Citation

Lassen JF, Hansen TB. Ugeskr. Laeger 1989; 151(9): 572-573.

Vernacular Title

Bemandet rotorplaeneklipperulykke--en ny skademekanisme. Hjemmeulykker.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Den Alm Danske Laegerforening)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2922870

Abstract

A hand injury caused by a ridding-on rotary motor mower is described. The injury was caused by a piece of wire caught by the rotar of the machine which projected and rotated from under the safety guard. This mechanism of injury is possible on account of the relatively large dimensions of the riding-on rotory motor mower. The user had climbed down from the machine to remove objects lying close to the motor mower and was hit on the dorsum of the left hand. He sustained severe traumatic lesions of the first and third fingers and traumatic amputation of the second finger corresponding to the distal phalynx. The authors suggest that a "dead man's grib" which acts via weight bearing on the driver's seat of the machine should be made legally compulsory in Denmark when the new safety measures for rotory motor mowers are drawn up.

Language: da