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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,806
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:321Hand:233
Toe:228Lower Arm:225
Lower Leg:193Lower Trunk:181
Knee:102Head:90
All Of Body:80Upper Arm:73
Eyeball:59Foot:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/24/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
ACCIDENTALLY GOT FINGER CAUGHT ON A RUNNING LAWN MOWER, ?MECH >>PARTIAL AMUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers, Footwear
FOOT INJURY-MOWING LAWN-HIT W/A METAL ROD THAT STUCK IN SHOE-@ HOME
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: 09/30/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LACERATED LOWER ARM ON LAWN MOWER BLADE WHILE SHARPENING THEM
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: 09/05/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
22 YO MALE, ROCK EJECTED FROM MOWER WHILE MOWING LAWNLEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT DROPPED A LAWN MOWER ON FLOOR INJURING TOE AT HOME DX: HEMATOMA RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN POWER LAWNMOWER BLADE CUTTING FINGER TIP. DX-LAC. FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LOWER LEG CUT WITH THROWN GLASS WHILE MOWING LAWN LAC RT LOWER LEG *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 08/11/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON POWER MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
FB TO L LEG MOWING YARD DX; LLL LAC W/FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
AMPUTATED PINKY FINGER ON LAWNMOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT AT HOME MOWING LAWN HAD A PIECE OF METAL FLY UP AND STAB R ARM/ DX FB R UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT BURNT FOREARM ON HOT MOTOR OF A LAWN MOWER AT HOME DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT FOREARM
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: 07/28/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS STARTING LAWNMOWER, FELT KNEE TWIST & POP, DX: KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 07/09/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers, Footwear
22YOF WAS MOWING AT HOME WHEN LAWN MOWER STRUCK FOOT,WENT THROUGH TENNIS SHOES;FRACTURE 3RD RIGHT TOE;TOE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
KNEE BURN-TOUCHED HOT LAWN MOWER MUFFLER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers, Tools
REPORTS GRADUAL ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHILE MOWING MOM'S LAWN&CUTTING DOWN BRUSHES>>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 06/27/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURNED ARM ON LAWNMOWER BURN TO FOREARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT MOWING HIS YARD AT HOME AND DEVELOPED DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA HEAT EXHA USTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
RT MIDDLE FINGERTIP AMPUTATION.PT WAS STUCK FINGER IN A DISCHARGE CHUTE ON LAWN MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
STEPPED IN HOLE PUSHING POWER MOWER/KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
CAUGHT FINGER ON BLADE OF LAWN MOWER WHILE MOWING GRASS AMPUTATION RIGHT 2ND 3RD 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/18/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
17 YOM WAS MOWING GRASS AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING STRUCK EYE, NOW WITH IR RITATION AND REDNESS RIGHT EYE, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LEFT LOWER LEG LAC, PT WAS MOWING GRASS WHEN A PIECE OF TREE BARK FLEW OUT OF MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
22 YOM WAS PUSHING LAWN MOWER WHEN SOMETHING KICKED UP INTO HIS LEFT EY E CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT THUMB ON LAWNMOWER BLADE. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HAND IN A RUNNING LOWER MOWER >>MUTLI SMALL HAND LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/12/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURNED HAND ON LAWNMOWER MUFFLER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers, Wire
PT MOWING LAWN AT HOME AND WIRE KICKED UP AND CUT LEG DX// ABRASION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers, Insect induced injuries
MOWING THE LAWN, STUNG BY BEE. DX BEE STING WITH LOCAL REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT TRYING TO CLEAN HIS LAWN MOWER WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/29/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
PUT HAND INTO RUNNING LAWN MOWER RESULTING IN 3 FINGER AMPUATION&ONE FI NGER LAC, ?MECH >> AMPUATION/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Power lawn mowers, Footwear
LAWNMOWER BLADE HIT BOOT AND GREAT TOE, SLIPPED AND GOT FOOT UNDERLAWNM OWER. DX-SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA RIGHT GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power lawn mowers
LAWN MOWER RAN OVER PT'S FOOT.DX: L GREAT TOE LAC 3 CM, L GREAT TOE NA IL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT C/O LAC HAND ON LAWN MOWER BLADE. DX AMPUTATION DISTAL RT 3RD AND 4T H FINGER PADS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS TIGHTENING BLADE ON NON MOVING LAWN MOWER & HAND SLIPPED DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
HAND BURN-TOUCHED HOT LAWN MOWER MUFFLER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/12/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
DX SUPERFICIAL BURN: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO RIF ON LAWN MOVER ENGINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT CAUGHT R 2ND TOE IN LAWNMOWER AT HOME. DX. TENDON INJURY, TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
REPORTS GETTING HIT WITH ?SOMTHING ONTO SHIN WHILE MOWING THE LAWN TODA Y>> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
ROCK KICKED UP FROM POWER MOWER/EYE CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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