD DX; HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT DECIDED TO MOW THE YARD AND HE PASSED OUT, DOEN'T KNOW HOW LONG HE LAID THERE. DX: HEAT EXHAUSTION, DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
EXPOSED TO POISON IVY WHILE MOWING THE LAWN, NOW C FULL BODY RASH/HIVES "RASH''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN IN HEAT AND BECAME DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING THE GRASS S/P 2DYS, BECAME NAUSEATED, FELT BAD & PASSED O UT. STATES FELT NORMAL AFTER WOKE UP. PASSED OUT AGAIN NEXT DAY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING THE LAWN OF LOCAL CEMETARY AND PASSED OUT. DX: SYNCOPE DUE DEHYDRATION WHILE MOWING LAWN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOWING THE LAWN, SUDDENLY DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS,THE FELL " SYNCOPE" +" DEHYDRATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND COLLAPSED AND DIED ON GROUND
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS CUTTING THE GRASS IN THE HOT SUN WHEN HE TRIED TO START THE ENGI NE HE PASSED OUT HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT DRINKING ALCOHOL AND STARTED CUTTING HIS GRASS BAC- 344- NEIGHBOR HE ARD MOWER RUNNING AND FOUND HIM PASSED OUT ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WORKING ON HIS POWER LAWN MOWER IN THE HOT SUN AT HOME AND PASSED OU T HEAT EXHAUSTIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Power lawn mowers
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN GARAGE AFTER TURNING ON LAWN MOWER WITH CO POISON ING--SENT TO HYPERBARIC CHAMB ER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Power lawn mowers
IN GARAGE WORKING ON RUNNING LAWN MOWER DX AUTE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers
52 YOF WAS STUNG BY A BEE WHILE MOWING DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STIN G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Power lawn mowers
FIXING ENGING OF LAWNMOWER IN GARAGE AND GOT CO POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT WEAK TRYING TO START POWER MOWER DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
BEE STRINGS WHILE MOWING YARD DX; ALLERGIC RXN BEE STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
GOT DIZZY, WEAK STARTING LAWN MOWER DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2001	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2000	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/1999	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/1999	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/1997	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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