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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 579
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2006 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT DOING YARD WORK,USED LEAF BLOWER,POSS SOMETHING BLOWN INTO EYE C/O REDNESS,FOREIGN BODY SENSATION R EYE,DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2006 | Age: 36 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 |
| RIGHT KNEE STR PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER AND TWISTED KNEE WRONG |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY STUCK LT FINGER IN LEAF BLOWER. C/O SEVERE PAIN TO LT L ONG FINGER-XRAY TAKEN 1.5 CM LAC TO FINGER. DX- FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT BURNED LT RING FINGER ON LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2006 | Age: 36 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 |
| BACK STRAIN-SUS INJ WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON FANS IN LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | 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 HAD A LEAF BLOWER BACK PACK ON AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT WAS USING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER AND WAS STATNDING IN WATER WHEN HE WA S SHOCKED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 40 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION TO EYE WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER. D: METALL IC FOREIGN BODY WITH RUST RING, EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| RT THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN: PULL STARTING A LEAF BLOWER AND DEVELOPED PAIN RT LOWER THORACIC AND UPPER LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CAUGHT HAND IN LEAF BLOWER DX: L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 47 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 |
| PATIENT CUT BY LAWN BLOWER MOTOR AT HOME DX: LACERATION LT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYEBALL, PT GOT DEBRIS WHEN SOMEONE BLOWING LEAVES IN THE PARK, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PHOTOPHOBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2006 | Age: 45 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 |
| 45 YO USING LEAF BLOWER INJURED BACK BACK PAIN(LOW BACK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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