Accidents - Rotary power lawn mowers - 50+ years old - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,950
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	563	Finger:	353
Lower Trunk:	242	Foot:	232
Shoulder:	223	Lower Leg:	223
Knee:	173	Eyeball:	165
Wrist:	146	Elbow:	135
Lower Arm:	134	Head:	96
Ear:	76	All Of Body:	70
Neck:	63	Hand:	33
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/03/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
68YOM STR KNEE PUSHING LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/23/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
58YOM GOT DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2010	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
67YOF CONCUSSION- FELL, HIT MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2010	Age: 70 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
CUT FINGERS WITH LAWN MOWER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING , STUCK HAND UNDER LAW N MOWER LACERATION R FINGER 70YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
59YOM WALKED INTO A TREE BRANCH WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2010	Age: 82 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
82YOM FINGER CUT ON POWER LAWN MOWER MOVING BLADE ...LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
CHEST CT-65YOM PULLING ON THE MOWER CORD AND IT SUDDENLY STOPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE ARM AND CHEST AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
55 YO M CHEST PAIN WHILE PUSHING MOWER AT HOME. DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2010	Age: 66 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
66YOF FX LWR BACK PUSHING MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
56YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 63 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
63 YO F WALKING BEHIND POWERED LAWN MOWER MOWING LAWN FELL INJURED HIP FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 56 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
56YOF SPRAINED KNEE TWISTED TRYING TO PULL STARTER ON LAWN MOWER AT HOM E*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Footwear
PT WAS CUTTING GRASS AND A FOREIGN BODY CAME THROUGH HER SHOE PENETRATE D FOOT . FRACTURE METATARSAL AND LACERATION 62YOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
58YOF AMP TOE ON MOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/18/2010	Age: 69 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
SMASHED RING FINGER IN LAWN MOWER HANDLE FRACTURE PHALANX 69 YOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
62YOM WAS MOWING YARD WITH A PUSH LAWN MOWER AND DEVELOEPD SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER CALF RULE OUT ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/13/2010	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Pipes
86YOM MOWING LAWN WITH A SELF PROPELLED MOWER WHEN HE HIT A PIPE - SKIN TEARS TO RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
56 YO WF CUT FINGER ON POWER LAWN MOWER LACERATION LEFT INDEX, MIDDLE AND RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT PASSED OUT AFTER CUTTING GRASS WITH PUSH MOWER SYNCOPE 73YOM
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
69YOM DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
65YOM FELL OVER LAWN MOWER AT HOME WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	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
64YOM AMPUTATE FINGER IN LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 74 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
74 YO M PUSHING MOWER AT HOME, DIZZY, PASSED OUT. DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
60YOF HAS RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
61YOM STARTING HIS MOWER BY PULLING THE CORD STRUCK ELBOW ON TELEPHONE POLE;PUNCTURE WOUND AND ELBOW FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
66YOF DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AFTER PUSH MOWING TWO YARDS DX. CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Wire
56 YOM WAS MOWING AND WALKING BEHIND THE MOWER AND GOT A PIECE OF WIRE STUCK IN HIS LEG/ FOREIGN BODY TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: American Indian/Alaska Native
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
60YOM INJURED THUMB WHILE TRYING TO PULL BACK CORD ON POWER LAWN MOWER CORD STRUCK BACK OF THUMB.DX: LT THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
51YOF CALF MUSCLE STRAIN DEVELOPED PAIN WHILE MOWING THE GRASS AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
52YOF SPRIANED FOOT FELL MONDAY WHILE MOSING THE GRASS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
66 YO F PUSHING MOWER AT HOME, DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST. DX CHEST WALL P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
70YM WA OUT CUTTING HIS GRASS AT HOME WHEN HE FELT A BLADE OF GRASS FL EW INTO HIS LEFT EYE RED AND IRRIATED DX ABRASION TO CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
53YOM PUSH MOWING HIS YARD, HAD ARRHYTHMIA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH DX. ARRHYTHMIA, SHORT OF BREATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
63YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
FELL WHILE CUTTING GRASS FELT KNEE POP. KNEE CONTUSION 57YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
OLECRANON FX-75YOM WAS MOWING-WALKING AND STUMBLED AND FELL HITTING HIS HEAD AND ELBOW ON CONCRETE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 69 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
69 YO M HURT BACK LIFTING POWER PUSH MOWER. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
56 YO F PUSHING LAWN MOWER AT HOME, HURT ARM. DX FOREARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS UNLOADING A PUSH MOWER AND HURT FINGER FX FINGER 59YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
56 YO M INJURY TO CHEST PUSHING MOWER AT HOME. DX CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
74 YO F FELL HIT HEAD WHILE MOWING THE YARD, TRIPPED. DX CLOSED HEAD IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2010	Age: 76 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Fences or fence posts
HIP STRAIN-76YOF PUSHING A LAWN MOWER DOWN AN INCLINE THE MOWER STARTED GOING FASTER SHE FELL AGAINST A FENCE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2010	Age: 80 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
80 YO M PUSHING LAWNMOWER UP HILL, SLIPPED, FELL HURT SHOULDER. DX SHOU LDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
52YOF F'BDY EYE- DEBRIS FROM LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
62YOM LAC HAND REACHING UNDER LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/15/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
62 YO F TRIPPED IN DRIVEWAY, FELL ON POWER PUSH LAWN MOWER AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/12/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
80 YO M PUSHING LAWNMOWER UP HILL, SLIPPED FELL BACK, HURT NECK. DX CER VICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
61YOF INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE STARTING LAWN MOWER SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
68 YO M PUSHING LAWN MOWER, SOMETHING FLEW OUT HIT KNEE. DX KNEE LACERA TION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
59YOF, REACHED UNDER RUNNING LAWN MOWER, AMPUTATED TIPS OF TWO FINGERS, AMPUTATION DISTAL LEFT LONG & RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
69 YO M PUSHING A MOWER, SLIPPED, FELL HURT FOOT. DX FOOT STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2010	Age: 72 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
72 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND FROM A LAWN MOWER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Nonelectric razors or shavers
55YOM TRIPPED OVER LAWN MOWER IN GARAGE AT HOME WHILE CARRYING RAZOR BLADES/ LACERATION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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