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Accidents - Lawn mowers - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 575
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 10/24/2005Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN WIFE FOUND PATIENT LYING ON LAWN CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/19/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PT WAS MOWING THE GRASS AT HOME WHEN HE COLLAPSED BEHIND THE LAWNMOWER CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/02/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
SHORTNESS OF BREATH.PT WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PATIENT HAD BEEN OUTSIDE ALL DAY MOWING THE YARD, WORKING IN THE GARDEN. DX-HEAT EXHAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
STUNG MULTIPLE TIMES BY YELLOW JACKETS WHILE MOWING GRASS, DX; BEE STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PATIENT WAS MOWING THE YARD AT HOME, BECAME WEAK. DX-HEAT EXHAUSTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PT WAS CUTTING HIS GRASS AT HOME AND PASSED OUT IN THE HOT SUN HEAT EXH AUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn mowers
GENERALIZED RASH AFTER CUTTING GRASS. CONTACT DEMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOWING GRASS AND THEN LAID DOWN ON COUCH AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH LIM ITED SHORTNESS OF BREATH RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
OUTSIDE MOWING GRASS AND HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE DRANK A CUP OF COFFEE T HIS MORNING SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn mowers
GENERALIZED RASH-SINCE MOWING YARD & MUSHROOM HUNTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PATIENT WAS MOWING THE LAWN; WIFE FOUND HIM ON THE GROUND; HAD AN APPAR ENT CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PT COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN AFTER HE PUSH MOWED YARD. DX. CHEST PAIN, UNSTABLE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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