Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0008-0326
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-20T05:00Z

FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
INDP
(
2000­
2004)

obs
indp_
taskno
Mower
Type
Engine
HP
ipii_
doc
no
product
date
state
city
mfr1
mfr2
mod
1
mod2
disp
ositi
on
body
pt
Narrative
1
000707HCC2659
GT
G005018
0A
TRACTO
RS,
OTHER
OR
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04132
000
OK
SPAR
KS
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Dth
All
THE
VICTIM,
A
60­
YEAR
OLD
MALE
,
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
PULL
UP
A
TREESTUMP
WITH
A
TRACTOR
WHEN
THE
TRACTOR
OVERTURNED
AND
PINNED
THEVICTIM
UNDERNEATH
IT.
GASOLINE
FROM
THE
TRACTOR
APPARENTLY
SPILLEDONTO
THE
VICTIM
AND
SET
HIM
A
FIREL.
THE
VICTIM
DIED
THE
NEXT
DAYIN
A
HOSPITAL
DUE
TO
THERMAL
INJURIES.

35
011010CCN0035
GT
14
G01A00
25A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
10082
001
MI
BURT
ON
NOMA
OUTDOO
R
PRODUC
TS
DYN
AMA
RK
5188­

3700
Dth
All
THE
VICTIM,
A­
76­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE,
DIED
AS
A
RESULT
OF
BURNS
SUSTAINEDDURING
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
ACCIDENT.

THE
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
WAS
ESTIMATED
AT$
600.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
64
041126HCC2155
GT
16.5
G04A02
00A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
10252
004
WI
TOW
N
OF
BELO
IT
UNKNOW
N
ACE
HARDWA
RE
CORPOR
ATION
UNK
NO
WN
ACE
HYD
ROS
TATI
C
13AN
698G
0337
0988
17
Dth
All
AN
80­
YEAR­
OLD
ADULT
MALE
DIED
OF
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
90%
OF
HIS
BODYAFTER
HIS
CLOTHING
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE
WHILE
HE
WAS
BURNING
LEAVES
IN
HISYARD.
ALL
OF
HIS
CLOTHING
INCLUDING
A
FLANNEL
SHIRT
AND
DENIM
BIBOVERALLS
WERE
COMPLETELY
BURNED
DURING
THE
FIRE.
OFFICIALS
BELIEVEHE
FELL
WHEN
HE
GOT
OFF
THE
RIDING
MOWER.

44
020916CNE7474
GT
16
N029001
0A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09122
002
PA
YOR
K
UNKNOW
N
MTO
Hosp
All
A
MAN
AND
HIS
FOUR­

YEAROLD
SON
WERE
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
UPAN
INCLINE
WHEN
THE
BACK
RIGHT
WHEEL
BEGAN
TO
LOSE
TRACTION.
THEMOWER
TURNED
COUNTER
CLOCKWISE
90
DEGREES,

TIPPED
OVER,
AND
CAUGHTON
FIRE.
THE
FOUR­
YEAR­
OLD
BOY
FELL
DOWN
THE
HILL
AND
THE
MOWERSLIDE
DOWN
NEXT
TO
HIM.
HE
WAS
BURNED
OVER
80%
OF
HIS
BODY.
HISFATHER
SUFFERED
BURNS
ON
HIS
LOWER
LEFT
LEG
AND
RIGHT
FOREARM.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
52
040528CCN0638
GT
G045021
2A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05252
003
WI
RACI
NE
MURRAY
MANUFA
CTURING
COMPAN
Y
MUR
RAY
Hosp
25­
50%
A
THREE­
YEAR­
OLD
RIDING
LAWN
AND
GARDEN
TRACTOR
SLID
DOWN
ANEMBANKMENT
AND
ROLLED
OVER
ONTO
A
20­

YEAR­
OLD
MALE
OPERATOR
PINNINGHIS
LEG
UNDER
THE
TRACTOR.
GASOLINE
STARTED
LEAKING
OUT
OF
THETRACTOR
CAUSING
IT
TO
CATCH
ON
FIRE
AND
STARTING
THE
VICTIM'S
PANTSON
FIRE.

THE
VICTIM
RECEIVED
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
LOWERLEFT
LEG
AS
WELL
AS
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
FACE,
ARMS
AND
HANDS.
THE
VICTIM
REQUIRED
SURGERY
AND
WAS
HOSPITALIZED
FOR
THREE
WEEKS.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
53
030611CCN0609
GT
12.5
G036008
3A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06092
003
MI
DAVI
SON
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
UNKNOW
N
JOH
N
DEE
RE
RIDI
NG
LAW
N
MO
WER
STX
38
CLA
SS:

24
UNK
NOW
N
Hosp
All
AN
ADULT
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
A
STEEP
DOWNWARDSLOPE
AT
HIS
HOME.
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
CAUSING
IT
TO
STALL.

THEVICTIM
TIPPED
THE
MOWER
TO
THE
UPRIGHT
POSITION,
STARTED
IT
UP
ANDTHEN
THE
MOWER
IGNITED
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
VICTIM
GOT
OFF
AND
ROLLED
ONTHE
GROUND,

EXTINGUISHING
THE
FIRE.

OFFICIALS
SUSPECT
GASOLINE
MAYHAVE
MADE
ITS
WAY
INTO
THE
ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM
AFTER
THE
MOWER
TIPPEDOVER
AND
IGNITED
WHEN
THE
VICTIM
TURNED
ON
THE
IGNITION.
THE
VICTIMSUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
60%
OF
HIS
BODY.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
18
011114CCN0118
GT
20
G01B00
51A
GARDEN
TRACTO
RS
10312
001
IL
QUIN
CY
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
SCO
TTS
20
HP
LAW
N
TRA
CTO
R
SER:

GX2
046S
0457
50
NA
NA
A
2001
MODEL,
20
HP
LAWN
TRACTOR
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE
WHILE
BEING
USED
TOCUT
LEAVES,
AND
WAS
TOTALLY
CONSUMED.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
DETERMINEDTHAT
THE
FIRE
STARTED
WHEN
LEAVES
WERE
IGNITED
BY
THE
MUFFLER.

THEINSURANCE
INVESTIGATOR
SUSPECTED
THAT
LEAKING
FUEL
MAY
HAVE
BEENINVOLVED.

19
040630CNE1612
GT
23
I046047
0A
GARDEN
TRACTO
RS
06112
004
MS
BAY
ST.
LOUI
S
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
ELECTR
OLUX
HOME
PRODUC
TS
­
NORTH
AMERICA
CRA
FTS
MAN
GT3
000
917.
2750
21
ELEC
TROL
UX
PART
NO.
1513
46
NA
NA
A
74­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
GASOLINE
LEAKING
FROM
THE
FUEL
TANK
ON
HISRIDING
GARDEN
TRACTOR.
HE
EXAMINED
THE
FUEL
TANK
AND
FOUND
A
CRACKIN
THE
REAR
UPPER
RIGHT
CORNER.

HE
CONTINUED
TO
USE
THE
FUEL
TANKUNTIL
THE
REPLACEMENT
PART
ARRIVED,

BUT
HE
ONLY
FILLED
IT
HALFWAY.
NO
ONE
WAS
INJURED,
BUT
THE
COMPLAINANT
THOUGHT
THAT
THE
LEAKINGGASOLINE
POSED
A
POTENTIAL
FIRE
HAZARD.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
20
040901CNE1724
GT
20
I048051
3A
GARDEN
TRACTO
RS
08022
004
TN
BIG
SAND
Y
CUB
CADET
LTD.
KIDDE
FIRE
SYSTEM
S
CUB
CAD
ET,
SERI
ES
3000
3204
KIDD
E
NA
NA
A
57­
YEAR­
OLD
MAN
HAD
HIS
2003
MODEL
GARDEN
TRACTOR
REPAIRED
TWICEFOR
GASOLINE
LEAKAGE.
IN
AUGUST
2004,

THE
MAN
STARTED
THE
GARDENTRACTOR,
LEFT
IT
RUNNING.
ABOUT
20
SECONDS
LATER
HE
HEARD
A
NOISE,
WENT
OUTSIDE,
AND
SAW
FLAMES
BURNING
UNDER
THE
GARDEN
TRACTOR.

THEFLAMES
THEN
SPREAD
TO
A
NEARBY
WOOD
STORAGE
SHED.
THE
GARDENTRACTOR
AND
SHED
WERE
EXTENSIVELY
FIRE
DAMAGED.
THE
MAN
WAS
NOTINJURED.
HE
BELIEVES
THE
GARDEN
TRACTOR'S
FUEL
TANK
WAS
LEAKINGGASOLINE
WHEN
THE
FIRE
STARTED.
DAMAGE
WAS
APPROXIMATELY
$
50,000.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
21
040920CCN0995
GT
21
I049029
6A
GARDEN
TRACTO
RS
09082
004
KS
OVE
RLAN
D
PARK
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
AS
ABOVE
CRA
FTS
MAN
9172
7183
2
AS
ABO
VE
NA
NA
THE
CONSUMER
FILLED
UP
HER
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
FUEL
TANK
AND
THE
TANKBEGAN
LEAKING
AROUND
THE
SEAM.
THE
LEAK
WAS
STOPPED
BY
FIREOFFICIALS
AND
THE
TANK
WAS
REPLACED.
NO
INJURIES
OR
FIRE
RESULTEDFROM
THE
LEAK.

24
000524CCN0252
GT
15
G005019
0A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05012
000
TX
VAN
ALST
YNE
KUBOTA
TRACTO
R
CORP.
T156
0
NA
NA
THIS
NON­
INJURY
INCIDENT
INVOLVED
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
THAT
ERUPTED
INTOFLAMES
AFTER
APPROXIMATELY
ONE
HOUR
OF
USE.
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
WASALLEGEDLY
TURNED
OFF
AT
THE
TIME
THE
FIRE
ERUPTED.
THE
LAWN
TRACTORWAS
TOTALLY
DESTROYED
IN
THE
FIRE
AND
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
OFAPPROXIMATELY
$
3495
WAS
LIMITED
TO
THE
TRACTOR
ITSELF.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
25
020808CCN0696
GT
15.5
I028013
5A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05202
000
LA
CRO
WN
POIN
T
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
LX18
8
NA
NA
A
TWO
YEAR
OLD
LAWN
TRACTOR
CAUGHT
FIRE
WHILE
BEING
USED
TO
MOW
THELAWN.
THE
OWNER
WAS
TOLD
THE
FIRE
WAS
THE
RESULT
OF
TRASH
IN
THECARBURETOR
CAUSING
GASOLINE
TO
SPILL
ONTO
THE
MUFFLER.
DAMAGE
WASLIMITED
TO
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR.

26
000807CCC0921
GT
15
X008332
4A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05262
000
DE
CAM
DEN
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
KOHLER
CO.
MTD
YAR
DMAN
694
KOH
LER
15
HP
COM
MAN
D
VERT
ICLE
SHAF
T
ENGI
NE
0000
0
NA
NA
A
44
YEAR
OLD
MALE
CUT
HIS
GRASS
FOR
1
1/
2
HOURS
WITH
HIS
RIDING
LAWNMOWER,

PARKED
IT
IN
HIS
2
CAR
DETACHED
GARAGE,
AND
THEN
WENT
INTOHIS
RESIDENCE
TO
SHOWER.

SHORTLY
THEREAFTER
A
PASSERBY
KNOCKED
ONHIS
DOOR
AND
INFORMED
HIM
THAT
HIS
GARAGE
WAS
ON
FIRE.
NO
ONE
WASINJURED.

THE
AMOUNT
OF
THE
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
IS
UNKNOWN
AT
THISTIME.

ENGINEERS
FOR
THE
INSURANCE
COMPANY
BELIEVE
THE
FIREORIGINATED
WHEN
FUEL,
LEAKING
FROM
A
HOSE
CUT
BY
A
SUPPORT
BRACKET,
IGNITED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
27
010122CNE6080
GT
16
N011001
4A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
11042
000
RI
SMIT
HFIE
LD
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
NONE
SCO
TTS
LAW
N
TRA
CTO
R
SCO
TTS
1642
H
BAG
GING
ATTA
CHM
ENT
NA
NA
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
WHEN
THE
CONSUMER'S
LAWN
TRACTOR
IGNITEDLEAVES
IN
HIS
YARD,
AND
CAUSED
TWO
SMALL
BRUSH
FIRES.
HE
WAS
USINGTHE
TRACTOR
AND
BAGGING
ATTACHMENT
TO
MOW,
MULCH
AND
BAG
THE
LEAVESAND
GRASS.
THE
LEAVES
WERE
APPROXIMATELY
FOUR
INCHES
DEEP,
AND
THETRACTOR'S
HOT
EXHAUST
SYSTEM
IGNITED
THE
LEAVES
IN
TWO
AREAS.
THEFIRE
INVESTIGATOR
STATED
THAT
THE
MOWER'S
EXHAUST
SYSTEM
ISAPPROXIMATELY
1
INCH
FROM
THE
GROUND.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
29
010522HCC0611
GT
18
N014022
5A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04192
001
FL
SEBA
STIA
N
JOHN
DEERE
JOH
N
DEE
RE
320
NA
NA
A
30
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
TO
CUT
OVERGROWN
BRUSH
AND
GRASS
WHEN
HE
NOTICED
FLAMES
AND
SMOKE
COMING
FROMUNDER
THE
FRONT
END
OF
THE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
IT
IS
BELIEVED
THATSOME
OF
THE
BRUSH
AND
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
BECAME
TRAPPED
BETWEEN
THEMUFFLER
AND
ITS
HEAT
SHIELD
WHICH
ARE
LOCATED
UNDER
THE
FRONT
END
OFTHE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
AND
WERE
IGNITED
BY
THE
HEAT
OF
THE
MUFFLER.
NO
DEATHS
OR
INJURIES
ARE
REPORTED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
31
010716HCC1728
GT
13
H016045
8A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06252
001
PA
DOYL
ESTO
WN
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
NA
NA
A
FRONT
ENGINE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
LEFT
RUNNING
INSIDE
A
GARAGE.
WITHIN
TWO
MINUTES
FLAMES
EMITTED
FROM
THE
SEAT
OF
THE
RIDING
MOWER.
THE
OWNER
PUSHED
THE
MOWER
OUT
TO
THE
YARD.
USING
A
GARDEN
HOSE,
HE
EXTINGUISHED
THE
FLAMES.
THE
VINYL
SIDING
ON
THE
SIDE
OF
THEGARAGE
SUSTAINED
DAMAGE.
THE
TOTAL
LOSS
WAS
ESTIMATED
AT
$
3500.
NOINJURIES
OCCURRED.

36
020201CCC1242
GT
20
I021048
8A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
12182
001
NC
GER
MAN
TON
SEARS,
ROEBUC
K
AND
CO.
BRIGGS
&
STRATTO
N
SEA
RS/
C
RAF
TSM
AN
917.
2724
30
BRIG
GS
&
STRA
TTO
N
4077
77
NA
NA
AN
ADULT
MALE
HOMEOWNER
DROVE
HIS
20.0
HP
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
OUT
OFHIS
GARAGE,
LEFT
IT
IDLING
ON
THE
DRIVEWAY,
THEN
WENT
BACK
INTO
THEGARAGE.
HE
HEARD
A
HISSING
SOUND
ABOUT
5
OR
10
MINUTES
LATER
ANDCAME
OUT
OF
THE
GARAGE
TO
FIND
FLAMES
AND
SMOKE
COMING
OUT
OF
THEFRONT
LEFT
SIDE
OF
THE
MOWER.
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
37
020503CCN0444
GT
16
H025000
5A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
03152
002
IL
POPL
AR
GRO
VE
FLOTEC
INTERNA
TIONAL
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
SPIL
L
SAV
ER
GAS
CAN
ON/
OFF
SPO
UT
3010
5
YAR
DMA
N
NA
NA
THE
PLASTIC
ADAPTER
RING
ON
A
YEAR
OLD
GAS
CAN
SPOUT
CRACKED
WHILEATTACHED
TO
A
PORTABLE
PLASTIC
GAS
CONTAINER.
THE
CONSUMER
NOTICEDGASOLINE
SPILLING
OUT
AS
HE
WAS
FILLING
THE
GAS
TANK
OF
HIS
MOWER,
WHICH
HAD
JUST
RUN
OUT
OF
GAS.
THE
FUMES
FROM
THE
GASOLINE
CAME
INCONTACT
WITH
THE
HOT
ENGINE
AND
CAUSED
A
FLASH
EXPLOSION
AND
SMALLFLAMES.
THE
CONSUMER
GRABBED
A
NEARBY
HOSE
AND
EXTINGUISHED
THEFLAMES.

