Accidents - Rotary power lawn mowers - 50+ years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,232
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	399	Finger:	381
Lower Leg:	206	Upper Trunk:	155
Wrist:	150	Toe:	144
Ankle:	137	Shoulder:	130
Knee:	90	Head:	90
Lower Arm:	75	Eyeball:	75
Upper Leg:	69	Upper Arm:	62
Foot:	62

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/21/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
72YOF FRACTURED ANKLE ROLLED ANKLE WHILE USING SELF PROPELLED MOWER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
SPR LWR BACK USING LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Clothing accessories
55 YO M AVULSION TO FINGER CUT ON MOWER BLADE WHILE WEARING GLOVES, AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
63 YOF LOCAL REACTION TO BEE STINGS ON LOWER LEGS, ARM AND BELLY STUNG BY BEES WHILE MOWING THE GRASS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
HIT LEFT KNEE ON LAWN MOWER CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PULLED LAWN MOWER CORD AND FELT POP TO RIGHT SHOULDER SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
FELL WHILE MOWING GRASS CONCUSSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
FELL OVER LAWN MOWER CONTUSION LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
INJURED FINGER ON LAWM MOWER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
62 YO M LUMBAR STRAIN DEVELOPED BACK PAIN WHILE STARTING MOWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
85 YO M SKIN TEAR TO FOREARM MOWER SLIPPED WHEN HE WAS CLEANING UNDERNETH OF IT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
HIT RIGHT FOOT UNDER BOTTOM OF LAWNMOWER FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
MOWING AT HOME AND HURT BACK. DX BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
SHORT OF BREATH AND HEAD PAIN AFTER MOWING LAWN HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
CLEANING LAWN MOWER WHILE STILL RUNNING INJURED FINGER AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
INJURED SHOULDER WHILE USING LAWNMOWER RT SHOULDER STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN AND SOMETHING HIT FOOT. DX FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
RIGHT SIDED LOW BACK PAIN AFTER PUSHING LAWN MOWER ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
SPR SHLDR PUSHING LAWN MOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
57YOM WAS ADJUSTING LAWN MOWER DECK PULLED UP FELT A TEAR IN RT UPPER ARM;ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN WHILE PUSH MOWING 1/2 ACREA YARD DX: CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
LOWER LEG CONTUSION-WAS PUSH MOWING YARD AND MOWER THREW OUT ROCKS THAT HIT LEG AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
56 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, SOMETHING FLEW INTO PTS EYE WHILE HE WAS MOWING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
USING ROTARY MOWER AT HOME, TWISTED ANKLE WHILE MOWING. DX ANKLE SPRAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
IGHWAS MOWING HER GRASS AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HER RT KNEE ,C/O PAIN. DX: STRAIN TO RT UPPER THIGH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
STARTING UP LAWN MOWER INJURED FINGER FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
WAS TRYING TO PUSH MOW AND STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN. DX: STRAIN TO LOW BACK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS AT HOME TRYING TO START A PULL TO START LAWN MOWER, STRING SNAPP ED BACK CAUSING A FX TO LT 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
54 YO F SPRAINED WRIST INJURED PULLING CORD TO START LAWNMOWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT'S THUMB CAUGHT IN MOWER CORD. DX: L THUMB SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
INJURED FINGER ON LAWN MOWER BLADE AMP TIP OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
81 YO F FRACTURED WRIST INJURED WHEN PULLING ON PULL CORD OF LAWN MOWE R AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
58YO BLACK FEMALE AT HOME PULLING CORD ON LAWN MOWER TO START BUMPED SHOULDERDX SHOULDER STRAIN - TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
58Y/O,F,POWER MOWING, HEARD CRACK IN KNEE, UNABLE TO WALK, L KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS PULLING ON CORD TO START HIS WALK BEHIND LAWN MOWER WHEN HE HAD SUDDEN SEVERE PAIN IN LFT SHOULDER DX ROTATOR CUFF INJURY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 YO M CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK PULLING MOWERR OUT OF SHED AT HOME FELL BACK INTO DUMPSTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN WITH POWER MOWER RAB OVER GREAT TOE PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/06/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT WAS AT HOME, SHARPENING THE BLADE OF A LAWN MOWER CASUING A FX WITH LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
MOWING AT HOME WITH WALK BEHIND MOWER TWISTED LOWER LEG. DX TIB/FIB FR ACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
76 YO F AMPUTATION OF THUMB MOWING LAWN AT HOME WITH ROPE ON MOWER ROPE GOT CAUGHT IN BLADE AND WRAPPED AROUND THUMB *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rotary power lawn mowers
PT MOWING HIS YARD PUSHING A LAWN MOWER AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN ADMI TTED FOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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