Accidents - Leaf blowers - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,184
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	65
16-25 years old:	182
26-50 years old:	393
50+ years old:	527

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	248	Finger:	220
Shoulder:	167	Knee:	98
Hand:	83	Upper Trunk:	68
Neck:	68	Wrist:	66
Elbow:	59	Lower Trunk:	46
Upper Leg:	41	Ankle:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Leaf blowers
RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER TO BLOW LEAVES AND SOM ETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
71 YO - DX: CERVICAL STRAIN - USED LEAF BLOWER FOR 4 HOURS YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FELL OVER LEAFBLOWER IN CARPORT LANDED ON CONCRETE FLOOR RT PATELLAR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
FELL OVER LEAF BLOWER @ HOME DX R ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 39 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
USING LEAF BLOWER AND DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN SPRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
27 YOM CONTUSION HAND WHILE PULL STARTING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2005	Age: 43 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: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
43 YO USING LEAF BLOWER INJURED BACK BACK PAIN(LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
INJURED 2 FINGERS WITH A LEAF BLOWER DX: R INDEX & 3RD FINGER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
LEFT PELVIC FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER A LEAF BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
SLIPPED ON ACORNS WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER, FELL ON LEAF BLOWER, DX; CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
FELL OVER LEAF BLOWER AT HOME EARLIER . SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Leaf blowers
BURNT HAND ON HOT LEAF BLOWER MUFFLER " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT. SLIPPED WHILE OUTSIDE BLOWING LEAVES, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO L HIP/T HIGH. DX. CONTS L HIP/THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2005	Age: 40 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
USING A LEAF BLOWER CORNEAL ABRASION FROM DEBRIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT AT HOME USING LEAF BLOWER FB EYE DX CONTUSION ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Leaf blowers
TRIPPED AT HOME WHILE BLOWING LEAVES LT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 44 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
USING BLOWER TO CLEAN AWAY METAL FRAGMENTS DX: FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 17 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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
LEFT SHOULDER SPRAIN.PT SWUNG A GAS POWERED BLOWER ON SHOULDER AND HAD PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 51 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 INJURED PULLING START ROPE ON LEAF BLOWER; ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 76 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: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
CRUSHED FINGER ON LEAF BLOWER OPEN FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
CUT FINGER ON LEAF BLOWER DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 6 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
SOMETHING IN EYE, USED A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers, House repair or construction materials
PT ON HIS ROOF WITH A LEAF BLOWER SLIPPED ON THE INCLINE AND FELT A PUL L IN LOPWER BACK STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 31 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
PT USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME GOT SOME DIRT UP IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BOD Y EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
PT USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME ON 1-11 AND TWISTED WRONG CONTINUED PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE STRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
HURT WRIST PULLING ON CORD OF LEAF BLOWER DX CONTUSION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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