THE
MOWER
WAS
NOT
DAMAGED
AND
NO
INJURIES
OCCURRED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
39
020619CCC1629
GT
16
H025027
3A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05152
002
GA
ACW
ORT
H
MURRAY
MANUFA
CTURING
COMPAN
Y
NONE
MUR
RAY
4690
X92A
UNK
NOW
N
NA
NA
DUE
TO
A
GASOLINE
LEAK
FROM
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
TWO­
GALLON
PLASTICTANK,

FLAMES
ERUPTED
FROM
AROUND
THE
RIDING
MOWER'S
GASOLINE
TANKAND
MANIFOLD
AFTER
THE
COMPLAINANT
CRANKED
THE
MOWER.
THECOMPLAINANT,

WHO
WAS
SITTING
ON
THE
RIDING
MOWER,
TURNED
THE
SWITCHOFF
AND
EXTINGUISHED
THE
FLAMES
WITH
AN
FIRE
EXTINGUISHER
THAT
HEWAS
CARRYING
IN
HIS
POCKET.
THERE
WAS
NO
INJURY
SUSTAINED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
40
030213CCC1338
GT
17.5
I02A020
6A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05212
002
MS
OLIV
E
BRAN
CH
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
ARIENS
COMPAN
Y
YAR
D
MAC
HINE
13AF
608G
062
ARIE
NS
ST
622
NA
NA
ON
MAY
21,
2002,
A
68­

YEAROLD
FEMALE
AND
HER
HUSBAND
SAW
FLAMESENGULFING
A
DETACHED
METAL
SHED
IN
THEIR
BACK
YARD.
THE
FIRE
STARTEDON
OR
NEAR
A
GASPOWERED
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
AND
A
GASPOWEREDSTRING
TRIMMER.

THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
HAD
BEEN
PARKED
IN
THE
OPENENDEDMETAL
SHED
IMMEDIATELY
AFTER
BEING
USED
TO
MOW
THE
YARD.
THE
STRINGTRIMMER
HAD
NOT
BEEN
USED
FOR
SEVERAL
WEEKS.
NO
ONE
WAS
INJURED.
TOTAL
DAMAGES
TO
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR,
STRING
TRIMMER,
AND
SHED
AMOUNTEDTO
$
2,814.10.

47
040331CCN0480
GT
I043051
8A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
01012
003
KY
NICH
OLAS
VILLE
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
NONE
MUR
RAY
13A4
662F
129
UNLE
ADE
D
NA
NA
THE
41
YEAR
OLD
CONSUMER
COMPLAINED
THAT
AFTER
THREE
YEARS
OF
USE,
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
HAS
BEGAN
TO
LEAK
GASOLINE
FROM
AROUND
THEAREA
OF
THE
CARBURETOR.
THE
CONSUMER
STATED
THAT
ALTHOUGH
NOINJURIES
OR
DAMAGE
HAVE
OCCURRED,
HE
STILL
FEELS
THAT
THIS
PROBLEMPRESENTS
THE
RISK
FOR
A
POSSIBLE
FIRE.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
50
040408CCN0508
GT
I044011
9A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05012
003
AR
CON
WAY
MURRAY,

INC.
YAR
D
KIN
G
25
HOR
SEP
OW
ER
5216
13X8
9B
NA
NA
A
62
YEAR
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINED
ABOUT
A
RIDING
MOWER
HE
HAD
PURCHASEDAPPROXIMATELY
18
MONTHS
BEFORE.
AFTER
USING
THE
MOWER
TWICE,
THE
GASTANK
RUPTURED
CAUSING
GAS
TO
SPEW
ON
THE
ENGINE
CRANKCASE.
ALTHOUGHNO
FIRE
OCCURRED,
HE
BELIEVES
THE
PRODUCT
POSES
A
THREAT
OF
INJURYTO
USER.

58
040128CWE5011
GT
F041501
0A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
01122
004
OR
BEND
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
SAB
RE
NA
NA
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
IDENTIFIED
AS
THE
CAUSE
OF
A
FIRE
THAT
DESTROYED
ABARN
ON
A
SUBURBAN
RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
THE
OWNER
ALLOWED
THEMOWER
TO
IDLE
UNATTENDED
WHILE
THE
ENGINE
WARMED
INSIDE
THEBUILDING.
THE
OWNER
RETURNED
IN
APPROXIMATELY
FIVE
MINUTES
ANDFOUND
THE
MOWER
BURNING.
FIRE
OFFICIALS
COULD
NOT
CONFIRM
THE
EXACTCAUSE
BUT
THEY
SUSPECT
A
FUEL
LEAK
AS
A
POSSIBLE
CAUSE
OF
THE
FIRE.
THE
FIRE
CAUSED
$
12,000
DAMAGE.
NO
INJURIES
WERE
REPORTED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
62
040511CNE1520
GT
I045012
7A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05082
004
VA
CHES
APEA
KE
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
CRA
FTS
MAN
917.
2760
22
NA
NA
WHILE
A
52­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
USING
HIS
BRAND­
NEW
GARDEN
TRACTOR
FORTHE
FIRST
TIME,
THE
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
THAT
WERE
RESTING
ON
TOP
OF
THEMOWER
DECK
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE.
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
OR
PROPERTYDAMAGE
INCURRED
DURING
THIS
INCIDENT.

69
010717HCC1732
GT
I016044
5A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06252
001
CT
ANS
ONIA
AMERICA
N
YARD
PRODUC
TS
KGR
O/
P
OW
ERP
RO
HWS
DSP
225
NA
NA
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
WHEN
A
ONE­
STORY
WOOD
FRAME
SINGLE
FAMILYOCCUPANCY
DWELLING
CAUGHT
FIRE.
THE
CONSUMER
BELIEVES
THE
FIRE
WASCAUSED
BY
A
GASPOWERED
LAWN
MOWER.
THE
FIRE
MARSHALL'S
REPORTSTATES
THAT
THE
"
EXACT
CAUSE
REMAINS
UNKNOWN".
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
2
000622HCC0776
GT
16
I006013
0A
TRACTO
RS,
OTHER
OR
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
06042
000
PA
SCOT
TDAL
E
YARDMAN
KOHLER
ENGINES
CO.
13BX
694G
401
RT15
A
Tr/
Re
l
Head
A
44­
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
START
HIS
1998
16HP
LAWN
TRACTORWHEN
FUEL
VAPORS
WERE
IGNITED
CAUSING
HIM
TO
BE
EXPELLED
FROM
THELAWN
TRACTOR
AND
RESULTING
IN
HIS
FACE
BEING
SINGED.
THE
LAWNTRACTOR
HAD
STOPPED
RUNNING
WHILE
ON
A
STEEP
INCLINE
APPROXIMATELY
4HOURS
PRIOR
TO
FIRE.
A
WOODEN
PATIO
DECK
AND
STORAGE
SHED
NEAR
THETRACTOR
SUSTAINED
MINOR
DAMAGE.
(

TOTAL
ESTIMATED
$
2,000)

11
030630HEP0721
GT
16
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
06282
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
Tr/
Re
l
U/
Le
g
THE
41
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTIANED
1ST
&
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
BOTHOF
HIS
LEGS
WHEN,
WHILE
CHECKING
FOR
A
SPARK
ON
HIS
LAWN
MOWER,
ITIGNITED.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
BY
AMBULANCE
WHERE
HEWAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
12
031003HEP6925
GT
11
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
09272
003
ARION
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
58
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TOBOTH
HANDS
WHEN
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
BLEW
UP
WHILE
HE
WAS
PUTTING
INGASOLINE.

(
HE
HAD
RUN
OUT
GAS
WHILE
MOWING;
THE
LAWN
MOWER
WASTURNED
OFF).
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
ED
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
(
NO
F.
D.
INVOLVED).

33
010928CCN0905
GT
18
H019025
2A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09132
001
MO
LEE'S
SUM
MIT
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
LAW
N/
G
ARD
EN
TRA
CTO
R
345
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Trk
A
68­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
DRIVING
HIS
LAWN/
GARDEN
TRACTOR,
AS
HE
TURNEDTHE
CORNER
NEAR
HIS
FRONT
YARD,
THE
MOTOR
SPUTTERED
SEVERAL
TIMES.
SMOKE
BEGAN
TO
RISE
AROUND
THE
HOOD
OF
THE
TRACTOR
AND
WHEN
HELOOKED
DOWN
SAW
2'

FLAMES
COMING
OUT
FROM
AROUND
THE
HOOD
OF
TRACTORAND
LEFT
REAR
CORNER
OF
THE
ENGINE
COMPARTMENT
AND
RISING
AROUND
HISLEFT
LEG.
HE
SHUT
THE
ENGINE
OFF
WITH
KEY
AND
GOT
OFF
THE
TRACTOR.
THE
ATTEMPT
TO
GET
OFF
RESULTED
IN
THE
VICTIM'S
LOWER
BACK
MUSCLESBEING
PULLED
OR
STRAINED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
34
010926CNE6729
GT
14.5
I019024
8A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09222
001
FL
LAKE
CITY
FRIGIDAI
RE
HOME
PRODUC
TS
QUA
LITY
FAR
M
&
COU
NTR
Y
4754
75
Tr/
Re
l
Head
A
40­
YEAR­
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
USING
THE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
A
FIELD
OFPREVIOUSLY
CUT
DRY
GRASS
WHEN
THE
GRASS
COLLECTED
UNDERNEATH
THEFRONT
OF
THE
MOWER
AND
STARTED
A
GRASS
FIRE.

THE
FRONT
OF
THE
MOWERWAS
ALSO
ON
FIRE
UNTIL
HER
HUSBAND
WAS
ABLE
TO
BACK
THE
MOWER
AWAYFROM
THE
BURNING
GRASS.
HER
HAIR
WAS
SLIGHTLY
SINGED
FROM
TRYING
TOPUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.

SHE
DID
NOT
RECEIVE
ANY
MEDICAL
TREATMENT
AND
HASRECOVERED.

42
020815CNE2276
GT
21
I028028
5A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08102
002
FL
OVIE
DO
MURRAY,

INC.
MUR
RAY/

SEL
ECT
4656
02X8
D
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Leg
A
5­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
RUNNING
UP
TOWARDS
HIS
FATHER
WHEN
HIS
FATHERWAS
FINISHED
MOWING
THE
GRASS.
THE
FATHER
HAD
JUST
TURNED
THE
LAWNTRACTOR
OFF
AND
ABOUT
FIVE
TO
TEN
SECONDS
LATER,
THE
LAWN
TRACTORBACKFIRED.
IT
SHOT
OUT
A
SMALL
FLAME
THAT
SINGED
THE
LEG
OF
THEVICTIM
WITH
A
MINOR
BURN.
HE
WAS
TREATED
AT
HOME.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
45
020920CNE7480
GT
12
N029001
7A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09172
002
FL
DELT
ONA
MURRAY,

INC.
NONE
MUR
RAY/

12H
P­
38
INCH
3870
2X8
D
UNK
NOW
N
Tr/
Re
l
All
A
67­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
HAD
JUST
FINISHED
MOWING
HIS
YARD
WITH
HIS
RIDINGLAWN
TRACTOR
AND
PARKED
IT
IN
HIS
GARAGE
NEXT
TO
A
BOX
OF
CLOTHING.
THE
BOX
OF
CLOTHING
IGNITED
FROM
THE
HEAT
EMITTED
FROM
THE
HOTENGINE
OF
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR.
ALL
3
OCCUPANTS
OF
THE
HOME
ESCAPED
THEFIRE
BUT
THREE
FIREMEN
WERE
OVERCOME
BY
SMOKE
INHALATION
WHILEFIGHTING
THE
FIRE.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE
ON
THE
PROPERTY
AND
CONTENTS
WAS$
170,000.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
46
030311CCC1388
GT
14.5
H02B02
33A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
11202
002
DE
BETH
ANY
BEAC
H
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
14.5
HP
LIGH
T
YAR
D
MAC
HINE
13A
M67
5G06
2
Tr/
Re
l
Wrist
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
CAUGHT
FIRE
AND
HAD
SIX
INCH
FLAMES
COMING
FROMBENEATH
IT
WHEN
A
CONSUMER
HAD
BEEN
USING
THE
MOWER
FOR
ABOUT
ONEHALF
HOUR.
THE
CONSUMER
RECEIVED
MINOR
THERMAL
BURNS
TO
BOTH
WRISTAS
SHE
ATTEMPTED
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.
REPAIR
INSPECTION
INDICATEDTHAT
THE
CONSUMER
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
USE
THIS
LAWN
MOWER
TO
MULCH
HERYARDS
A
FUNCTION
FOR
WHICH
THIS
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
NOT
INTENDED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
48
030509CCC2436
GT
20
H034031
4A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04272
003
TX
FLOR
ESVI
LLE
CUB
CADET
CORPOR
ATION
CUB
CAD
ET
2206
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Ar
m
WHILE
THE
45­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINANT
WAS
MOWING
HIS
PROPERTY
WITHHIS
LAWN
TRACTOR,
HE
NOTICED
BLUE
SMOKE
COMING
FROM
THE
MUFFLER
AREAAND
HE
SMELLED
LEAVES
BURNING.

AFTER
ATTEMPTING
TO
REMOVE
THELEAVES,
HE
SAW
APPROXIMATELY
10"
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
TRACTOR'SENGINE.
THE
FIRE
SPREAD
TO
THE
TRACTOR'S
TRAILER
AND
TO
THESURROUNDING
AREA.
THE
FIRE
WAS
EVENTUALLY
CONTAINED
ANDEXTINGUISHED.
THE
COMPLAINANT
SUSTAINED
A
MINOR
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHTARM
FROM
THE
EXHAUST.

51
030520HEP1761
GT
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05192
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
18
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHT
HAND
WHEN
ALAWN
TRACTOR
ROLLED
ONTO
HIS
FOOT
AND
WHEN
HE
WENT
TO
LIFT
THETRACTOR
HIS
HAND
TOUCHED
THE
ENGINE.
HE
WENT
OT
THE
HOSPITAL
WHEREHE
WAS
TREATED
&

RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
54
030612CNE2487
GT
18
I036014
6A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102
003
DE
BEAR
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
LX28
8
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Leg
A
RIDING
MOWER
BEING
USED
ON
A
TWO
ACRE
FIELD
IGNITED
THE
DRY
GRASSAND
STARTED
A
FIRE
WHICH
SINGED
THE
RIGHT
LEG
OF
THE
32
YEAR
OLDFEMALE
OPERATOR.
NO
MEDICAL
ATTENTION
WAS
SOUGHT
BY
THE
VICTIM.
THERIDING
MOWER
WAS
LESS
THAN
THIRTY
DAYS
OLD
AND
HAS
NEVER
BEENREPAIRED
OR
MODIFIED.

