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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,359
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PULL STARTING LAWN MOWER HURT WRIST FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2007 | Age: 84 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: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| MOWING LAWN WITH ELECTRIC LAWN MOWER TRIPPED OVER CORD AND FELL LANDING ON BACK C/O SEVER LOW BACK PAIN PT ON *** DX- L4 FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/17/2007 | Age: 73 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: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 73 YO USING LAWN MOWER TRIPPED FELL ON WRIST FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 71 YO M NON CARDIAC CHEST PAIN INJURED TRYING TO START MOWER WITH PULL CORD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| FELL BEHIND SELF PROPELLED LAWN MOWER WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME. DX; C ONTUSION KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| CUTTING GRASS ON CREEK BANK AND SLIPPED AND LAWN MOWER CUT TOES---TC OPEN FRACTURE LEFT 2ND TOE, GREAT TOE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A PUSH LAWN MOWER, RAN IT INTO A DITCH. CAUSING A FX TO RT 4TH AND 5TH TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 51YOM WAS CHECKING LAWN MOWER WHILE IT WAS ON & CUT HIS RT 3RD FINGER. DX - FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT CUT TOE ON POWER PUSH LAWN MOWER LAC LT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| FOREIGN BODY FROM PUSH LAWN MOWER FLEW UP & HIT PT DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PATIENT WAS MOWING GRASS WITH PUSHMOWER AND GOT TO HOT. DX; HEAT EX HAUSTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PATIENT STATES BACK PAIN, PUSH MOWED YARD YESTERDAY AND NOW BACK HURTS DX; STRAIN TO LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| WAS MOWING YARD WITH PUSH LAWNER, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE DX SUBJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| CONTINUALLY HAD TO PULL ON START CORD OF LAWNMOWER PREVIOUS DAY NEURALGIA SECONDARY TO NERVE COMPRESSION AT NECK LEVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 59YOM AT HOME PULLING A LAWN MOWER CORD,THE CORD IT SELF ACTUALLY PULLED HIM FORWARD IN A JERKING HIS SHOULDER;SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Footwear |
| MOWING LAWN WEARING TENNIS SHOES, UNKOWN OBJECT EJECTED BY MOWER IMPALED LEFT FOOT CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT SPRAINED HIS NECK BY PULLING CORD TO START LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| LACERATES LOWER LEG ON LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 81YOM WHILE AT HOME WAS PULLING THE CORD ON THE LAWN MOWER TO START IT; SLIPPED STRUCK HAND AGAINST WALL; HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 67 YO INJURY TO EYE WHILE MOWING LAWN ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT CUT INTO FINGER WITH LAWNMOWER BLADE AND FX FINGER/ FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 62 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: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 62 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WHILE CHANGING LAWN MOWER BLADE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 65 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: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS PULL STARTING A LAWNMOWER AT HOME, PULL STRAP SNAPPED BACK CAUSING A LT 1AT METACARPAL FX AND LT THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 54 YO INJURED FINGER ON LAWN MOWER LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| BLUNT TRAUMA EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT WAS THROWN BY A LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| SPRAINS WRIST WHEN FELL IN YARD WHILE MOWING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| LACERATES FINGER ON A LAWN MOWER BLADE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 56 YO INJURED FOOT ON LAWN MOWER LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT CONTUSED R KNEE WHILE PUSHING ROTARY LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT STRAINED LOWER TRUNK STARTING LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 74 YO M COMPRESSION FRACTURE MOWING THE GRASS TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A LAWNMOWER AT HOME, LACERATED LT 3RD FINGER ON THE BLADE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| CONTUSION KNEE WHEN FELL IN YARD WHILE MOWING GRASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS MOWING THE LAWN AT HOME, FELL TOUCHED THE MUFFLER OF THE LAWN MOWER CAUSING A BURN TO RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| TOUCHED MUFFLER OF LAWN MOWER AND BURNED FINGERS 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| SPRAINS KNEE WHILE MOWING GRASS WITH LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| FOREIGN BODY ORBIT:STARTING LAWN MOWER ON CONCRETE, PULLED CORD, SOMETHING SLIPPED & HIT PT IN R EYE,DID NOT WEAR GOGGLES TO START MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| 56 YO HAD FINGER CAUGHT UNDER LAWN MOWER AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| SUPERFICIAL FOREHEAD LACERATION WITH REPAIR: WORKING ON LAWN MOWER, PART HOLDING ROPE FLEW OFF & HIT FOREHEAD BETWEEN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT WAS MOWING LAWN WITHG MOWER, AND METAL CLOTHES HANGER WAS EMBED- DED INTO ANKLE, PUNCTURE WOUND OF ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rotary power lawn mowers |
| ABDOMEN PAIN AFTER PULLING LAWNMOWER 5 DAYS AGO LOWER ABD STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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