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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,739
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 47 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: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS TRYING TO PULL START HIS LAWN MOWER AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BAC K STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT TRYING TO START LAWN MOWER AT HOME FOR 2 HOURS AND INJURED BACK DX/ LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 78 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: Power lawn mowers |
| C/O LOWER BACK PAIN STATUS POST TRIPPED&FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE BACK WH ILE MOWING THE LAWN>> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| LBP AFTER MOWING YARD DX; LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS EMPTYING GRASS CATCHER FROM LAWN MOWER AND HAD BACK PXDX: LOW B ACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT MOWING THE GRASS AT HOME AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 46 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: Other |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PRESNTS WITH SUDDE ONSET OF GROIN PAIN WHILE MOWING THE LAWN >>GROIN PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 43 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: Power lawn mowers |
| C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF LOWER BACK PAIN STATUS POST MOWING THE LAWN >>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| TAILBONE PAIN AFTER MOWING YARD, DENIES FALL DX; COCCYX SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 22 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: Power lawn mowers |
| ACUTE LUMBAR SPINE STRAIN: PICKED UP A *** LAWN MOWER 4 DAYS AGO SHARPP AIN CAUSED HIM TO DROP THE MOWER, MIDDLE TO LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WS CUTTING GRASS & FELL INJURING HIP AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS DUMPING LAWN MOWER CATCHER WHILE MOWING LAWN.DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| HELPING HUSBAND MOW LAWN SUST INJ TO LOW BACK WHILE BENDING OVER MOWER DX LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 33 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: Power lawn mowers |
| BACK PAIN ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE FROM MOWING LAWN. DX-ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN, RIGHT LEG RADICULOPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 84 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: Power lawn mowers, Containers |
| PRESENTS WITH 3 WEEKS HISTORY OF LOWER BACK PAIN ADMITS MOTOR MOWING TH E LAWN, LIFTING HEAVY BOXES>> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT MOWING HIS LAWN AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 52 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: Power lawn mowers |
| C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF LOWER BACK PAIN THAT NOTICED RECENTLY SPECIALL THA T HAS BEEN MOWING THE LAWN FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS>>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 21 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: Power lawn mowers |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-SUS INJ TO BACK WHILE CUTTING LAWN WITH POWER MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 65 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: Power lawn mowers |
| C/O 3 DAYS HISTORY OF LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER USING A PUSHING LAWN MOWER >> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT MOWED HIS AND HIS BROTHERS LAWN IN ONE DAY NOW HAS PAIN IN LOWER BAC K STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT ON LAWNMOWER RACING, THROWN OFF DURING RACE PAIN TO ABDOMEN,LT THUMB LT KNEE, DX: CONTUSION ABDOMEN,<1CM LAC LT THUMB W/DISLOCATION, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT STATES WAS PUSHING PUSH MOWER UP A HILL AT HOME AND THE MOWER CAM E BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL DX FX RIGHT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 42 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: Power lawn mowers |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 42 YO MALE REPORTS HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN MOWING HIS L AWN TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 42 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: Power lawn mowers, Garden tractors |
| REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING A LAWN MOWER/TRAC TOR TO CHANGE THE BLADES>>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 41 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: Power lawn mowers |
| REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE HELPING HUSBAND LIFTING A LAWN MOWER >> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Power lawn mowers, Motor vehicles or parts |
| LOADING LAWNMOWER IN TRUCK SLIPPED FELL. DX GLUTEAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT INJURED BACK MOWING LAWN 2 DAYS AGO AT HOME DX// LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| HURT BACK MOWING YARD YESTERDAY. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| MOWING STEEP BANK, FELL HURT BACK. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| LBP AFTER TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER DX; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT STATES STEPPED IN A HOLE WHILE MOWING LAWN & TWISTED BACK DX: ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 85 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| TRIPPED&FELL WHILE MOWING THE LAWN, C/O HIP PAIN >>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 8 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS RUNNING IN THE BACKYARD WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD AND LANDED ON THE LAWNMOWER. INJ TO TAILBONE. DX COCCYX CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| TRIED TO START A LAWN MOWER AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN. DX ACUTE LUMBAR MYOFASCIAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT C/O LIFTING LAWN MOWER ENGINE AND HURT BACK. DX ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power lawn mowers |
| PT REINJURED BACK STARTING LAWN MOWER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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