59
040414CCN0523
GT
25
I044020
7A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04092
004
MN
CHAS
KA
MTD
LLC
YAR
D
MAC
HINE
S
BY
MTD
13A
N682
G129
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
AN
ADULT
MALE
WAS
USING
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
FOR
APPROX.
ONE
HOURTO
MULCH
SOME
LEAVES
AROUND
HIS
RESIDENCE
WHEN
HE
NOTICED
SMOKE
ANDFLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
LEFT
SIDE
OF
THE
ENGINE
AREA.
THE
CONSUMERTRIED
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE
WITH
WATER.
THE
INDIVIDUAL
CUT
HIS
HANDWHILE
TIPPING
THE
TRACTOR
ON
ITS
SIDE
TO
SPRAY
WATER
UNDERNEATH
IT.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
RESPONDED
AND
FOUND
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
SEVERALLYDAMAGED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
61
040511CNE1519
GT
17
I045010
9A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05082
004
PA
PHILL
IPSB
URG
CUB
CADET
CORPOR
ATION
BRIGGS
&
STRATTO
N
CUB
CAD
ET
1170
BRIG
GS
AND
STRA
TTO
N
Tr/
Re
l
U/
Trk
A
47
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
MOWING
HER
LAWN
ON
A
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
WHENTHE
ENGINE
FAILED
CAUSING
IT
TO
EXPLODE.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
ABLE
TOJUMP
OFF
OF
THE
MOWER
PRIOR
TO
THE
EXPLOSION
AND
SUFFERED
BURNS
ONHER
ARMS
AND
CHEST.
SHE
DID
NOT
REQUIRE
MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
IS
ESTIMATED
AT
$
2,719.

63
040928CCN1017
GT
H049026
4A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09182
004
LA
MER
ROU
GE
AMERICA
N
YARD
PRODUC
TS
CRA
FTS
MAN
917.
2717
43
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
52­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINANT
SUSTAINED
MINOR
BURNS
TO
HIS
RIGHTHAND
WHEN
HE
ATTEMPTED
TO
EXTINGUISH
THE
FLAMES
SHOOTING
FROM
HISRIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
IT
IS
BELIEVED
THE
FUEL
TANK
CRACKED
AND
LEAKEDGASOLINE
OVER
THE
ENGINE
AND
IGNITED.
THE
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
A
TOTALLOSS.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
15
040428HEP2881
GT
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04182
004
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
NO
WN
UNK
NOW
N
Tr/
Tn
All
THE
34
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
MOST
OF
HIS
BODY
WHENTHE
GASOLINE
FROM
HIS
LAWNMOWER
CAUGHT
FIRE
AND
HE
TRIED
TO
PUT
THEFIRE
OUT.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
ANDTRANSFERRED
TO
A
BURN
CENTER.

30
010613CNE6444
RE
12
N016012
4A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102
001
FL
DELT
ONA
MURRAY,

INC.
MUR
RAY
30"
3057
7X8A
Dth
25­
50%
A
66­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
MOWING
THE
GRASS
WITH
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
MOWERWHEN
IT
KICKED
UP,
SPUN
AROUND
AND
FLIPPED
OVER
ON
TOP
OF
HIM.
THELAWN
MOWER
BURST
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
2ND
&
3RD
DEGREEBURNS
ON
HIS
BACK,

ARMS
AND
LEGS.
HE
DIED
7
DAYS
LATER
FROM
THEINJURIES
HE
SUSTAINED
IN
THIS
INCIDENT.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
38
021204CCC1183
RE
22
I029036
1A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05112
002
NJ
MOR
GAN
VILLE
SCAG
POWER
EQUIPME
NT
KOHLER
CO.
SCA
G
TUR
F
RUN
NER
STR
SERI
AL
2276
0922
KOH
LER
COM
MAN
D
22HP
Hosp
Hand
A
67
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
RIGHTHAND
AND
FOREARM
WHEN
HE
TRIED
TO
EXTINGUISH
A
FIRE
CAUSED
BY
HISRIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
THE
LAWN
MOWER'S
ENGINE
IGNITED
AFTER
THE
VICTIMSTARTED
THE
MOWER
IN
HIS
GARAGE.
THE
FIRE
ULTIMATELY
SPREAD
ONTOTHE
GARAGE
AND
THE
VICTIMS
HOME,
CAUSING
EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY
LOSS.
THERE
WERE
NO
OTHER
INJURIES.

41
020715CCN0626
RE
6.75
H027017
5A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06182
002
TX
CRO
CKET
T
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
CRA
FTS
MAN
247.
2702
50
NA
NA
A
52­
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
NEW
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
WHEN
IT
RANOUT
OF
GASOLINE.
SHE
WENT
TO
HER
GARAGE
TO
OBTAIN
A
GAS
CAN
ANDREFILLED
THE
GAS
TANK
LOCATED
UNDER
THE
OPERATOR'S
SEAT.

AFTERREFUELING
AND
REPLACING
THE
CAP,
SHE
STARTED
THE
IGNITION
AND
THEMOTOR
BEGAN
RUNNING.

AT
THAT
POINT,
FLAMES
SHOT
OUT
THE
MOTOR
AREA,
DIRECTLY
UNDER
THE
OPERATOR'S
SEAT
AND
BURNED
THE
MOWER.
NO
INJURYOCCURRED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
5
020627HCC1674
UR
X026279
9A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04042
002
FL
LAKE
LAND
UNKNOW
N
NONE
UNK
NO
WN
UNK
NOW
N
Dth
L/
Leg
A
69
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
REPORTEDLY
ENGAGED
IN
THE
REPAIR
OF
A
LAWNMOWER
AND/
OR
LAWN
MOWER
ENGINE
WHEN
FIRE
ERUPTED
WHICH
RESULTED
INTHE
VICTIM
SUSTAINING
THERMAL
BURNS
TO
14%
OF
HIS
BODY
SURFACE
AREA.
THE
VICTIM
EXPIRED
ON
THE
21ST
POST­
INCIDENT
DATE
FROM
COMPLICATIONSDUE
TO
THERMAL
BURNS.
THE
MANNER
OF
DEATH
IS
CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL.

32
031029HCC1098
UR
0142073
687
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07012
001
PA
SALI
SBUR
Y
TWP
MURRAY,

INC.
UNK
NO
WN
Dth
All
A
30­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
HIS
RIDING
MOWER
IN
HIS
BACK
YARD,
NEAR
HIS
CHILDREN'S
SWING
SET
THAT
HAD
BEEN
CEMENTED
INTO
THEGROUND.

THE
WHEELS
OF
THE
RIDING
MOWER
BECAME
ENTANGLED
ON
ONE
OFTHE
POLES
TO
THE
SWING
SET.
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
CAUSING
THE
FUELFROM
THE
GAS
TANK
TO
LEAK
ONTO
THE
MOWER'S
HOT
ENGINE.
THE
FUELIGNITED,

BURNING
THE
VICTIM.
THE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
OVER
60%
OF
HIS
BODY.
THE
VICTIM
SUCCUMBED
TO
HIS
INJURIES
WITHIN
30
DAYS.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
57
030925CNE2552
UR
I039033
1A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07012
003
AL
MON
TGO
MER
Y
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
ELECTR
OLUX
SEA
RS
CRA
FTS
MAN
917.
2708
10
ELEC
TROL
UX
HOM
E
PRO
DUC
TS
­
NOR
TH
AME
RICA
1571
03
NA
NA
A
49­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
A
STRONG
ODOR
OF
GASOLINE
WHEN
HIS
RIDINGLAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
STORED
IN
HIS
GARAGE.
HE
THEN
NOTICED
THAT
GASOLINESPILLED
FROM
THE
REAR
OF
THE
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
WHILE
IN
USE.

HEFOUND
THAT
GASOLINE
WAS
LEAKING
ALONG
A
SPLIT
IN
THE
BACK
RIGHT
SEAMOF
THE
GAS
TANK.
HE
BELIEVED
THE
LEAKING
FUMES
AND
THE
SPILLEDGASOLINE
PRESENTED
A
FIRE
HAZARD.

NO
FIRE
WAS
REPORTED
AND
NOINJURIES
OCCURRED
AS
A
RESULT
OF
THIS
INCIDENT.

67
031031CCN0088
UR
I03A041
7A
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
07012
003
IL
MAN
TENO
ELECTR
OLUX
POULAN
PR1
742S
TA
POU
LAN
PRO
LAW
N
TRA
CTO
R
9541
4011
1
NA
NA
THE
COMPLAINANT'S
LAWN
TRACTOR'S
GAS
TANK
CRACKED
AT
THE
FUEL
LINEENTRANCE
INTO
THE
TANK,
LEAKING
TWO
GALLONS
OF
GASOLINE
ONTO
THEGARAGE
FLOOR.

COMPLAINANT
FEELS
THE
FUEL
TANK
IS
A
FIRE
HAZARD.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
28
020402HEP0001
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04022
001
ACE
0
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
9
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
1ST
DEGREE
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHTTHUMB
WHEN,
WHILE
TRYING
TO
HELP
HIS
GRANDFATER
RESTART
THEIR
RIDINGLAWN
MOWER,

HE
ACCIDENTALLY
TOUCHED
THE
EXHAUST
PIPE
ON
THE
MOWER.
THE
MOWER
WAS
IN
USE
EARLIER
AND
THE
PIPE
WAS
STILL
HOT,
CAUSING
THEBURN.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
ANDRELEASED.

43
020827HEP0961
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08262
002
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Leg
THE
62
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
HIS
LEFT
LEG
AND
RIGHTFOOT
AND
ANKLE
WHEN
FUMES
FROM
GASOLINE.
HE
WAS
PUTTING
INTO
ATURNED­
OFF,

HOT
RIDING
MOWR
EXPLODED
AND
INGNITED.
WHERE
HE
WASTREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
49
030521HEP9009
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04272
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
Tr/
Re
l
Foot
THE
2
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
RECEIVED
A
2ND
DEGREE
BURN
ON
HER
FEETWHEN
SHE
SLIPPED
WHILE
TRYING
TO
CLIMB
ONTO
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
BY
AMBULANCE
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED
&

LATER
HAD
A
SKIN
GRAFT.

55
030612HEP0402
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Leg
THE
47
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
WAS
DRIVING
HER
RIDING
MOWER
TO
AN
AREAAT
HER
MOTHER'S
HOUSE
WHERE
SHE
PLANNED
ON
CUTTING
THE
GRASS.
THEBLADE
WAS
NOT
ENGAGED.
THE
VICTIM
THINKS
(
SHE
IS
NOT
SURE)

THEMOWER
MAY
HAVE
SLIPPED
OUT
OF
GEAR
(
SHE
FEELS
IT
MAY
NOT
HAVE
BEENPUT
IN
GEAR
PROPERLY)

&
THE
MOWER
HIT
AGAINST
A
FENCE.
THE
VICTIM'SLEG
HIT
THE
MUFFLER
&
BURNED
HER
LEG.
THE
NEXT
DAY
THE
VICTIM'SMOTHER
TOOK
HER
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
56
030714HEP9008
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06302
003
SEARS
CRAFTS
MAN
0
Tr/
Re
l
U/
Le
g
THE
10
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HER
RIGHTUPPER
LEG
WHILE
TRYING
TO
MOVE
THE
RIDING
MOWER,
WHICH
HAD
TIPPEDOVER
ON
HER
MOTHER,

OFF
OF
HER
MOTHER.
THEY
WERE
AT
HOME.
THEVICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
&

RELEASED.

60
040422HEP2001
UR
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04212
004
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
NO
WN
UNK
NOW
N
Tr/
Re
l
U/
Ar
m
THE
57
YEAR
OLD
VICTIM
RECEIVED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HER
RIGHT
ARMAND
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HER
RIGHT
KNEE,
TOES
AND
FACE.

SHE
DROVETO
THE
ER
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
9
030528HEP6721
UU
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04232
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Leg
THE
15
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
THEBACK
OF
HIS
LEG
WHEN
GASOLINE
SPLASHED
ON
HIS
PANTS
AS
HIS
FRIENDWAS
POURING
GAS
INTO
THE
LAWN
MOWER.

SOME
SPASHED
ON
THE
SPARK
PLUGIGNITING
IT
AND
A
FLASH
OF
FIRE
CAUGHT
HIS
PANTS
ON
FIRE
AT
HOME.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
ANDRELEASED.

10
030519HEP5765
UU
U
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
05082
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
Face
THE
52
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
1ST
AND
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HISNECK
AND
LEFT
SIDE
OF
HIS
FACE
WHEN
FLAMES
SHOT
OUT
OF
THE
SPARKPLUG
HOLE
ON
A
LAWN
MOWER
WHEN
HE
WAS
TRYING
TO
GET
IT
STARTED
ATHOME.
THE
VICITM
WENT
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
ANDRELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
66
030419HEP6721
UU
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04162
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
81
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
LACERATION
TO
HIS
LEFT
PALM,
ABOVE
HIS
THUMB
WHEN
THE
MOTOR
BACKFIRED
ON
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
&
JERKEDTHE
HANDLE
INTO
HIS
HAND
AS
HE
WAS
TRYING
TO
START
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
ATHOME.
THE
VICTIM
WENT
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

74
020920HEP6001
UU
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09272
002
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
Ankle
A
FIRE
STARTED
ON
AN
ENCLOSED
PORCH
DUE
TO
A
LAWN
MOWER
STORED
NEXTTO
A
HOT
WATER
HEATER.
THE
OCCUPANT
GOT
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HISANKLE
WHEN
HE
REMOVED
THE
LAWN
MOWER
FROM
THE
HOUSE.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
77
030519HEP5763
UU
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05062
003
SEARS
CRAFTS
MAN
0
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
6
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
RIGHTINDEX
FINGER
WHEN
HE
TOUCHED
THE
MUFFLER
ON
HIS
GRANDFATHER'S
LAWNMOWER
WHILE
TRYING
TO
HELP
HIM
PUT
THE
MOWER
IN
THE
SHED
AT
HISGRANDFATHER'S
HOME.

THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HEWAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

78
030529HEP2241
UU
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05292
003
MURRAY
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
4
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
A
BURN
TO
HIS
HAND
WHEN
HETOUCHED
A
HOT
LAWN
MOWER.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
BY
HIS
PARENTS
TO
THE
ERWHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
14
040418HEP5121
UU
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04152
004
SNAPPE
R
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
NO
WN
UNK
NOW
N
Tr/
Tn
U/
Le
g
THE
67
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREEBURNS
TO
HIS
LEG
WHEN
A
SPARK
IGNITED
GASOLINE
THAT
HAD
MADE
CONTACTWITH
HIS
LEG.

THE
VICTIM
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
CLEAN
OUT
THE
SPARK
PLUGFOR
HIS
SNAPPER
LAWN
MOWER
AND
WHEN
HE
BLEW
OUT
DUST,
GASOLINESPILLED
OUT
ALSO.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
E.
D.
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
ANDTHEN
TRANSFERRED
TO
A
SPECIALIZED
BURN
CENTER.

68
041003HEP6401
UU
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
09222
004
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Tn
L/
Leg
THE
26
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
TREATED
FOR
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HISHAND,

LEGS
AND
LEFT
ARM
WHEN
HE
TRIED
TO
POUR
GASOLINE
THAT
WASSPILLING
OUT
OF
A
PUNCTURED
GAS
CAN
INTO
A
LAWN
MOWER
IN
A
TRAILER.
THE
EXHAUST
CAUGHT
FIRE.
HE
WENT
TO
THE
ED
BY
AMBULANCE,

WASTRANSFERRED
TO
ANOTHER
HOSPITAL
BUT
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
3
010827CCN0847
WB
6
I018040
6A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
04012
001
IL
CRYS
TAL
LAKE
THE
TORO
COMPAN
Y
TOR
O
SUP
ER
REC
YCL
ER
6HP
2004
2
SR­

215
NA
NA
A
CONSUMER
PURCHASED
A
LAWNMOWER
IN
1999.
IN
THE
SPRING
OF
2001,
HENOTICED
THAT
IT
BEGAN
TO
LEAK
ALL
OF
THE
FUEL
FROM
THE
TANK
THROUGHTHE
CARBURETOR
AFTER
HE
FINISHED
USING
IT.

