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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 6-15 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,195
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

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Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:427Lower Leg:279
Ankle:152Face:74
Lower Arm:68Pubic Region:68
Lower Trunk:68Hand:22
Toe:16Eyeball:6
Foot:6Neck:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/07/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Power lawn mowers
STARTED LAWNMOWER HIMSELF IN YARD AND PUT HAND UNDER IT CRUSHING TWO F INGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
CAUGHT R) 2ND FINGER WHILE TRYING TO START LAWNMOWER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT AT HOME PULLING THE START CORD ON A POWER MOWER THE CORD SLAPPED BAC K AND STRUCK HER LEFT THUMB CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
STRAINED BACK TRYING TO START MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT BURNED FINGERS ON HOT LAWN MOWER PART; 1ST DEGREE SUPERFICIAL T HERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURNED L FOREARM ON HOT POWER LAWN MOWER IN GARAGE AT HME DX 2 DEG BURN L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT HOLDING MOWER DECK UP, BLADE DROPPED CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power lawn mowers
FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L THUMB, WORKING ON CARBURATOR OF LAWN MOWER AT FRIEND'S HOME, SPRING LAUNCHED, EMBEDDED IN L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
GRABBED HOT EXHAUST PIPE OF LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY ROCK THROWN FROM LAWN MOWER AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, I NCREASING EYE PAIN; HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers, Wagons
PATIENT FELL OUT OF THE WAGON BEING PULLED BY A LAWNMOWER. DX-SPRAIN ANKLE, CONTUSION TO FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PLACED HAND UNDER A RUNNING LAWN MOWER- - TRF TO CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL LAWNMOWER INJURY OPEN FRACTURE INDEX FINGER & R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT STATES HER FATHER WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND STRUCK CHILD IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURNS TO RT TIP OF FINGERS, TOUCHED LAWN MOWER ENGINE. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN OF FINGERTIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN L LOWER LEG ON MOWER MUFFLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT WAS HIT LT SIDE OF FACE BY FOREIGN OBJECT THAT FLEW FROM UNDER LAWN MOWER; 1.5CM LACERATION LT SIDE FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
CUT FOOT UNDER LAWN MOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
BURN R LOWER LEG FRIDAY ON LAWNMOWER. DX. BURN R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power lawn mowers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND WAS STRUCK IN LEG BY A WIRE PLANT HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2003Age: 11 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 LAWN MOWER DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power lawn mowers
LIFTED A LAWN MOWERB AND HAD TESTICLE PAIN. ACUTE EPIDIDYMITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT BURNED FINGERS ON LAWN MOWER MUFFLER. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R INDEX/MIDDLE FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
STRAINED NECK WHEN PULLED LAWNMOWER STRING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT STATES HE AND A FRIEND WERE MESSING AROUND TRYING TO TURN ON AN OLD LAWN MOWER WHEN FIRE FLAMED AND HIT PT IN FACE. D: 1ST DEGREE BURN FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers, Gasoline
PT BURN 5%TBSA RLE. PT SPILLED GAS INTO A WELL NEXT TO MOTOR OF LAWNMOW ER IGNITING A SPARK AND A FIREBALL SHOT OUT BURNING PT'S PANTS AND LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT USING A POWER LAWN MOWER AT HOME STRAINED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
6 YOM FOOT SLIPPED UNDER LAWNMOWER LAC TOES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/06/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
12 Y/O F C/O LEG LACERATION. PT WAS MOWING LAWN WITH LAWN MOWER WHEN SO METHING FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE LM . DX CONT TO LFT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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