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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - Year 2005 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 594
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Date: 10/06/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers, Wire
PATIENT WAS MOWING THE YARD AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF WIRE FROM THE MOWER SLUNG INTO HER KNEE. FX-FOREIGN BODY KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/05/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS PUSHING A POWER LAWNMOWER AND INJURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT C/O LFT KNEE INJURY. PT INJURED KNEE WHILE MOWING. DX STRAIN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: 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: 08/07/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT. WAS MOWING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HER KNEE BENT BACK. DIAGNOSIS: SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
ROCK WAS KICKED UP WHILE PT WAS MOWING LAWN.DX: L KNEE EFFUSION, POSS MENISCUS OR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
C/O PT INJURED KNEE WHILE MOWING LAWN DX RT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LACERATION KNEE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH 1.8CM LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE - STRUCK BY FOREIGN BODY SHOT OUT BY LAWN MOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT PUTTING OIL IN LAWNMOWER, SOME GOT ON DRIVEWAY AND SHE SLIPPED IN IT CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAWNMOWER BLEW UP,BURNED LT KNEE-2ND DEGREE BURN KNEE NO FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
STRAIN R KNEE; MOWING LAWN & SLIPPED ON WET GRASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND INJURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: 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

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