HE
BECAME
CONCERNED
THATIT
COULD
BE
A
POTENTIAL
FIRE
HAZARD,
SO
HE
TOOK
IT
TO
REPAIR
SHOPSON
TWO
OCCASIONS.

THE
PROBLEM
CONTINUED,

UNTIL
HE
HAD
A
FUEL
SHUTOFFVALVE
INSTALLED.

HE
CONTACTED
THE
MANUFACTURER
AND
WAS
TOLD
THAT
ITWAS
CAUSED
BY
IMPROPER
STORAGE
RESULTING
IN
DEPOSITS
IN
THECARBURETOR.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
4
011002CCN0007
WB
5
I019030
3A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
09252
001
IL
MT.
PRO
SPEC
T
MTD
PRODUC
TS
INC.
YAR
D
MAC
HINE
S
12A4
45B3
04
NA
NA
THE
CONSUMER
NOTICED
A
HEAVY
SMELL
OF
GASOLINE
IN
HIS
HOME
ANDATTACHED
GARAGED.
THE
PLASTIC
COVER
OF
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
HAD
RUBBED
AHOLE
THROUGH
THE
ALUMINUM
FLOAT
BOWL
ON
THE
TECUSAH
CARBURETORRESULTING
IN
A
GAS
LEAK.
HE
IS
CONCERNED
THAT
HIS
HOUSE
COULD
HAVEEXPLODED
AND
ANOTHER
CONSUMER
COULD
HAVE
A
FIRE
AND/
OR
EXPLOSION.

7
021016CNE2356
WB
6
I02A017
3A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
09262
002
NJ
FAIR
LAW
N
MURRAYOHIO
MFG.
COMPAN
Y
MUR
RAY
SEL
ECT
2226
5X8
C
NA
NA
A
54­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
CUTTING
GRASS
AT
HOME
WITH
A
WALK­
BEHIND
POWERLAWN
MOWER,
WHEN
GASOLINE
BEGAN
LEAKING
FROM
A
RUPTURE
IN
THE
SEAMOF
ITS
PLASTIC
FUEL
TANK.
THE
GASOLINE
SMOKED
AND
BURNED
OFF
UPONCONTACT
WITH
THE
METAL
ENGINE
CASING,
BUT
OTHERWISE
CAUSED
NOPROPERTY
DAMAGE,
FIRE
OR
INJURIES.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
13
031017CCN0055
WB
6.5
H03A01
71A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
10162
003
IL
DOW
NERS
GRO
VE
THE
TORO
COMPAN
Y
NONE
TOR
O
2001
8
UNK
NOW
N
NA
NA
THE
CONSUMER
HEARD
THE
SMOKE
DETECTOR
ALARM
FROM
THE
GARAGE.
WHEN
HEENTERED
THE
GARAGE
HE
SAW
8­
9
FOOT
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
LAWNMOWER.
THE
CONSUMER
CALLED
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
AND
OPENED
THE
GARAGE
DOORAND
DOSED
THE
FLAMES
WITH
A
NEARBY
GARDEN
HOSE.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENTARRIVED
TEN
MINUTES
LATER.
NO
INJURIES
RESULTED
FROM
THE
INCIDENT.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
17
040928CWE3014
WB
6.75
H049020
1A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
08052
004
NM
RIO
RANC
HO
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
CRA
FTS
MAN
917.
3776
50
NA
NA
THE
COMPLAINANT
IS
A
52­

YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WHO
PURCHASED
A
WALKBEHINDMOWER
FROM
A
MAJOR
RETAIL
STORE
TO
MOW
A
1/
4
ACRE
LAWN
AREA.

WHILEMOWING,
THE
COMPLAINANT
OBSERVED
SMOKE
COMING
FROM
THE
MOWER'S
BLADEAREA.
HE
SPRAYED
WATER
FROM
A
GARDEN
HOSE
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.
NOINJURY
INVOLVED.
REPAIR
MADE
TO
THE
MOWER
AND
REPAIRMAN
REPORTEDGRASS
CLIPPINGS
WERE
FOUND
IN
AREA
BETWEEN
MOWER'S
DECK
AND
PLASTICCOVER.
THE
DRY
GRASS
CLIPPING
ARE
BELIEVED
TO
HAVE
BEEN
MATERIALTHAT
IGNITED.

65
020614CWE6003
WB
I025020
8A
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
05162
002
NM
MORI
ARTY
ELECTR
OLUX
HOME
PRODUC
TS
BRIGGS
&
STRATTO
N
WEE
D
EAT
ER
WE5
N22
SH4
C
BRIG
GS
&
STRA
TTO
N
12H6
02
NA
NA
THE
GASOLINE
FUEL
IN
THE
TANK
OF
A
LAWN
MOWER
QUICKLY
POURED
OUTTHROUGH
A
PIN
SIZE
HOLE
IN
THE
PRIMER
BULB.

THE
OWNER
CONSIDERS
THEHOLE
IN
THE
PRIMER
BULB
TO
BE
A
SAFETY/
FIRE
HAZARD,

ESPECIALLY
SINCETHE
PRIMER
BULB
IS
JUST
ABOVE
THE
MUFFLER.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
70
020709CCN0611
WB
4
I027007
4A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04122
002
TX
WYLI
E
MURRAY
MANUFA
CTURING
COMPAN
Y
MUR
RAY
2251
6X92
NA
NA
THE
COMPLAINANT
WAS
MOWING
HIS
FRONT
YARD
WITH
A
WALK­
BEHIND
PUSHLAWN
MOWER
WHEN
IT
SUDDENLY
ERUPTED
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
FIRE
WASEXTINGUISHED
BY
THE
COMPLAINANT
AND
NO
INJURIES
WERE
SUSTAINED.

THECOMPLAINANT
ALLEGES
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
THAT
HAD
ACCUMULATED
BETWEEN
THEMOWER
DECK
AND
CYLINDER
HEAD
WAS
THE
SOURCE
OF
THE
FIRE.

THECOMPLAINANT
DISCARDED
THE
BURNT
MOWER.

73
020919CCN0841
WB
6.5
I029030
8A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09042
002
IN
MICH
IGAN
CITY
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
SEA
RS
CRA
FTS
MAN
NA
NA
THE
COMPLAINANT'S
LAWN
MOWER
CARBURETOR
LEAKED
FUEL
EVERY
TIME
THATHE
WOULD
PUT
FUEL
IN
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
FUEL
TANK.

COMPLAINANT
FEELSTHAT
THE
CARBURETOR
IS
A
FIRE
HAZARD.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
81
030627CCN0661
WB
3.5
G036021
3A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06192
003
IL
BRAD
LEY
MURRAY,

INC
NONE
MUR
RAY
UNK
NOW
N
NA
NA
ON
JUNE
19,
2003
A
FLASH
FIRE
OCCURRED
IN
THE
BASEMENT
OF
A
SINGLESTORY
HOME
NEAR
AN
ACTIVE
HOT
WATER
TANK.
THE
EXACT
CAUSE
OF
THEFIRE
IS
UNKNOWN.

86
030821CNE2533
WB
6
I038027
1A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08202
003
FL
ST.
PETE
RSBU
RG
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPAN
Y
JOH
N
DEE
RE
JS63
NA
NA
A
56­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
THAT
HIS
NEW
LAWNMOWER'S
GAS
TANK
WASLEAKING
GAS
IN
JUNE
OF
2001
AND
IT
WAS
REPLACED
BY
A
LOCAL
REPAIRSHOP.
ON
8­
20­
2003
THE
TANK
BEGAN
LEAKING
AGAIN.
A
LOCAL
REPAIRSHOP
SERVICE
MANAGER
STATED
THAT
HE
HAD
REPLACED
140
PLASTIC
GASTANKS
FROM
THIS
ENGINE
MANUFACTURER
FROM
JANUARY
2003
TO
SEPTEMBER2003.
THERE
WAS
NO
FIRE
AND
NO
INJURY
TO
THE
COMPLAINANT.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
6
020814HEP8766
WB
5.5
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
08092
002
YARD
MACHINE
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
3
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HERRIGHT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
FALLING
DOWN
A
HILL
SHE
PUT
HER
HANDS
OUT
ANDTOUCHED
A
HOT
LAWN
MOWER
TO
BREAK
HER
FALL.
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THEHOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

8
030128HEP5761
WB
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
01182
003
HONDA
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
Face
THE
33
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TOHIS
FACE
AND
LEFT
HAND
WHEN
WHILE
FILLING
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
WITHGASOLINE,
IT
BACKFIRED
AND
FLAMED
UP
CAUSING
HIS
BURNS.
HE
WENT
TOTHE
ED
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
NO
F.
D.

INVOLVMENT.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
71
020802HEP7601
WB
6.5
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07192
002
CRAFTS
MAN
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Ar
m
THE
10
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
2ND
DEGREE
THERMAL
BURN
TOHIS
INNER
LEFT
WRIST
WHEN
HE
ACCIDENTALLY
TOUCHED
THE
HOT
MUFFLER
ONA
SELFPROPELLED
POWER
MOWER
WHILE
CLEANING
A
CLOG
FROM
THEDISCHARGE
CHUTE.

THE
NEXT
DAY
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHEREHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

72
020816HEP5603
WB
2.5
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08092
002
MURRAY
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
46
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
BURN
TO
HER
RIGHT
HANDWHEN,
WHILE
USING
A
NEIGHBOR'S
POWER
MOWER,
SHE
STOPPED
THE
MOWER
TOMAKE
AN
ADJUSTMENT
AND
PUT
HER
HAND
ON
THE
MANIFOLD
(
WHICH
WAS
VERYHOT).
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
ANDRELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
75
030604HEP8141
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
03052
003
SEARS
CRAFTS
MAN
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
11
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2
ND
DEGREE
BURN
TO
THE
PALM
OFHIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN
TRYING
TO
RESTART
A
PUSH
MOWER
AT
HOME
AND
LOSTHIS
BALANCE
AND
TOUCHED
THE
MUFFLER
WITH
HIS
HAND.
THE
VICTIM
WASTAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

76
030428HEP7601
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04262
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
Face
THE
12
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
AT
A
FRIEND'S
HOUSE
AND
THEY
WERETRYING
TO
START
THE
FRIEND'S
LAWN
MOWER.
AS
HE
WAS
PULLING
THEROPE
TO
START
THE
MOWER
FLAMES
"
FLARED­
UP"

FROM
THE
UNCOVERED
GASTANK
&
BURNT
THE
VICTIM'S
FACE
&
EYEBROWS.

HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THEHOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
79
030610HEP1761
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06092
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Tr/
Re
l
L/
Ar
m
THE
4
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
BURNT
HER
LEFT
ARM
WHEN
SHE
ATTEMPTED
TOGO
UP
THE
STEPS
IN
HER
GARAGE
AND
LOST
HER
BALANCE
ON
THE
FIRSTSTEP.
THIS
CAUSED
HER
TO
FALL
BACKWARDS
ONTO
THE
STILL
HOTWALKBEHIND
POWER
MOWER
THAT
HER
MOTHER
USED
TO
CUT
THE
GRASS
ATTHEIR
HOUSE;

SHE
(
HER
MOTHER)
HAD
JUST
PUT
THE
MOWER
AWAY.

THEVICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELAEASED.

80
030616HEP0081
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06152
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
18
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
LEFTHAND
WHILE
TRYING
TO
ADJUST
THE
CARBURETOR
ON
HIS
WALKBEHIND
POWERLAWN
MOWER.

HE
ACCIDENTALLY
HIT
THE
EXHAUST
AND
ENGINE
BLOCK
(
WHICHWERE
VERY
HOT)
WITH
HIS
HAND.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
ER
BY
A
FRIENDWHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
82
030707HEP8722
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07062
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
6
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
SLIGHTLY
BURNED
ON
HIS
FINGER
WHEN
HETOUCHED
A
HOT
WALKBEHIND
POWER
LAWN
MOWER.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
BY
HISMOTHER
TO
THE
ER
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&

RELEASED.

83
030721HEP7201
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07132
003
CRAFTS
MAN
0
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
27
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2
ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TOTHE
5
FINGER
TIPS
ON
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
ATTEMPTING
TO
LIFTHIS
WALKBEHIND
POWER
LAWN
MOWER
UP
A
STEP
AND
INTO
THE
GARAGE,
HEPLACED
HIS
HAND
ON
THE
MOWER
MOTOR
WHICH
HAD
BEEN
OFF
FOR
ABOUT
20MINUTES,
AND
BURNED
HIS
FINGERS.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
ED
WHERE
HE
WASTREATED
AND
RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
84
030722HEP9009
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07192
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
8
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
WALKING
UP
THE
STEPS
OF
HIS
DECK.
HESLIPPED
AND
WHEN
HE
FELL
HIS
LEFT
HAND
CAME
DOWN
ON
THE
TOP
OF
THEWALK­
BEHIND
POWER
MOWER
THAT
WAS
JUST
USED
TO
CUT
THE
GRASS
ANDCONSEQUENTLY,
WAS
STILL
HOT.
THE
VICTIM
BURNT
HIS
LEFT
THUMB.
HE
WASTAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

85
030725HEP1761
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07242
003
MURRAY
0
Tr/
Re
l
Hand
THE
20
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
BURNED
HER
HAND
ON
THE
MUFFLER
OF
ALAWN
MOWER.
SHE
WAS
DRIVEN
BY
HER
HUSBAND
TO
THE
ER
WHERE
SHE
WASTREATED
FOR
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
&

RELEASED.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
87
030822HEP8213
WB
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08202
003
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
UNK
NO
WN
Tr/
Re
l
Fingr
THE
11
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
1ST
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
THEFINGERTIPS
OF
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
TRYING
TO
LIFT
A
WALKBEHINDPOWER
MOWER
UP,
HE
TOUCHED
THE
HOT
MOTOR.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THEHOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

23
000510HCC2518
Z
20
G004010
8A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04132
000
IL
ALBI
ON
WOODS
EQUIPME
NT
CO.
D521
8
Dth
All
THE
CONSUMER
,
51,
DIED
WHILE
OPERATING
HER
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
ASTEEP
POND
EMBANKMENT
ON
HER
PROPERTY.
A
WHEEL
LOST
CONTACT
WITHTHE
GROUND
AND
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
TRAPPING
HER.

GASOLINE
LEAKEDAND
IGNITED
.
SHE
WAS
BURNED
BEYOND
RECOGNITION.

16
040930HEP8214
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
,
NOT
SPECIFIE
D
07312
004
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
MANUFA
CTURER
UNKNOW
N
0
0
Hosp
Hand
THE
2
YR.
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
LEFT
HANDWHEN
A
LAWN
MOWER
AND
A
GAS
CAN
IN
THE
LAUNDRY
ROOM
AT
HOME
CAUGHTON
FIRE.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATEDAND
ADMITTED
OVERNIGHT.
FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLY
22
040920CCN0995
I049029
6A
GARDEN
TRACTO
RS
09082
004
KS
OVE
RLAN
D
PARK
SEARS
ROEBUC
K
&
COMPAN
Y
AS
ABOVE
CRA
FTS
MAN
9172
7183
2
AS
ABO
VE
NA
NA
THE
CONSUMER
FILLED
UP
HER
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
FUEL
TANK
AND
THE
TANKBEGAN
LEAKING
AROUND
THE
SEAM.
THE
LEAK
WAS
STOPPED
BY
FIREOFFICIALS
AND
THE
TANK
WAS
REPLACED.
NO
INJURIES
OR
FIRE
RESULTEDFROM
THE
LEAK.
INDP
(
2000­
2004)

obs
indp_
taskno
ipii_
docno
product
date
state
city
mfr1
1
000707HCC2659
G0050180A
TRACTORS,
OTHER
OR
NOT
SPECIFIED
04132000
OK
SPARKS
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
2
000622HCC0776
I0060130A
TRACTORS,
OTHER
OR
NOT
SPECIFIED
06042000
PA
SCOTTDALE
YARD­
MAN
3
010827CCN0847
I0180406A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04012001
IL
CRYSTAL
LAKE
THE
TORO
COMPANY
4
011002CCN0007
I0190303A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
09252001
IL
MT.
PROSPECT
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

5
020627HCC1674
X0262799A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04042002
FL
LAKELAND
UNKNOWN
6
020814HEP8766
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
08092002
YARD
MACHINE
7
021016CNE2356
I02A0173A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
09262002
NJ
FAIRLAWN
MURRAY­
OHIO
MFG.
COMPANY
8
030128HEP5761
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
01182003
HONDA
9
030528HEP6721
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04232003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
10
030519HEP5765
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
05082003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
11
030630HEP0721
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
06282003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
12
031003HEP6925
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
09272003
ARION
13
031017CCN0055
H03A0171A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
10162003
IL
DOWNERS
GROVE
THE
TORO
COMPANY
14
040418HEP5121
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04152004
SNAPPER
15
040428HEP2881
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04182004
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
16
040930HEP8214
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
07312004
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
17
040928CWE3014
H0490201A
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
08052004
NM
RIO
RANCHO
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
18
011114CCN0118
G01B0051A
GARDEN
TRACTORS
10312001
IL
QUINCY
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
19
040630CNE1612
I0460470A
GARDEN
TRACTORS
06112004
MS
BAY
ST.
LOUIS
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
20
040901CNE1724
I0480513A
GARDEN
TRACTORS
08022004
TN
BIG
SANDY
CUB
CADET
LTD.

