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Accidents - Power leaf mulchers and grinders - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 440
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:271Upper Trunk:94
Eyeball:43Head:15
Hand:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN A LEAF MULCHER AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT STANDING ON THE SIDE OF A WOOD SHREDDER AND A PIECE THE SIZE OF A BA SEBALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
YESTERDAY WAS RAKING LEAVES, TODAY AWOKE WITH SHARP LEFT SIDED CHEST WA LL PAIN >>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS OUTSIDE YEST GRINDING IN HIS YARD, LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO BE D HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND FELT PARTICLE FALL IN EYE. DX. FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING A CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
62 YO MALE FELL AGAINST WOOD CHIPPER FRACTURE RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT CUT FINGER ON A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME DX// LAC RIGHT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
HAND LAC, PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME WHEN WORKING IN YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT WAS USING LEAF SHREDDER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT AT HOME DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
LAC TO L INDEX FINGER W/WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
51 YOM WAS USING A WOOD CHIPPER AND SUSTAINED AMPUTATION OF FINGERS RIG HT THUMB AND INDEX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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