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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,445
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/08/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 80YOM INJURED LT LWR LEG WHILE MOWING LAWN ON SAT. DX: CHIP FX OF DISTAL TIBIA LT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 47YOM HIT LOWER LEG ON THE METAL EDGE OF A LAWN MOWER CAUSED AN ABRASIO N THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 48 YOM STRAINED LEG WHEN CUTTING GRASS WITH LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn mowers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 50 YOM MOWING HIS LAWN WHEN A NAIL FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN LEFT TIBIA DX-OPEN FX TIBIA, PUNCTURE WOUND TIBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 58 Y/O W/M CUT LOWER LEG ON RUSTY LAWN MOWER BLADE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| POISON IVY: 44YOF CUTTING GRASS (5) DAYS AGO, NOTICED LITTLE BLISTERS LOWER LEGS & ANKLES, ELOPED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 55 YOF DX LACERATION OF LT LEG - PT WAS OUTSIDE CUTTING GRASS AND SUSTAINED CUT INJURY TO LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 54 YOM FRACTURE FIBULA WHILE CUTTING GRASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 3YOM STRUCK IN LEG BY OBJECT YESTERDAY WHILE GRANDMOTHER WAS MOWING THE LAWN/ FB REMOVAL RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| LEFT CALF STRAIN.51YOM WAS MOWING LAWN AND LOWER LEG BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 54 YOM HAS LEG PAIN AFTER MOWING LAWN YESTERDAY LOW LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 28YO MALE STUNG BY BEES WHILE OUTSIDE CUTTING GRASS INSECT STINGS TO LOWER LEG # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 48 YOF MOWING GRSS AND HIT LEFT LOWER LEG ON RUSTY TRAILER HITCH. DX: L ACERATION MIDDLE OF SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 11YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG ON A PIECE OF GLASS WHIL E MOWING THE YARD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 62YOM HEMATOMA, ABRASION TO LOWER LEG HIT A TREE BRANCH WHILE MOWING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 46 YOM, PUNCTURE WOUND, SHIN, PT. STATES WHILE MOWING, RAN OVER SOMETHI NG, (UNKNOWN OBJECT), FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEG, WOUND WAS BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 5 YO M FX L LEG WHEN A LAWNMOWER FELL ON HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 37YOM,MOWING HIS LAWN LAST THURSDAY HAS A LOT OF BUG BITES TO LOWER LEG AND BITES TO HIS ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 44 Y/O/F MOWING LAWN AND HIT A YELLOW JACKET NEST STUNG ON ANKLE DX/ INSECT STING LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| RT LEG LAC, 37 YOM HIT LEG AGAINST A LAWNMOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 47 YOM HAD A PIECE OF METAL IMBEDDED IN LOWER LEG THROWN BY LAWNMOWER. DX-METALLIC FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 21YOM HAS BEEN MOWING THE GRASSW/LAWN MOWER, DEVLEPOED DERMATIITIS ON H IS LOWER LEGS AND ARMS - ? ALLERGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| RT SHIN ABR. 34 YOF HIT LOWER LEG ON LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 43 YOM TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE MOWING HIS YARD. DX-CONTUSION/ABRASIONS LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 24 YO F USING LAWN MOWER INJURED LEG CONTUSION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| R LOWER LEG LAC/45YOM WHILE MOWING THE LAWN AT HOME STS SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT R LOWER LEG CAUSING LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 2YOF FELL OFF OF A LAWNMOWER, RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 13YOF-WAS MOWING AND RAN OVER A CLOTHER HANGER THAT WENT INTO THE RT CALF AREA. DX: REMOVAL OF F/B FROM RT CALF AREA* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 8YOM TRIPPED OVER LAWN MOWER, HIT LOWER LEG ON MOWER; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| LT LOWER LEG LAC.PT WAS USING LAWM MOWER AND SOMETHING CUT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 40 YOM ABRASION TO LEG WHEN CUTTING GRASS WITH LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 49YOM,3CM LACERATION TO LOWER LEG S/P CUTTING GRASS WITH LAWN MOWER OBJECT UNDER LAWN MOWER CUT LEG, LAC REPAIRED W/ 7 SUTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 33 YOM HIT WITH SOMETHING WHILE MOWING HIS YARD, DX-LAC RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH ABRASIONS LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 19YOM-RASH ON LEGS-AFTER MOWING THE YARD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| DX LBP W/ RS RADICULOPATHY: 40YOM INC BACK PN W/ PN DWN R LEG W MOWING YARD YTDY. NUMBNESS MEDIAL R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| DIFFUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS: POISON IVY LOWER EXTREMITY; 53YOF MOWING LAWN, PULLING WEEDS, RASHES B/L CALF, INFRAORBITAL REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 14 YOM WAS MOWING LAWN AND C/O SOMETHING STRIKING LEG DX: FOREIGN BODY LEG-REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| POISON IVY: 31YOM STATES HAS HAD RASH ON ARMS SEVERAL DAYS, NOW SPREAD TO LEGS, WAS CUTTING GRASS EARLIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 5 YOF PLAYING ON A LAWN MOWER AND CUT LEG. DX: LACERATION SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2010 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| LAWNMOWER FELL OFF OF SAW HORSES ONTO LEGS. CONTUSION LEG. 84 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 51YOM INJURED LET 2 WEEKS AGO, TODAY CALF PAIN WHILE MOWINT THE LAWN/ CALF PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Lawn mowers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 37YFC HUSBAND WAS MOWING LAWN WALKING ALONG TALKING TO HIM AND LARGE NAIL CAME OUT OF MOWER HITTING LOWER LEG/PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 24YOM MOWING GRASS, METAL FLEW OUT AND HIT LOWER LEG/ LAC RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 50 YOF C/O LOWER LEG PAIN, CUT LEG ON PIECE OF CONCRETE BLOCK THROWN . LAWN MOWER. DXP1.5 CM LAC LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 63YOM FELL IN HIS GARAGE A WEEK AGO AND STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST A LAW NMOWER SUSTAINED AN ABRASION THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 31 YOM INJURED LOWER LEG MOWING THE LAWN,SHIN. DX-RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| LOWER LEG LAC, 64 YOF WAS MOWING GRASS WHEN A STICK CUT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 23 YO M, HX HEMOPHILIA, MOWING LAWN WHEN SIDE ATTACHMENT ON MOWER HIT S HIN. BRUISING IMMEDIATELY. ALSO CHRONIC ELBOW PAIN. DX:SHIN CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 34YOF FRACTURED FIBULA SLIPPED ON WET GRASS WHILE MOWING HER LAWN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 72 YOF INJURED LOWER LEG WHILE LOADING A LAWN MOWER DX: LOW LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 75 YOF CUT LEG ON LAWN MOWER/ LAC TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 36YOM FELL ON A LAWNMOWER AT HOME WHILE CHASING 2-YEAR OLD SON 3 DAYS AGO, C/O RT SHIN PAIN. DX - CONTUSION TO RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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