21
040920CCN0995
I0490296A
GARDEN
TRACTORS
09082004
KS
OVERLAND
PARK
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
22
040920CCN0995
I0490296A
GARDEN
TRACTORS
09082004
KS
OVERLAND
PARK
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
23
000510HCC2518
G0040108A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04132000
IL
ALBION
WOODS
EQUIPMENT
CO.

24
000524CCN0252
G0050190A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05012000
TX
VAN
ALSTYNE
KUBOTA
TRACTOR
CORP.

25
020808CCN0696
I0280135A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05202000
LA
CROWN
POINT
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
26
000807CCC0921
X0083324A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05262000
DE
CAMDEN
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

27
010122CNE6080
N0110014A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
11042000
RI
SMITHFIELD
DEERE
&
COMPANY
28
020402HEP0001
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04022001
ACE
29
010522HCC0611
N0140225A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04192001
FL
SEBASTIAN
JOHN
DEERE
30
010613CNE6444
N0160124A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102001
FL
DELTONA
MURRAY,
INC.

31
010716HCC1728
H0160458A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06252001
PA
DOYLESTOWN
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
32
031029HCC1098
0142073687
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07012001
PA
SALISBURY
TWP
MURRAY,
INC.

33
010928CCN0905
H0190252A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09132001
MO
LEE'S
SUMMIT
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
34
010926CNE6729
I0190248A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09222001
FL
LAKE
CITY
FRIGIDAIRE
HOME
PRODUCTS
35
011010CCN0035
G01A0025A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
10082001
MI
BURTON
NOMA
OUTDOOR
PRODUCTS
36
020201CCC1242
I0210488A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
12182001
NC
GERMANTON
SEARS,
ROEBUCK
AND
CO.

37
020503CCN0444
H0250005A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
03152002
IL
POPLAR
GROVE
FLOTEC
INTERNATIONAL
38
021204CCC1183
I0290361A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05112002
NJ
MORGANVILLE
SCAG
POWER
EQUIPMENT
39
020619CCC1629
H0250273A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05152002
GA
ACWORTH
MURRAY
MANUFACTURING
COMPAN
40
030213CCC1338
I02A0206A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05212002
MS
OLIVE
BRANCH
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

41
020715CCN0626
H0270175A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06182002
TX
CROCKETT
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

42
020815CNE2276
I0280285A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08102002
FL
OVIEDO
MURRAY,
INC.

43
020827HEP0961
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08262002
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
44
020916CNE7474
N0290010A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09122002
PA
YORK
UNKNOWN
45
020920CNE7480
N0290017A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09172002
FL
DELTONA
MURRAY,
INC.

46
030311CCC1388
H02B0233A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
11202002
DE
BETHANY
BEACH
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

47
040331CCN0480
I0430518A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
01012003
KY
NICHOLASVILLE
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.

48
030509CCC2436
H0340314A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04272003
TX
FLORESVILLE
CUB
CADET
CORPORATION
49
030521HEP9009
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04272003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
Page
50
INDP
(
2000­
2004)

obs
indp_
taskno
ipii_
docno
product
date
state
city
mfr1
50
040408CCN0508
I0440119A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05012003
AR
CONWAY
MURRAY,
INC.

51
030520HEP1761
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05192003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
52
040528CCN0638
G0450212A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05252003
WI
RACINE
MURRAY
MANUFACTURING
COMPAN
53
030611CCN0609
G0360083A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06092003
MI
DAVISON
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
54
030612CNE2487
I0360146A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102003
DE
BEAR
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
55
030612HEP0402
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06102003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
56
030714HEP9008
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06302003
SEARS
CRAFTSMAN
57
030925CNE2552
I0390331A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07012003
AL
MONTGOMERY
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
58
040128CWE5011
F0415010A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
01122004
OR
BEND
DEERE
&
COMPANY
59
040414CCN0523
I0440207A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04092004
MN
CHASKA
MTD
LLC
60
040422HEP2001
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04212004
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
61
040511CNE1519
I0450109A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05082004
PA
PHILLIPSBURG
CUB
CADET
CORPORATION
62
040511CNE1520
I0450127A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05082004
VA
CHESAPEAKE
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
63
040928CCN1017
H0490264A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09182004
LA
MER
ROUGE
AMERICAN
YARD
PRODUCTS
64
041126HCC2155
G04A0200A
RIDING
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
10252004
WI
TOWN
OF
BELOIT
UNKNOWN
65
020614CWE6003
I0250208A
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
05162002
NM
MORIARTY
ELECTROLUX
HOME
PRODUCTS
66
030419HEP6721
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
04162003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
67
031031CCN0088
I03A0417A
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
07012003
IL
MANTENO
ELECTROLUX
68
041003HEP6401
LAWN
MOWERS,
NOT
SPECIFIED
09222004
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
69
010717HCC1732
I0160445A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06252001
CT
ANSONIA
AMERICAN
YARD
PRODUCTS
70
020709CCN0611
I0270074A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04122002
TX
WYLIE
MURRAY
MANUFACTURING
COMPAN
71
020802HEP7601
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07192002
CRAFTSMAN
72
020816HEP5603
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08092002
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
73
020919CCN0841
I0290308A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09042002
IN
MICHIGAN
CITY
SEARS
ROEBUCK
&
COMPANY
74
020920HEP6001
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
09272002
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
75
030604HEP8141
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
03052003
SEARS
CRAFTSMAN
76
030428HEP7601
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
04262003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
77
030519HEP5763
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05062003
SEARS
CRAFTSMAN
78
030529HEP2241
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
05292003
MURRAY
79
030610HEP1761
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06092003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
80
030616HEP0081
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06152003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
81
030627CCN0661
G0360213A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
06192003
IL
BRADLEY
MURRAY,
INC
82
030707HEP8722
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07062003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
83
030721HEP7201
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07132003
CRAFTSMAN
84
030722HEP9009
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07192003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
85
030725HEP1761
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
07242003
MURRAY
86
030821CNE2533
I0380271A
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08202003
FL
ST.
PETERSBURG
JOHN
DEERE
&
COMPANY
87
030822HEP8213
ROTARY
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
08202003
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
Page
51
obs
mfr2
mod1
mod2
dispositionbodypt
1
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Dth
All
2
KOHLER
ENGINES
CO.
13BX694G401
RT15A
Tr/
Rel
Head
3
TORO
SUPER
RECYCLER
6HP
20042
SR­
215
NA
NA
4
YARD
MACHINES
12A445B304
NA
NA
5
NONE
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Dth
L/
Leg
6
UNK
Tr/
Rel
Hand
7
MURRAY
SELECT
22265X8C
NA
NA
8
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
Face
9
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
L/
Leg
10
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
Face
11
0
Tr/
Rel
U/
Leg
12
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
13
NONE
TORO
20018
UNKNOWN
NA
NA
14
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Tr/
Tn
U/
Leg
15
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Tr/
Tn
All
16
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Hosp
Hand
17
CRAFTSMAN
917.377650
NA
NA
18
SCOTTS
20
HP
LAWN
TRACTOR
SER:
GX2046S045750
NA
NA
19
ELECTROLUX
HOME
PRODUCTS
­
NORTH
AMERICA
CRAFTSMAN
GT3000
917.275021
ELECTROLUX
PART
NO.
151346
NA
NA
20
KIDDE
FIRE
SYSTEMS
CUB
CADET,
SERIES
3000
3204
KIDDE
NA
NA
21
AS
ABOVE
CRAFTSMAN
917271832
AS
ABOVE
NA
NA
22
AS
ABOVE
CRAFTSMAN
917271832
AS
ABOVE
NA
NA
23
D5218
Dth
All
24
T1560
NA
NA
25
JOHN
DEERE
LX188
NA
NA
26
KOHLER
CO.
MTD
YARD­
MAN
694
KOHLER
15
HP
COMMAND
VERTICLNA
NA
27
NONE
SCOTTS
LAWN
TRACTOR
SCOTTS
1642H
BAGGING
ATTACHMENT
NA
NA
28
0
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
29
JOHN
DEERE
320
NA
NA
30
MURRAY
30"
30577X8A
Dth
25­
50%

31
JOHN
DEERE
NA
NA
32
UNKNOWN
Dth
All
33
JOHN
DEERE
LAWN/
GARDEN
TRACTOR
345
Tr/
Rel
L/
Trk
34
QUALITY
FARM
&
COUNTRY
475475
Tr/
Rel
Head
35
DYNAMARK
5188­
3700
Dth
All
36
BRIGGS
&
STRATTON
SEARS/
CRAFTSMAN
917.272430
BRIGGS
&
STRATTON
407777
NA
NA
37
MTD
PRODUCTS
INC.
SPILL
SAVER
GAS
CAN
ON/
OFF
SPOUT
30105
YARDMAN
NA
NA
38
KOHLER
CO.
SCAG
TURF
RUNNER
STR
SERIAL
22760922
KOHLER
COMMAND
22HP
Hosp
Hand
39
NONE
MURRAY
4690X92A
UNKNOWN
NA
NA
40
ARIENS
COMPANY
YARD
MACHINE
13AF608G062
ARIENS
ST
622
NA
NA
41
CRAFTSMAN
247.270250
NA
NA
42
MURRAY/
SELECT
465602X8D
Tr/
Rel
L/
Leg
43
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
L/
Leg
44
MTO
Hosp
All
45
NONE
MURRAY/
12HP­
38
INCH
38702X8D
UNKNOWN
Tr/
Rel
All
46
14.5
HP
LIGHT
YARD
MACHINE
13AM675G062
Tr/
Rel
Wrist
47
NONE
MURRAY
13A4662F129
UNLEADED
NA
NA
48
CUB
CADET
2206
Tr/
Rel
L/
Arm
49
0
Tr/
Rel
Foot
Page
52
obs
mfr2
mod1
mod2
dispositionbodypt
50
YARD
KING
25
HORSEPOWER
521613X89B
NA
NA
51
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
52
MURRAY
Hosp
25­
50%

53
UNKNOWN
JOHN
DEERE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
STX38
CLASS:
24
UNKNOWN
Hosp
All
54
JOHN
DEERE
LX288
Tr/
Rel
L/
Leg
55
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
UNK
UNK
Tr/
Rel
L/
Leg
56
0
Tr/
Rel
U/
Leg
57
ELECTROLUX
SEARS
CRAFTSMAN
917.270810
ELECTROLUX
HOME
PRODUCTS
­
NNA
NA
58
JOHN
DEERE
SABRE
NA
NA
59
YARD
MACHINES
BY
MTD
13AN682G129
Tr/
Rel
Hand
60
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Tr/
Rel
U/
Arm
61
BRIGGS
&
STRATTON
CUB
CADET
1170
BRIGGS
AND
STRATTON
Tr/
Rel
U/
Trk
62
CRAFTSMAN
917.276022
NA
NA
63
CRAFTSMAN
917.271743
Tr/
Rel
Hand
64
ACE
HARDWARE
CORPORATION
UNKNOWN
ACE
HYDROSTATIC
13AN698G0337Dth
All
65
BRIGGS
&
STRATTON
WEED
EATER
WE5N22SH4C
BRIGGS
&
STRATTON
12H602
NA
NA
66
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
67
POULAN
PR1742STA
POULAN
PRO
LAWN
TRACTOR
9541NA
NA
68
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Tn
L/
Leg
69
KGRO/
POWERPRO
HWSDSP225
NA
NA
70
MURRAY
22516X92
NA
NA
71
UNK
Tr/
Rel
L/
Arm
72
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
73
SEARS
CRAFTSMAN
NA
NA
74
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
UNK
UNK
Tr/
Rel
Ankle
75
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
76
UNK
Tr/
Rel
Face
77
0
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
78
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
79
MANUFACTURER
UNKNOWN
0
0
Tr/
Rel
L/
Arm
80
UNK
Tr/
Rel
Hand
81
NONE
MURRAY
UNKNOWN
NA
NA
82
0
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
83
0
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
84
UNK
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
85
0
Tr/
Rel
Hand
86
JOHN
DEERE
JS63
NA
NA
87
UNKNOWN
Tr/
Rel
Fingr
Page
53
obs
narr1
narr2
1
THE
VICTIM,
A
60­
YEAR
OLD
MALE
,
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
PULL
UP
A
TREE
STUMP
WITH
A
TRACTOR
WHEN
THE
TRACTOR
OVERTURNED
AND
PINNED
THE
2
A
44­
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
START
HIS
1998
16HP
LAWN
TRACTOR
WHEN
FUEL
VAPORS
WERE
IGNITED
CAUSING
HIM
TO
BE
EXPELLED
FROM
THE
3
A
CONSUMER
PURCHASED
A
LAWNMOWER
IN
1999.
IN
THE
SPRING
OF
2001,
HE
NOTICED
THAT
IT
BEGAN
TO
LEAK
ALL
OF
THE
FUEL
FROM
THE
TANK
THROUGH
4
THE
CONSUMER
NOTICED
A
HEAVY
SMELL
OF
GASOLINE
IN
HIS
HOME
AND
ATTACHED
GARAGED.
THE
PLASTIC
COVER
OF
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
HAD
RUBBED
A
5
A
69
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
REPORTEDLY
ENGAGED
IN
THE
REPAIR
OF
A
LAWN
MOWER
AND/
OR
LAWN
MOWER
ENGINE
WHEN
FIRE
ERUPTED
WHICH
RESULTED
IN
6
THE
3
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HER
RIGHT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
FALLING
DOWN
A
HILL
SHE
PUT
HER
HANDS
OUT
AND
7
A
54­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
CUTTING
GRASS
AT
HOME
WITH
A
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
LAWN
MOWER,
WHEN
GASOLINE
BEGAN
LEAKING
FROM
A
RUPTURE
IN
THE
SEAM
8
THE
33
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
FACE
AND
LEFT
HAND
WHEN
WHILE
FILLING
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
WITH
9
THE
15
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
THE
BACK
OF
HIS
LEG
WHEN
GASOLINE
SPLASHED
ON
HIS
PANTS
AS
HIS
FRIEND
10
THE
52
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
1ST
AND
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
NECK
AND
LEFT
SIDE
OF
HIS
FACE
WHEN
FLAMES
SHOT
OUT
OF
THE
SPARK
11
THE
41
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTIANED
1ST
&
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
BOTH
OF
HIS
LEGS
WHEN,
WHILE
CHECKING
FOR
A
SPARK
ON
HIS
LAWN
MOWER,
IT
12
THE
58
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
BOTH
HANDS
WHEN
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
BLEW
UP
WHILE
HE
WAS
PUTTING
IN
13
THE
CONSUMER
HEARD
THE
SMOKE
DETECTOR
ALARM
FROM
THE
GARAGE.
WHEN
HE
ENTERED
THE
GARAGE
HE
SAW
8­
9
FOOT
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
LAWNMOWER.

