Accidents - Leaf blowers - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,901
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	76
6-15 years old:	118
16-25 years old:	188
26-50 years old:	572
50+ years old:	945

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	395	Eyeball:	327
Lower Trunk:	241	Hand:	172
Face:	150	Wrist:	140
Head:	112	All Of Body:	106
Upper Trunk:	86	Toe:	69
Elbow:	37	Lower Leg:	30
Shoulder:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 19 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: Amputation
Product: Leaf blowers
19YOM CLEANING OUT A LEAF BLOWER WITH THE FAN GOING AND SUSTAINED AN AM PUTATION TO TIP OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
DX LAC OF SCALP W SIMPLE REPAIR/TETANUS IMM: 14YOF: HOLD'G DOWN LEAF BLOWER, GOT HIT IN HEAD W "PULL CORD" SM LAC TO BACK OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
INJURED FINGER ON A LEAF BLOWER. DX. FINGER FX. AND LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 50 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: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
WAS BLOWING THE LEAVES IN THE YARD WHEN SUDDENLY DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNES S THE COLLAPSED&FELL>>SZ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Leaf blowers
EYE FB-62 Y/O F-DEBRIS FROM LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
FINGER LAC-40 Y/O M-TRYING TO REMOVE A STICK FROM NON RUNNING LEAF BLOW ER-GOT CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT FELL YEST WHILE BLOWING LEAVES, NOW HAS PERSISTENT L HIP PAIN. DX. HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 30 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: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
WAD DOING HEAVY YARDWORK TODAY USING LARGE MACHINARY THEN LEAF BLOWER&L ATE DEVELPED SHAKNESSS IN ARMA&LEGS>>FATIGUE/TREMORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 34 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 STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
LEFT CALF STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers, Ladders
CALCANEUS FX-68 Y/O M-FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER ON T HE ROOF-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 55 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 HAD SHOULDER PX WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER. DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 58 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
RIGHT EYE FB. PT WAS BLOWING LEAVES AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER AND FACE GOT TOO CLOSE AND INHALED GAS FUMES AND STARTED COUGHING AT HOME DX: CHEMICAL INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
MULT. CONT'S S/P FALL:POSS OCCULT FX SCAPHOID R WRIST;WORKING IN YARD, BLOWING LEAVES,LOST BAL.FELL FORWARD,SWELLING HAND,R WRIST TENDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers, Swimming pools
FELL,BLOWING LEAVES FROM AROUND POOL HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
56YOF WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER LOST BALANCE FELL USED LT HAND TO BRACE SELF INJURED WRIST;WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
RIGHT HAND STR . PT STRAINED HAND WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers, Other unpowered garden tools
ABDOMINAL WALL CONT: STATES HIT LOWER ABD WALL WITH A BLOWER WHILE RAKING LEAVES, C/O PAIN AROUND STOMACH FROM COLOSTOMY, CONCERN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Leaf blowers
PT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN LEAF BLOWER. DX FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
HELPING MOM W/LEAF BLOWING & CUT HAND ON THE EXPOSED FAN-COVER CAME OFF DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS R HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN LEAF BLOWER WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER, NOW W/ABRASION TO FINGER; ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2009	Age: 36 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
36 YR OLD USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX// FB RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
ACCIDETNLY HIT TO FOREHEAD BY A LEAF BLOWER, @ HOME HAS A SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT EYEBROW AREA. DX RIGHT EYEBROW LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Leaf blowers
WAS BLOWING LEAVES AND FACE BECAME SWOLLEN ALLERGIC REACTION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
84YMC USING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER KNOCKED HIM OFF BALANCE FELL HITTING RIBS/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 51 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
51YOM USING A LEAF BLOWER TO GET DEBRIS OFF DRIVEWAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 80 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
ACC CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF MEATL ON THE LEAF BLOWER, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2009	Age: 62 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
PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME, SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WORKING WITH LEAF BLOWER WHEN INDEX FINGER WAS HIT BY PART OF LEAF B LOWER MOTOR. DX: FINGER LACERATION AND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
C/O SUDDEN ONSET ONSET OF LT HAND NUMBNESS WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER&THEN DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS>>HAND NUMBNESS/NEAR-SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS WORKING ON ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER AND CUT FINGER ON BLADE DX: LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Leaf blowers
49YO HISP MALE AT HOME USED HEAVY BLOWER OVER WEEKEND,C/O THIGH PAIN SHOULDER PAIN,HEADACHE,DX R SHOULDER PX-ARTHRITIS,R BACK PX-SCIATICA,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
CUT TIP OF TWO FINGERS ON PLASTIC COOLING FAN OF A LEAF BLOWER, DX LAC OF FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
SPIDER BITE (BLACK WIDOW CONFIRMED) - WAS BLOWING LEAVES FROM CARPORT, FELT A STING ON RIGHT FIFTH TOE, DISCOVERED BLACK WIDOW SPIDER BENEATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 11 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
CUT FINGER ON AN ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER WHEN FINGER WENT INSIDE AND CUT IT ON FAN DX- LAC TO L 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 83 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
WAS OUTSIDE USING THE LEAF BLOWER, TRIPPED&FELL FROM STANDING, C/O LBP >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 78 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
PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP LEAF BLOWER FRACTURE HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT REPORTS SHE FELL AN HR AGO WHILE BLOWING LEAVES OFF HER DRIVE AND LO ST HER FOOTING & FELL ON L ARM AND L HIP. DX. CONTS L ELBOW, HIP, SHOU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 51 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
51 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN FEELS SOMETHING IS IN IT LEAF BLOWING AT HOME TODAY RUBBED EYE LOTS, NO FOREIGN BODY FOUND. DX-ABRASION EYEBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FX LEG- FELL USING LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS AT HOME CLEANING THE GARAGE, STOOD UP HITTING A LEAF BLOWER CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
42 Y/O GOT SAW DUST IN EYE CAUSED BY A LEAF BLOWER. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WITH EYE PAIN AFTER USING A LEAF BLOWER. D:SUPERFICIAL PUNCTATE KERA TITIS, EYE IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS AT HOME, TRIPPED OVER A LEAF BLOWER CAUSNG A LT WRIST SPRAIN LT HAND HEMATOMA AND LWR BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 75 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 LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
PT USING A LEAF BLOWER BACK HOME IN *** AND SINCE THEN HAVING PAI N IN LOWER BACK BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Leaf blowers
TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME WHILE BLOWING LEAVES CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
CHEST PAIN STARTING LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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