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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,427
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 34 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: Leaf blowers |
| LOWER BACK PAIN ONSET TODAY WHILE BLOWING LEAVES AND EARLIER IN WEEK WH ILE CLEANING UP DOWNED TREES. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN, LOW BACK PA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT USING A POWER LEAF BLOWER AT HOME STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 45 YO M LACERATION TO R THUMB WITH LEAF BLOWER. DX OPEN JOINT L DISTAL THUMB, DISTAL PHALANX FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 11/24/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| BACK SPASMS STARTED YESTERDAY WHILE BLOWING LEAVES. DX. ACUTE LUMBAR ST RAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN A LEAF BLOWER DX: R RING FINGER TIP AMPUTATION / FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers, Wire |
| PATIENT FELL ONTO LEAF BLOWER HANDLE AFTER TRIPPING ON WIRES AT HOME. D: ABDOMINAL WALL CONTUSION, POSSIBLE HEPATIC MASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers, Golf carts |
| PT SMASHED LT THUMB B/W FRAME OF GOLF CART AND DOOR OF A LEAF BLOWER MA CHINE, FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 57 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 57-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS LOWER BACK AS A RESULT OF FALLING W HILE BLOWING LEAFS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 73 YOMC BLOWING LEAVES WITH LEAF BLOWER, SAFETY GUARD FELL OFF UNNOTICE D, CAUGHT FINGER INLEAFBLOWER/LAC LT 4TH FINGERTIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A USING A LEAF BLOWER AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CUT FINGER ON MOTOR OF LEAF BLOWER. ACUTE TUFT OPEN FX/LAC RT RING FING ER |
| 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: 10/12/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| RT HAND LAC-CUT ON BLADE OF LEAF BLOWER-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER HER HAIR GOT CAUGHT IN THE LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 50 YO BF - ACUTE L LUMBAR BACK STRAIN - AFTER BLOWING LEAVES THIS MORNI NG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 74-YOF FRACTURED HER WRIST AS A RESULT OF FALLING WHILE USING A LEAF B LOWER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 83 Y.O. B MALE W/CHI. PT FELL IN HIS YARD WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER @ H OME. PT ADM. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| ABRASION SCALP - LOST BALANCE WHEN PICKING UP CORD OF LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 70 YO M USING LEAF BLOWER DEVELOPED MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN ,MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PATIENT HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EAR SINCE LEANING OUT CARPORT WITH LEAF BLOWER 2 DAYS AGO. D: FOREIGN BODY, EAR; OTITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| ACUTE CONTUC R ELBOW, HIT ON CAR WHILE PULL STARTING A LEAF BLOWER.! |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 0LAC FINGER TIP ON BLADE OF LEAF BLOWER |
| 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: 06/08/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER 1 HOUR PTA. HANGING ON HOOKA ND FELL 5 FEET ONTO HEAD. DX. SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| HIT WRIST ON BLOWER; HEMATOMA WRIST |
| 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: 04/10/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| LT HAND BURNS-AT HOME-TOUCHED HOT METAL PART ON GARDEN TOOL(GAS BLOWER) |
| 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 |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER IN BLOWER MOTOR WHILE AT HOME. D: LACERATION TO RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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