14
THE
67
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
LEG
WHEN
A
SPARK
IGNITED
GASOLINE
THAT
HAD
MADE
CONTACT
15
THE
34
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
MOST
OF
HIS
BODY
WHEN
THE
GASOLINE
FROM
HIS
LAWNMOWER
CAUGHT
FIRE
AND
HE
TRIED
TO
PUT
THE
16
THE
2
YR.
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN
A
LAWN
MOWER
AND
A
GAS
CAN
IN
THE
LAUNDRY
ROOM
AT
HOME
CAUGHT
17
THE
COMPLAINANT
IS
A
52­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WHO
PURCHASED
A
WALK­
BEHIND
MOWER
FROM
A
MAJOR
RETAIL
STORE
TO
MOW
A
1/
4
ACRE
LAWN
AREA.
WHILE
18
A
2001
MODEL,
20
HP
LAWN
TRACTOR
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE
WHILE
BEING
USED
TO
CUT
LEAVES,
AND
WAS
TOTALLY
CONSUMED.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
DETERMINED
19
A
74­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
GASOLINE
LEAKING
FROM
THE
FUEL
TANK
ON
HIS
RIDING
GARDEN
TRACTOR.
HE
EXAMINED
THE
FUEL
TANK
AND
FOUND
A
CRACK
20
A
57­
YEAR­
OLD
MAN
HAD
HIS
2003
MODEL
GARDEN
TRACTOR
REPAIRED
TWICE
FOR
GASOLINE
LEAKAGE.
IN
AUGUST
2004,
THE
MAN
STARTED
THE
GARDEN
21
THE
CONSUMER
FILLED
UP
HER
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
FUEL
TANK
AND
THE
TANK
BEGAN
LEAKING
AROUND
THE
SEAM.
THE
LEAK
WAS
STOPPED
BY
FIRE
22
THE
CONSUMER
FILLED
UP
HER
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
FUEL
TANK
AND
THE
TANK
BEGAN
LEAKING
AROUND
THE
SEAM.
THE
LEAK
WAS
STOPPED
BY
FIRE
23
THE
CONSUMER
,
51,
DIED
WHILE
OPERATING
HER
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
A
STEEP
POND
EMBANKMENT
ON
HER
PROPERTY.
A
WHEEL
LOST
CONTACT
WITH
24
THIS
NON­
INJURY
INCIDENT
INVOLVED
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
THAT
ERUPTED
INTO
FLAMES
AFTER
APPROXIMATELY
ONE
HOUR
OF
USE.
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
25
A
TWO
YEAR
OLD
LAWN
TRACTOR
CAUGHT
FIRE
WHILE
BEING
USED
TO
MOW
THE
LAWN.
THE
OWNER
WAS
TOLD
THE
FIRE
WAS
THE
RESULT
OF
TRASH
IN
THE
26
A
44
YEAR
OLD
MALE
CUT
HIS
GRASS
FOR
1
1/
2
HOURS
WITH
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER,
PARKED
IT
IN
HIS
2
CAR
DETACHED
GARAGE,
AND
THEN
WENT
INTO
27
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
WHEN
THE
CONSUMER'S
LAWN
TRACTOR
IGNITED
LEAVES
IN
HIS
YARD,
AND
CAUSED
TWO
SMALL
BRUSH
FIRES.
HE
WAS
USING
28
THE
9
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
1ST
DEGREE
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHT
THUMB
WHEN,
WHILE
TRYING
TO
HELP
HIS
GRANDFATER
RESTART
THEIR
RIDING
29
A
30
YEAR
OLD
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
TO
CUT
OVER
GROWN
BRUSH
AND
GRASS
WHEN
HE
NOTICED
FLAMES
AND
SMOKE
COMING
FROM
30
A
66­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
MOWING
THE
GRASS
WITH
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
WHEN
IT
KICKED
UP,
SPUN
AROUND
AND
FLIPPED
OVER
ON
TOP
OF
HIM.
THE
31
A
FRONT
ENGINE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
LEFT
RUNNING
INSIDE
A
GARAGE.
WITHIN
TWO
MINUTES
FLAMES
EMITTED
FROM
THE
SEAT
OF
THE
RIDING
MOWER.

32
A
30­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
HIS
RIDING
MOWER
IN
HIS
BACK
YARD,
NEAR
HIS
CHILDREN'S
SWING
SET
THAT
HAD
BEEN
CEMENTED
INTO
THE
33
A
68­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
DRIVING
HIS
LAWN/
GARDEN
TRACTOR,
AS
HE
TURNED
THE
CORNER
NEAR
HIS
FRONT
YARD,
THE
MOTOR
SPUTTERED
SEVERAL
TIMES.

34
A
40­
YEAR­
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
USING
THE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
A
FIELD
OF
PREVIOUSLY
CUT
DRY
GRASS
WHEN
THE
GRASS
COLLECTED
UNDERNEATH
THE
35
THE
VICTIM,
A­
76­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE,
DIED
AS
A
RESULT
OF
BURNS
SUSTAINED
DURING
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
ACCIDENT.
THE
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
WAS
ESTIMATED
AT
36
AN
ADULT
MALE
HOMEOWNER
DROVE
HIS
20.0
HP
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
OUT
OF
HIS
GARAGE,
LEFT
IT
IDLING
ON
THE
DRIVEWAY,
THEN
WENT
BACK
INTO
THE
37
THE
PLASTIC
ADAPTER
RING
ON
A
YEAR
OLD
GAS
CAN
SPOUT
CRACKED
WHILE
ATTACHED
TO
A
PORTABLE
PLASTIC
GAS
CONTAINER.
THE
CONSUMER
NOTICED
38
A
67
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
RIGHT
HAND
AND
FOREARM
WHEN
HE
TRIED
TO
EXTINGUISH
A
FIRE
CAUSED
BY
HIS
39
DUE
TO
A
GASOLINE
LEAK
FROM
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
TWO­
GALLON
PLASTIC
TANK,
FLAMES
ERUPTED
FROM
AROUND
THE
RIDING
MOWER'S
GASOLINE
TANK
40
ON
MAY
21,
2002,
A
68­
YEAR­
OLD
FEMALE
AND
HER
HUSBAND
SAW
FLAMES
ENGULFING
A
DETACHED
METAL
SHED
IN
THEIR
BACK
YARD.
THE
FIRE
STARTED
41
A
52­
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
NEW
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
WHEN
IT
RAN
OUT
OF
GASOLINE.
SHE
WENT
TO
HER
GARAGE
TO
OBTAIN
A
GAS
CAN
AND
42
A
5­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
RUNNING
UP
TOWARDS
HIS
FATHER
WHEN
HIS
FATHER
WAS
FINISHED
MOWING
THE
GRASS.
THE
FATHER
HAD
JUST
TURNED
THE
LAWN
43
THE
62
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
HIS
LEFT
LEG
AND
RIGHT
FOOT
AND
ANKLE
WHEN
FUMES
FROM
GASOLINE.
HE
WAS
PUTTING
INTO
A
44
A
MAN
AND
HIS
FOUR­
YEAR­
OLD
SON
WERE
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
UP
AN
INCLINE
WHEN
THE
BACK
RIGHT
WHEEL
BEGAN
TO
LOSE
TRACTION.
THE
45
A
67­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
HAD
JUST
FINISHED
MOWING
HIS
YARD
WITH
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
AND
PARKED
IT
IN
HIS
GARAGE
NEXT
TO
A
BOX
OF
CLOTHING.

46
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
CAUGHT
FIRE
AND
HAD
SIX
INCH
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
BENEATH
IT
WHEN
A
CONSUMER
HAD
BEEN
USING
THE
MOWER
FOR
ABOUT
ONE
47
THE
41
YEAR
OLD
CONSUMER
COMPLAINED
THAT
AFTER
THREE
YEARS
OF
USE,
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
HAS
BEGAN
TO
LEAK
GASOLINE
FROM
AROUND
THE
48
WHILE
THE
45­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINANT
WAS
MOWING
HIS
PROPERTY
WITH
HIS
LAWN
TRACTOR,
HE
NOTICED
BLUE
SMOKE
COMING
FROM
THE
MUFFLER
AREA
49
THE
2
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
RECEIVED
A
2ND
DEGREE
BURN
ON
HER
FEET
WHEN
SHE
SLIPPED
WHILE
TRYING
TO
CLIMB
ONTO
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.

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50
A
62
YEAR
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINED
ABOUT
A
RIDING
MOWER
HE
HAD
PURCHASED
APPROXIMATELY
18
MONTHS
BEFORE.
AFTER
USING
THE
MOWER
TWICE,
THE
GAS
51
THE
18
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHT
HAND
WHEN
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
ROLLED
ONTO
HIS
FOOT
AND
WHEN
HE
WENT
TO
LIFT
THE
52
A
THREE­
YEAR­
OLD
RIDING
LAWN
AND
GARDEN
TRACTOR
SLID
DOWN
AN
EMBANKMENT
AND
ROLLED
OVER
ONTO
A
20­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
OPERATOR
PINNING
53
AN
ADULT
MALE
WAS
OPERATING
A
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
ON
A
STEEP
DOWNWARD
SLOPE
AT
HIS
HOME.
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
CAUSING
IT
TO
STALL.
THE
54
A
RIDING
MOWER
BEING
USED
ON
A
TWO
ACRE
FIELD
IGNITED
THE
DRY
GRASS
AND
STARTED
A
FIRE
WHICH
SINGED
THE
RIGHT
LEG
OF
THE
32
YEAR
OLD
55
THE
47
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
WAS
DRIVING
HER
RIDING
MOWER
TO
AN
AREA
AT
HER
MOTHER'S
HOUSE
WHERE
SHE
PLANNED
ON
CUTTING
THE
GRASS.
THE
56
THE
10
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HER
RIGHT
UPPER
LEG
WHILE
TRYING
TO
MOVE
THE
RIDING
MOWER,
WHICH
HAD
TIPPED
57
A
49­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
A
STRONG
ODOR
OF
GASOLINE
WHEN
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
STORED
IN
HIS
GARAGE.
HE
THEN
NOTICED
THAT
GASOLINE
58
A
LAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
IDENTIFIED
AS
THE
CAUSE
OF
A
FIRE
THAT
DESTROYED
A
BARN
ON
A
SUBURBAN
RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
THE
OWNER
ALLOWED
THE
59
AN
ADULT
MALE
WAS
USING
HIS
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
FOR
APPROX.
ONE
HOUR
TO
MULCH
SOME
LEAVES
AROUND
HIS
RESIDENCE
WHEN
HE
NOTICED
SMOKE
AND
60
THE
57
YEAR
OLD
VICTIM
RECEIVED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HER
RIGHT
ARM
AND
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HER
RIGHT
KNEE,
TOES
AND
FACE.
SHE
DROVE
61
A
47
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
WAS
MOWING
HER
LAWN
ON
A
RIDING
LAWNMOWER
WHEN
THE
ENGINE
FAILED
CAUSING
IT
TO
EXPLODE.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
ABLE
TO
62
WHILE
A
52­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
WAS
USING
HIS
BRAND­
NEW
GARDEN
TRACTOR
FOR
THE
FIRST
TIME,
THE
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
THAT
WERE
RESTING
ON
TOP
OF
THE
63
THE
52­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
COMPLAINANT
SUSTAINED
MINOR
BURNS
TO
HIS
RIGHT
HAND
WHEN
HE
ATTEMPTED
TO
EXTINGUISH
THE
FLAMES
SHOOTING
FROM
HIS
64
AN
80­
YEAR­
OLD
ADULT
MALE
DIED
OF
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
90%
OF
HIS
BODY
AFTER
HIS
CLOTHING
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE
WHILE
HE
WAS
BURNING
LEAVES
IN
HIS
65
THE
GASOLINE
FUEL
IN
THE
TANK
OF
A
LAWN
MOWER
QUICKLY
POURED
OUT
THROUGH
A
PIN
SIZE
HOLE
IN
THE
PRIMER
BULB.
THE
OWNER
CONSIDERS
THE
66
THE
81
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
LACERATION
TO
HIS
LEFT
PALM,
ABOVE
HIS
THUMB
WHEN
THE
MOTOR
BACKFIRED
ON
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
&
JERKED
67
THE
COMPLAINANT'S
LAWN
TRACTOR'S
GAS
TANK
CRACKED
AT
THE
FUEL
LINE
ENTRANCE
INTO
THE
TANK,
LEAKING
TWO
GALLONS
OF
GASOLINE
ONTO
THE
68
THE
26
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
TREATED
FOR
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
HAND,
LEGS
AND
LEFT
ARM
WHEN
HE
TRIED
TO
POUR
GASOLINE
THAT
WAS
69
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
WHEN
A
ONE­
STORY
WOOD
FRAME
SINGLE
FAMILY
OCCUPANCY
DWELLING
CAUGHT
FIRE.
THE
CONSUMER
BELIEVES
THE
FIRE
WAS
70
THE
COMPLAINANT
WAS
MOWING
HIS
FRONT
YARD
WITH
A
WALK­
BEHIND
PUSH
LAWN
MOWER
WHEN
IT
SUDDENLY
ERUPTED
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
FIRE
WAS
71
THE
10
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
2ND
DEGREE
THERMAL
BURN
TO
HIS
INNER
LEFT
WRIST
WHEN
HE
ACCIDENTALLY
TOUCHED
THE
HOT
MUFFLER
ON
72
THE
46
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
A
BURN
TO
HER
RIGHT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
USING
A
NEIGHBOR'S
POWER
MOWER,
SHE
STOPPED
THE
MOWER
TO
73
THE
COMPLAINANT'S
LAWN
MOWER
CARBURETOR
LEAKED
FUEL
EVERY
TIME
THAT
HE
WOULD
PUT
FUEL
IN
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
FUEL
TANK.
COMPLAINANT
FEELS
74
A
FIRE
STARTED
ON
AN
ENCLOSED
PORCH
DUE
TO
A
LAWN
MOWER
STORED
NEXT
TO
A
HOT
WATER
HEATER.
THE
OCCUPANT
GOT
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
75
THE
11
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2
ND
DEGREE
BURN
TO
THE
PALM
OF
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN
TRYING
TO
RESTART
A
PUSH
MOWER
AT
HOME
AND
LOST
76
THE
12
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
AT
A
FRIEND'S
HOUSE
AND
THEY
WERE
TRYING
TO
START
THE
FRIEND'S
LAWN
MOWER.
AS
HE
WAS
PULLING
THE
77
THE
6
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
RIGHT
INDEX
FINGER
WHEN
HE
TOUCHED
THE
MUFFLER
ON
HIS
GRANDFATHER'S
LAWN
78
THE
4
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
A
BURN
TO
HIS
HAND
WHEN
HE
TOUCHED
A
HOT
LAWN
MOWER.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
BY
HIS
PARENTS
TO
THE
ER
79
THE
4
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
BURNT
HER
LEFT
ARM
WHEN
SHE
ATTEMPTED
TO
GO
UP
THE
STEPS
IN
HER
GARAGE
AND
LOST
HER
BALANCE
ON
THE
FIRST
80
THE
18
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
SECOND
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHILE
TRYING
TO
ADJUST
THE
CARBURETOR
ON
HIS
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
81
ON
JUNE
19,
2003
A
FLASH
FIRE
OCCURRED
IN
THE
BASEMENT
OF
A
SINGLE
STORY
HOME
NEAR
AN
ACTIVE
HOT
WATER
TANK.
THE
EXACT
CAUSE
OF
THE
82
THE
6
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
SLIGHTLY
BURNED
ON
HIS
FINGER
WHEN
HE
TOUCHED
A
HOT
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
LAWN
MOWER.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
BY
HIS
83
THE
27
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
DIAGNOSED
WITH
2
ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
THE
5
FINGER
TIPS
ON
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
ATTEMPTING
TO
LIFT
84
THE
8
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
WAS
WALKING
UP
THE
STEPS
OF
HIS
DECK.
HE
SLIPPED
AND
WHEN
HE
FELL
HIS
LEFT
HAND
CAME
DOWN
ON
THE
TOP
OF
THE
85
THE
20
YEAR
OLD
FEMALE
VICTIM
BURNED
HER
HAND
ON
THE
MUFFLER
OF
A
LAWN
MOWER.
SHE
WAS
DRIVEN
BY
HER
HUSBAND
TO
THE
ER
WHERE
SHE
WAS
86
A
56­
YEAR­
OLD
MALE
NOTICED
THAT
HIS
NEW
LAWNMOWER'S
GAS
TANK
WAS
LEAKING
GAS
IN
JUNE
OF
2001
AND
IT
WAS
REPLACED
BY
A
LOCAL
REPAIR
87
THE
11
YEAR
OLD
MALE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
1ST
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
THE
FINGERTIPS
OF
HIS
LEFT
HAND
WHEN,
WHILE
TRYING
TO
LIFT
A
WALK­
BEHIND
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VICTIM
UNDERNEATH
IT.
GASOLINE
FROM
THE
TRACTOR
APPARENTLY
SPILLED
ONTO
THE
VICTIM
AND
SET
HIM
A
FIREL.
THE
VICTIM
DIED
THE
NEXT
DAY
2
LAWN
TRACTOR
AND
RESULTING
IN
HIS
FACE
BEING
SINGED.
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
HAD
STOPPED
RUNNING
WHILE
ON
A
STEEP
INCLINE
APPROXIMATELY
4
3
THE
CARBURETOR
AFTER
HE
FINISHED
USING
IT.
HE
BECAME
CONCERNED
THAT
IT
COULD
BE
A
POTENTIAL
FIRE
HAZARD,
SO
HE
TOOK
IT
TO
REPAIR
SHOPS
4
HOLE
THROUGH
THE
ALUMINUM
FLOAT
BOWL
ON
THE
TECUSAH
CARBURETOR
RESULTING
IN
A
GAS
LEAK.
HE
IS
CONCERNED
THAT
HIS
HOUSE
COULD
HAVE
5
THE
VICTIM
SUSTAINING
THERMAL
BURNS
TO
14%
OF
HIS
BODY
SURFACE
AREA.
THE
VICTIM
EXPIRED
ON
THE
21ST
POST­
INCIDENT
DATE
FROM
COMPLICATIONS
6
TOUCHED
A
HOT
LAWN
MOWER
TO
BREAK
HER
FALL.
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

