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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 191
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| WHILE USING BLOWER ON LEAVES, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| LT CORNEAL FB-USING LEAF BLOWER- AT HOME-FB BLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| WORKING OUTSIDE WITH A LEAF BLOWER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS EYE.DX FOR EIGN BODY SENSATION TO LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| BLOWING LAWN AREA W/DIRT BLOWER GOT DUST IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY TOE YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 42 YO M HIT IN EYE W/CORD FROM LEAF BLOWER CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PATIENT HAS CONTINUED EYE PAIN SINCE USING LEAF BLOWER SEVERAL DAYS AGO. D: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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