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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 106
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 49 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, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 49 YOM WAS BLOWING LEAVES AND STRUCK ON RIGHT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 49 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 |
| WK IN THE BACKYARD, BLOWING LEAVES, GOT ?STH INTO EYE >> FBR/EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| R EYE RED AFTER BLOWING LEAVES - DID NOT WEAR EYE PROTECTION. DX. CORN EAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 27 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 |
| DOING YARD WK, USING BLOWER, DURING WHICH DEV EYE FBS >> FBR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2007 | Age: 38 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 |
| C/O PT STATES WAS USING LEAF BLOWER AND TRASH BLEW IN EYE DX F.O.B IN RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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