7
OF
ITS
PLASTIC
FUEL
TANK.
THE
GASOLINE
SMOKED
AND
BURNED
OFF
UPON
CONTACT
WITH
THE
METAL
ENGINE
CASING,
BUT
OTHERWISE
CAUSED
NO
8
GASOLINE,
IT
BACKFIRED
AND
FLAMED
UP
CAUSING
HIS
BURNS.
HE
WENT
TO
THE
ED
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
NO
F.
D.
INVOLVMENT.

9
WAS
POURING
GAS
INTO
THE
LAWN
MOWER.
SOME
SPASHED
ON
THE
SPARK
PLUG
IGNITING
IT
AND
A
FLASH
OF
FIRE
CAUGHT
HIS
PANTS
ON
FIRE
AT
HOME.

10
PLUG
HOLE
ON
A
LAWN
MOWER
WHEN
HE
WAS
TRYING
TO
GET
IT
STARTED
AT
HOME.
THE
VICITM
WENT
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
11
IGNITED.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
BY
AMBULANCE
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

12
GASOLINE.
(
HE
HAD
RUN
OUT
GAS
WHILE
MOWING;
THE
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
TURNED
OFF).
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
ED
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.
(
NO
F.
D.

13
THE
CONSUMER
CALLED
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
AND
OPENED
THE
GARAGE
DOOR
AND
DOSED
THE
FLAMES
WITH
A
NEARBY
GARDEN
HOSE.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
14
WITH
HIS
LEG.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
CLEAN
OUT
THE
SPARK
PLUG
FOR
HIS
SNAPPER
LAWN
MOWER
AND
WHEN
HE
BLEW
OUT
DUST,
GASOLINE
15
FIRE
OUT.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
TRANSFERRED
TO
A
BURN
CENTER.

16
ON
FIRE.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
ADMITTED
OVERNIGHT.

17
MOWING,
THE
COMPLAINANT
OBSERVED
SMOKE
COMING
FROM
THE
MOWER'S
BLADE
AREA.
HE
SPRAYED
WATER
FROM
A
GARDEN
HOSE
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.
NO
18
THAT
THE
FIRE
STARTED
WHEN
LEAVES
WERE
IGNITED
BY
THE
MUFFLER.
THE
INSURANCE
INVESTIGATOR
SUSPECTED
THAT
LEAKING
FUEL
MAY
HAVE
BEEN
19
IN
THE
REAR
UPPER
RIGHT
CORNER.
HE
CONTINUED
TO
USE
THE
FUEL
TANK
UNTIL
THE
REPLACEMENT
PART
ARRIVED,
BUT
HE
ONLY
FILLED
IT
HALFWAY.

20
TRACTOR,
LEFT
IT
RUNNING.
ABOUT
20
SECONDS
LATER
HE
HEARD
A
NOISE,
WENT
OUTSIDE,
AND
SAW
FLAMES
BURNING
UNDER
THE
GARDEN
TRACTOR.
THE
21
OFFICIALS
AND
THE
TANK
WAS
REPLACED.
NO
INJURIES
OR
FIRE
RESULTED
FROM
THE
LEAK.

22
OFFICIALS
AND
THE
TANK
WAS
REPLACED.
NO
INJURIES
OR
FIRE
RESULTED
FROM
THE
LEAK.

23
THE
GROUND
AND
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
TRAPPING
HER.
GASOLINE
LEAKED
AND
IGNITED
.
SHE
WAS
BURNED
BEYOND
RECOGNITION.

24
ALLEGEDLY
TURNED
OFF
AT
THE
TIME
THE
FIRE
ERUPTED.
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
WAS
TOTALLY
DESTROYED
IN
THE
FIRE
AND
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
OF
25
CARBURETOR
CAUSING
GASOLINE
TO
SPILL
ONTO
THE
MUFFLER.
DAMAGE
WAS
LIMITED
TO
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR.

26
HIS
RESIDENCE
TO
SHOWER.
SHORTLY
THEREAFTER
A
PASSERBY
KNOCKED
ON
HIS
DOOR
AND
INFORMED
HIM
THAT
HIS
GARAGE
WAS
ON
FIRE.
NO
ONE
WAS
27
THE
TRACTOR
AND
BAGGING
ATTACHMENT
TO
MOW,
MULCH
AND
BAG
THE
LEAVES
AND
GRASS.
THE
LEAVES
WERE
APPROXIMATELY
FOUR
INCHES
DEEP,
AND
THE
28
LAWN
MOWER,
HE
ACCIDENTALLY
TOUCHED
THE
EXHAUST
PIPE
ON
THE
MOWER.
THE
MOWER
WAS
IN
USE
EARLIER
AND
THE
PIPE
WAS
STILL
HOT,
CAUSING
THE
29
UNDER
THE
FRONT
END
OF
THE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
IT
IS
BELIEVED
THAT
SOME
OF
THE
BRUSH
AND
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
BECAME
TRAPPED
BETWEEN
THE
30
LAWN
MOWER
BURST
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
VICTIM
SUFFERED
2ND
&
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
ON
HIS
BACK,
ARMS
AND
LEGS.
HE
DIED
7
DAYS
LATER
FROM
THE
31
THE
OWNER
PUSHED
THE
MOWER
OUT
TO
THE
YARD.
USING
A
GARDEN
HOSE,
HE
EXTINGUISHED
THE
FLAMES.
THE
VINYL
SIDING
ON
THE
SIDE
OF
THE
32
GROUND.
THE
WHEELS
OF
THE
RIDING
MOWER
BECAME
ENTANGLED
ON
ONE
OF
THE
POLES
TO
THE
SWING
SET.
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
OVER,
CAUSING
THE
FUEL
33
SMOKE
BEGAN
TO
RISE
AROUND
THE
HOOD
OF
THE
TRACTOR
AND
WHEN
HE
LOOKED
DOWN
SAW
2'
FLAMES
COMING
OUT
FROM
AROUND
THE
HOOD
OF
TRACTOR
34
FRONT
OF
THE
MOWER
AND
STARTED
A
GRASS
FIRE.
THE
FRONT
OF
THE
MOWER
WAS
ALSO
ON
FIRE
UNTIL
HER
HUSBAND
WAS
ABLE
TO
BACK
THE
MOWER
AWAY
35
$
600.

36
GARAGE.
HE
HEARD
A
HISSING
SOUND
ABOUT
5
OR
10
MINUTES
LATER
AND
CAME
OUT
OF
THE
GARAGE
TO
FIND
FLAMES
AND
SMOKE
COMING
OUT
OF
THE
37
GASOLINE
SPILLING
OUT
AS
HE
WAS
FILLING
THE
GAS
TANK
OF
HIS
MOWER,
WHICH
HAD
JUST
RUN
OUT
OF
GAS.
THE
FUMES
FROM
THE
GASOLINE
CAME
IN
38
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
THE
LAWN
MOWER'S
ENGINE
IGNITED
AFTER
THE
VICTIM
STARTED
THE
MOWER
IN
HIS
GARAGE.
THE
FIRE
ULTIMATELY
SPREAD
ONTO
39
AND
MANIFOLD
AFTER
THE
COMPLAINANT
CRANKED
THE
MOWER.
THE
COMPLAINANT,
WHO
WAS
SITTING
ON
THE
RIDING
MOWER,
TURNED
THE
SWITCH
40
ON
OR
NEAR
A
GAS­
POWERED
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
AND
A
GAS­
POWERED
STRING
TRIMMER.
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
HAD
BEEN
PARKED
IN
THE
OPEN­
ENDED
41
REFILLED
THE
GAS
TANK
LOCATED
UNDER
THE
OPERATOR'S
SEAT.
AFTER
REFUELING
AND
REPLACING
THE
CAP,
SHE
STARTED
THE
IGNITION
AND
THE
42
TRACTOR
OFF
AND
ABOUT
FIVE
TO
TEN
SECONDS
LATER,
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
BACKFIRED.
IT
SHOT
OUT
A
SMALL
FLAME
THAT
SINGED
THE
LEG
OF
THE
43
TURNED­
OFF,
HOT
RIDING
MOWR
EXPLODED
AND
INGNITED.
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

44
MOWER
TURNED
COUNTER
CLOCKWISE
90
DEGREES,
TIPPED
OVER,
AND
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE.
THE
FOUR­
YEAR­
OLD
BOY
FELL
DOWN
THE
HILL
AND
THE
MOWER
45
THE
BOX
OF
CLOTHING
IGNITED
FROM
THE
HEAT
EMITTED
FROM
THE
HOT
ENGINE
OF
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR.
ALL
3
OCCUPANTS
OF
THE
HOME
ESCAPED
THE
46
HALF
HOUR.
THE
CONSUMER
RECEIVED
MINOR
THERMAL
BURNS
TO
BOTH
WRIST
AS
SHE
ATTEMPTED
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.
REPAIR
INSPECTION
INDICATED
47
AREA
OF
THE
CARBURETOR.
THE
CONSUMER
STATED
THAT
ALTHOUGH
NO
INJURIES
OR
DAMAGE
HAVE
OCCURRED,
HE
STILL
FEELS
THAT
THIS
PROBLEM
48
AND
HE
SMELLED
LEAVES
BURNING.
AFTER
ATTEMPTING
TO
REMOVE
THE
LEAVES,
HE
SAW
APPROXIMATELY
10"
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
TRACTOR'S
49
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
BY
AMBULANCE
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED
&
LATER
HAD
A
SKIN
GRAFT.

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50
TANK
RUPTURED
CAUSING
GAS
TO
SPEW
ON
THE
ENGINE
CRANKCASE.
ALTHOUGH
NO
FIRE
OCCURRED,
HE
BELIEVES
THE
PRODUCT
POSES
A
THREAT
OF
INJURY
51
TRACTOR
HIS
HAND
TOUCHED
THE
ENGINE.
HE
WENT
OT
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

52
HIS
LEG
UNDER
THE
TRACTOR.
GASOLINE
STARTED
LEAKING
OUT
OF
THE
TRACTOR
CAUSING
IT
TO
CATCH
ON
FIRE
AND
STARTING
THE
VICTIM'S
PANTS
53
VICTIM
TIPPED
THE
MOWER
TO
THE
UPRIGHT
POSITION,
STARTED
IT
UP
AND
THEN
THE
MOWER
IGNITED
INTO
FLAMES.
THE
VICTIM
GOT
OFF
AND
ROLLED
ON
54
FEMALE
OPERATOR.
NO
MEDICAL
ATTENTION
WAS
SOUGHT
BY
THE
VICTIM.
THE
RIDING
MOWER
WAS
LESS
THAN
THIRTY
DAYS
OLD
AND
HAS
NEVER
BEEN
55
BLADE
WAS
NOT
ENGAGED.
THE
VICTIM
THINKS
(
SHE
IS
NOT
SURE)
THE
MOWER
MAY
HAVE
SLIPPED
OUT
OF
GEAR
(
SHE
FEELS
IT
MAY
NOT
HAVE
BEEN
56
OVER
ON
HER
MOTHER,
OFF
OF
HER
MOTHER.
THEY
WERE
AT
HOME.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

57
SPILLED
FROM
THE
REAR
OF
THE
RIDING
LAWN
TRACTOR
WHILE
IN
USE.
HE
FOUND
THAT
GASOLINE
WAS
LEAKING
ALONG
A
SPLIT
IN
THE
BACK
RIGHT
SEAM
58
MOWER
TO
IDLE
UNATTENDED
WHILE
THE
ENGINE
WARMED
INSIDE
THE
BUILDING.
THE
OWNER
RETURNED
IN
APPROXIMATELY
FIVE
MINUTES
AND
59
FLAMES
COMING
FROM
THE
LEFT
SIDE
OF
THE
ENGINE
AREA.
THE
CONSUMER
TRIED
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE
WITH
WATER.
THE
INDIVIDUAL
CUT
HIS
HAND
60
TO
THE
ER
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

61
JUMP
OFF
OF
THE
MOWER
PRIOR
TO
THE
EXPLOSION
AND
SUFFERED
BURNS
ON
HER
ARMS
AND
CHEST.
SHE
DID
NOT
REQUIRE
MEDICAL
TREATMENT.

62
MOWER
DECK
CAUGHT
ON
FIRE.
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES
OR
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
INCURRED
DURING
THIS
INCIDENT.

63
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER.
IT
IS
BELIEVED
THE
FUEL
TANK
CRACKED
AND
LEAKED
GASOLINE
OVER
THE
ENGINE
AND
IGNITED.
THE
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
A
TOTAL
64
YARD.
ALL
OF
HIS
CLOTHING
INCLUDING
A
FLANNEL
SHIRT
AND
DENIM
BIB
OVERALLS
WERE
COMPLETELY
BURNED
DURING
THE
FIRE.
OFFICIALS
BELIEVE
65
HOLE
IN
THE
PRIMER
BULB
TO
BE
A
SAFETY/
FIRE
HAZARD,
ESPECIALLY
SINCE
THE
PRIMER
BULB
IS
JUST
ABOVE
THE
MUFFLER.

