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Accidents - Power lawn mowers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 623
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Date: 11/27/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
RT HAND LACERATION.PT FELL INTO A RIDING LAWN MOWER AND LACERATED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2004Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT. WAS PULLING ON THE STARTER CORD OF A MOWER, HAND SLIPPED AND HIT A METAL RAIL. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
SUPERFICIAL LACERATION L HAND, PULLING BACK COIL ON *** 22 INCH LAWN BO Y LAWN MOWER, SKIN TEAR 5 CM SKIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT HURT WHILE MOWING GRASS WITH LAWN MOWER. PEICE OF METAL FLEW OUT AND HIT PT. DX: LACERATION RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers
54 YOM BURNED HAND ON LAWN MOWER 2ND DEGREE BURN PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power lawn mowers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PUSHING LAWN MOWER UNDER SHELF IN GARAGE AT HOME, ACCIDENTLY GRABBED HO T MUFFLER. DX; 1ST, 2ND DEGREE BURNS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power lawn mowers
MOTOR OF A LAWNMOWER WAS DROPPED ON L HAND. DX. CONT L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power lawn mowers
PT STUCK HIS HAND UNDER A POWER LAWN MOWER WITH THE ENGINE ON TO REMOVE SOME GRASS SUSTAINED MULTIPLE OPEN FRACTURES TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/19/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
68YOM AT HOME CUT L HAND WHILE REPLACING LAWN MOWER BLADE DX/TRAUMATIC LACERATION/TENDON L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers
LACERATION HAND 52 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND NEAR BAS E OF THUMB WHEN CORD OF LAWN MOWER SNAPPED BACK WHILE STARTING MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power lawn mowers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
L LITTLE FINGER LAC, STRUCK W/BRACKET ON TOP OF LAWN MOWER DX: 5 CM HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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