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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 578
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
SOMEONE WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND A ROCK WAS THROWN AND CHILD WAS HIT IN THE HEAD...SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAWNMOWER BROUGHT INTO HOUSE, GASOLINE EXPOSURE, CAUSED ASTHMA AND HEA DACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON A PIECE FROM A LAWN MOWER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS MOWING LAWN, WIRE FROM FENCE FLEW UP AND STUCK IN SIDE OF HEAD, HE PULLED IT OUT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power lawn mowers
BENT OVER TO PICK UP STICK IN YARD,HIT IN HEAD WITH STICK THROWN FROM L AWNMOWER CLOSED HEAD INJURY *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PRESENTS WITH A CUT ONTO HEAD AFTER TRIPPING&FALLING WHILE MOWING HER L AWN HITITNG HEAD>> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TRYING TO PULL START HER LAWN MOWER AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LACERATION (TIMES TWO) TO FACE AND SCALP - FELL WHILE CUTTING GRASS - HIT A CINDER BLOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power lawn mowers, Motor vehicles or parts
REPORTS BEING IN A CAR, OPENED THE WINDOW&A WOODEN STICK FLEW THRU THE WINDOW KICKED BY A LAWN MOWER&HITTING HEAD>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A MOWER OVER AN INCLINE AND IT FELL OVER WITH HIM, CUT TO HEAD 4 CM LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power lawn mowers
HIT BY PIECE OF WOOD THROWN BY LAWN MOWER HUSBAND WAS USING PREVIOUS NIGHT // CLOSED HEAD INJURY - FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
FELL OFF NON-RUNNING LAWNMOWER;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAWNMOWER ACCIDENT, +LOC. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT FELL OFF OF A LAWN MOWER APPROX 2 FEET AND HIT HEAD. PT LETHARGIC. D X CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL OFF LAWNMOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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