66
THE
HANDLE
INTO
HIS
HAND
AS
HE
WAS
TRYING
TO
START
HIS
LAWN
MOWER
AT
HOME.
THE
VICTIM
WENT
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&

67
GARAGE
FLOOR.
COMPLAINANT
FEELS
THE
FUEL
TANK
IS
A
FIRE
HAZARD.

68
SPILLING
OUT
OF
A
PUNCTURED
GAS
CAN
INTO
A
LAWN
MOWER
IN
A
TRAILER.
THE
EXHAUST
CAUGHT
FIRE.
HE
WENT
TO
THE
ED
BY
AMBULANCE,
WAS
69
CAUSED
BY
A
GAS­
POWERED
LAWN
MOWER.
THE
FIRE
MARSHALL'S
REPORT
STATES
THAT
THE
"
EXACT
CAUSE
REMAINS
UNKNOWN".

70
EXTINGUISHED
BY
THE
COMPLAINANT
AND
NO
INJURIES
WERE
SUSTAINED.
THE
COMPLAINANT
ALLEGES
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
THAT
HAD
ACCUMULATED
BETWEEN
THE
71
A
SELF­
PROPELLED
POWER
MOWER
WHILE
CLEANING
A
CLOG
FROM
THE
DISCHARGE
CHUTE.
THE
NEXT
DAY
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
72
MAKE
AN
ADJUSTMENT
AND
PUT
HER
HAND
ON
THE
MANIFOLD
(
WHICH
WAS
VERY
HOT).
SHE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
73
THAT
THE
CARBURETOR
IS
A
FIRE
HAZARD.

74
ANKLE
WHEN
HE
REMOVED
THE
LAWN
MOWER
FROM
THE
HOUSE.

75
HIS
BALANCE
AND
TOUCHED
THE
MUFFLER
WITH
HIS
HAND.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

76
ROPE
TO
START
THE
MOWER
FLAMES
"
FLARED­
UP"
FROM
THE
UNCOVERED
GAS
TANK
&
BURNT
THE
VICTIM'S
FACE
&
EYEBROWS.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
77
MOWER
WHILE
TRYING
TO
HELP
HIM
PUT
THE
MOWER
IN
THE
SHED
AT
HIS
GRANDFATHER'S
HOME.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
78
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

79
STEP.
THIS
CAUSED
HER
TO
FALL
BACKWARDS
ONTO
THE
STILL
HOT
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
MOWER
THAT
HER
MOTHER
USED
TO
CUT
THE
GRASS
AT
80
LAWN
MOWER.
HE
ACCIDENTALLY
HIT
THE
EXHAUST
AND
ENGINE
BLOCK
(
WHICH
WERE
VERY
HOT)
WITH
HIS
HAND.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
ER
BY
A
FRIEND
81
FIRE
IS
UNKNOWN.

82
MOTHER
TO
THE
ER
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

83
HIS
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
LAWN
MOWER
UP
A
STEP
AND
INTO
THE
GARAGE,
HE
PLACED
HIS
HAND
ON
THE
MOWER
MOTOR
WHICH
HAD
BEEN
OFF
FOR
ABOUT
20
84
WALK­
BEHIND
POWER
MOWER
THAT
WAS
JUST
USED
TO
CUT
THE
GRASS
AND
CONSEQUENTLY,
WAS
STILL
HOT.
THE
VICTIM
BURNT
HIS
LEFT
THUMB.
HE
WAS
85
TREATED
FOR
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
&
RELEASED.

86
SHOP.
ON
8­
20­
2003
THE
TANK
BEGAN
LEAKING
AGAIN.
A
LOCAL
REPAIR
SHOP
SERVICE
MANAGER
STATED
THAT
HE
HAD
REPLACED
140
PLASTIC
GAS
87
POWER
MOWER
UP,
HE
TOUCHED
THE
HOT
MOTOR.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

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1
IN
A
HOSPITAL
DUE
TO
THERMAL
INJURIES.

2
HOURS
PRIOR
TO
FIRE.
A
WOODEN
PATIO
DECK
AND
STORAGE
SHED
NEAR
THE
TRACTOR
SUSTAINED
MINOR
DAMAGE.
(
TOTAL
ESTIMATED
$
2,000)

3
ON
TWO
OCCASIONS.
THE
PROBLEM
CONTINUED,
UNTIL
HE
HAD
A
FUEL
SHUTOFF
VALVE
INSTALLED.
HE
CONTACTED
THE
MANUFACTURER
AND
WAS
TOLD
THAT
IT
4
EXPLODED
AND
ANOTHER
CONSUMER
COULD
HAVE
A
FIRE
AND/
OR
EXPLOSION.

5
DUE
TO
THERMAL
BURNS.
THE
MANNER
OF
DEATH
IS
CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL.

6
7
PROPERTY
DAMAGE,
FIRE
OR
INJURIES.

8
9
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

10
RELEASED.

11
12
INVOLVED).

13
ARRIVED
TEN
MINUTES
LATER.
NO
INJURIES
RESULTED
FROM
THE
INCIDENT.

14
SPILLED
OUT
ALSO.
HE
WAS
DRIVEN
TO
THE
E.
D.
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
THEN
TRANSFERRED
TO
A
SPECIALIZED
BURN
CENTER.

15
16
17
INJURY
INVOLVED.
REPAIR
MADE
TO
THE
MOWER
AND
REPAIRMAN
REPORTED
GRASS
CLIPPINGS
WERE
FOUND
IN
AREA
BETWEEN
MOWER'S
DECK
AND
PLASTIC
18
INVOLVED.

19
NO
ONE
WAS
INJURED,
BUT
THE
COMPLAINANT
THOUGHT
THAT
THE
LEAKING
GASOLINE
POSED
A
POTENTIAL
FIRE
HAZARD.

20
FLAMES
THEN
SPREAD
TO
A
NEARBY
WOOD
STORAGE
SHED.
THE
GARDEN
TRACTOR
AND
SHED
WERE
EXTENSIVELY
FIRE
DAMAGED.
THE
MAN
WAS
NOT
21
22
23
24
APPROXIMATELY
$
3495
WAS
LIMITED
TO
THE
TRACTOR
ITSELF.

25
26
INJURED.
THE
AMOUNT
OF
THE
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
IS
UNKNOWN
AT
THIS
TIME.
ENGINEERS
FOR
THE
INSURANCE
COMPANY
BELIEVE
THE
FIRE
27
TRACTOR'S
HOT
EXHAUST
SYSTEM
IGNITED
THE
LEAVES
IN
TWO
AREAS.
THE
FIRE
INVESTIGATOR
STATED
THAT
THE
MOWER'S
EXHAUST
SYSTEM
IS
28
BURN.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

29
MUFFLER
AND
ITS
HEAT
SHIELD
WHICH
ARE
LOCATED
UNDER
THE
FRONT
END
OF
THE
RIDING
LAWN
MOWER
AND
WERE
IGNITED
BY
THE
HEAT
OF
THE
MUFFLER.

30
INJURIES
HE
SUSTAINED
IN
THIS
INCIDENT.

31
GARAGE
SUSTAINED
DAMAGE.
THE
TOTAL
LOSS
WAS
ESTIMATED
AT
$
3500.
NO
INJURIES
OCCURRED.

32
FROM
THE
GAS
TANK
TO
LEAK
ONTO
THE
MOWER'S
HOT
ENGINE.
THE
FUEL
IGNITED,
BURNING
THE
VICTIM.
THE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
BURNS
TO
OVER
60%

33
AND
LEFT
REAR
CORNER
OF
THE
ENGINE
COMPARTMENT
AND
RISING
AROUND
HIS
LEFT
LEG.
HE
SHUT
THE
ENGINE
OFF
WITH
KEY
AND
GOT
OFF
THE
TRACTOR.

34
FROM
THE
BURNING
GRASS.
HER
HAIR
WAS
SLIGHTLY
SINGED
FROM
TRYING
TO
PUT
OUT
THE
FIRE.
SHE
DID
NOT
RECEIVE
ANY
MEDICAL
TREATMENT
AND
HAS
35
36
FRONT
LEFT
SIDE
OF
THE
MOWER.
THERE
WERE
NO
INJURIES.

37
CONTACT
WITH
THE
HOT
ENGINE
AND
CAUSED
A
FLASH
EXPLOSION
AND
SMALL
FLAMES.
THE
CONSUMER
GRABBED
A
NEARBY
HOSE
AND
EXTINGUISHED
THE
38
THE
GARAGE
AND
THE
VICTIMS
HOME,
CAUSING
EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY
LOSS.
THERE
WERE
NO
OTHER
INJURIES.

39
OFF
AND
EXTINGUISHED
THE
FLAMES
WITH
AN
FIRE
EXTINGUISHER
THAT
HE
WAS
CARRYING
IN
HIS
POCKET.
THERE
WAS
NO
INJURY
SUSTAINED.

40
METAL
SHED
IMMEDIATELY
AFTER
BEING
USED
TO
MOW
THE
YARD.
THE
STRING
TRIMMER
HAD
NOT
BEEN
USED
FOR
SEVERAL
WEEKS.
NO
ONE
WAS
INJURED.

41
MOTOR
BEGAN
RUNNING.
AT
THAT
POINT,
FLAMES
SHOT
OUT
THE
MOTOR
AREA,
DIRECTLY
UNDER
THE
OPERATOR'S
SEAT
AND
BURNED
THE
MOWER.
NO
INJURY
42
VICTIM
WITH
A
MINOR
BURN.
HE
WAS
TREATED
AT
HOME.

43
44
SLIDE
DOWN
NEXT
TO
HIM.
HE
WAS
BURNED
OVER
80%
OF
HIS
BODY.
HIS
FATHER
SUFFERED
BURNS
ON
HIS
LOWER
LEFT
LEG
AND
RIGHT
FOREARM.

45
FIRE
BUT
THREE
FIREMEN
WERE
OVERCOME
BY
SMOKE
INHALATION
WHILE
FIGHTING
THE
FIRE.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE
ON
THE
PROPERTY
AND
CONTENTS
WAS
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THAT
THE
CONSUMER
WAS
ATTEMPTING
TO
USE
THIS
LAWN
MOWER
TO
MULCH
HER
YARDS
A
FUNCTION
FOR
WHICH
THIS
LAWN
MOWER
WAS
NOT
INTENDED.

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PRESENTS
THE
RISK
FOR
A
POSSIBLE
FIRE.

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ENGINE.
THE
FIRE
SPREAD
TO
THE
TRACTOR'S
TRAILER
AND
TO
THE
SURROUNDING
AREA.
THE
FIRE
WAS
EVENTUALLY
CONTAINED
AND
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50
TO
USER.

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ON
FIRE.
THE
VICTIM
RECEIVED
2ND
AND
3RD
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
LOWER
LEFT
LEG
AS
WELL
AS
FIRST
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
HIS
FACE,
ARMS
AND
HANDS.

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THE
GROUND,
EXTINGUISHING
THE
FIRE.
OFFICIALS
SUSPECT
GASOLINE
MAY
HAVE
MADE
ITS
WAY
INTO
THE
ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM
AFTER
THE
MOWER
TIPPED
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REPAIRED
OR
MODIFIED.

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PUT
IN
GEAR
PROPERLY)
&
THE
MOWER
HIT
AGAINST
A
FENCE.
THE
VICTIM'S
LEG
HIT
THE
MUFFLER
&
BURNED
HER
LEG.
THE
NEXT
DAY
THE
VICTIM'S
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57
OF
THE
GAS
TANK.
HE
BELIEVED
THE
LEAKING
FUMES
AND
THE
SPILLED
GASOLINE
PRESENTED
A
FIRE
HAZARD.
NO
FIRE
WAS
REPORTED
AND
NO
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FOUND
THE
MOWER
BURNING.
FIRE
OFFICIALS
COULD
NOT
CONFIRM
THE
EXACT
CAUSE
BUT
THEY
SUSPECT
A
FUEL
LEAK
AS
A
POSSIBLE
CAUSE
OF
THE
FIRE.

59
WHILE
TIPPING
THE
TRACTOR
ON
ITS
SIDE
TO
SPRAY
WATER
UNDERNEATH
IT.
THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
RESPONDED
AND
FOUND
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR
SEVERALLY
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PROPERTY
DAMAGE
IS
ESTIMATED
AT
$
2,719.

62
63
LOSS.

64
HE
FELL
WHEN
HE
GOT
OFF
THE
RIDING
MOWER.

65
66
RELEASED.

67
68
TRANSFERRED
TO
ANOTHER
HOSPITAL
BUT
RELEASED.

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70
MOWER
DECK
AND
CYLINDER
HEAD
WAS
THE
SOURCE
OF
THE
FIRE.
THE
COMPLAINANT
DISCARDED
THE
BURNT
MOWER.

71
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

72
RELEASED.

73
74
75
76
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

77
WAS
TREATED
&
RELEASED.

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THEIR
HOUSE;
SHE
(
HER
MOTHER)
HAD
JUST
PUT
THE
MOWER
AWAY.
THE
VICTIM
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELAEASED.

80
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

81
82
83
MINUTES,
AND
BURNED
HIS
FINGERS.
HE
WAS
TAKEN
TO
THE
ED
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

84
TAKEN
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
HE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

85
86
TANKS
FROM
THIS
ENGINE
MANUFACTURER
FROM
JANUARY
2003
TO
SEPTEMBER
2003.
THERE
WAS
NO
FIRE
AND
NO
INJURY
TO
THE
COMPLAINANT.

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2
3
WAS
CAUSED
BY
IMPROPER
STORAGE
RESULTING
IN
DEPOSITS
IN
THE
CARBURETOR.

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5
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7
8
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10
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12
13
14
15
16
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COVER.
THE
DRY
GRASS
CLIPPING
ARE
BELIEVED
TO
HAVE
BEEN
MATERIAL
THAT
IGNITED.

18
19
20
INJURED.
HE
BELIEVES
THE
GARDEN
TRACTOR'S
FUEL
TANK
WAS
LEAKING
GASOLINE
WHEN
THE
FIRE
STARTED.
DAMAGE
WAS
APPROXIMATELY
$
50,000.

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22
23
24
25
26
ORIGINATED
WHEN
FUEL,
LEAKING
FROM
A
HOSE
CUT
BY
A
SUPPORT
BRACKET,
IGNITED.

27
APPROXIMATELY
1
INCH
FROM
THE
GROUND.

28
29
NO
DEATHS
OR
INJURIES
ARE
REPORTED.

30
31
32
OF
HIS
BODY.
THE
VICTIM
SUCCUMBED
TO
HIS
INJURIES
WITHIN
30
DAYS.

33
THE
ATTEMPT
TO
GET
OFF
RESULTED
IN
THE
VICTIM'S
LOWER
BACK
MUSCLES
BEING
PULLED
OR
STRAINED.

34
RECOVERED.

35
36
37
FLAMES.
THE
MOWER
WAS
NOT
DAMAGED
AND
NO
INJURIES
OCCURRED.

38
39
40
TOTAL
DAMAGES
TO
THE
LAWN
TRACTOR,
STRING
TRIMMER,
AND
SHED
AMOUNTTO
$
2,814.10.

41
OCCURRED.

42
43
44
45
$
170,000.

46
47
48
EXTINGUISHED.
THE
COMPLAINANT
SUSTAINED
A
MINOR
BURN
TO
HIS
RIGHT
ARM
FROM
THE
EXHAUST.

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52
THE
VICTIM
REQUIRED
SURGERY
AND
WAS
HOSPITALIZED
FOR
THREE
WEEKS.

53
OVER
AND
IGNITED
WHEN
THE
VICTIM
TURNED
ON
THE
IGNITION.
THE
VICTIM
SUSTAINED
2ND
DEGREE
BURNS
TO
60%
OF
HIS
BODY.

54
55
MOTHER
TOOK
HER
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
WHERE
SHE
WAS
TREATED
AND
RELEASED.

56
57
INJURIES
OCCURRED
AS
A
RESULT
OF
THIS
INCIDENT.

58
THE
FIRE
CAUSED
$
12,000
DAMAGE.
NO
INJURIES
WERE
REPORTED.

59
DAMAGED.

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