Accidents - Leaf blowers - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,352
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	57
Year 1999:	250
Year 2000:	52
Year 2001:	160
Year 2002:	61
Year 2003:	49
Year 2004:	169
Year 2005:	158
Year 2006:	134
Year 2007:	106
Year 2008:	74
Year 2009:	78

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

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: 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: 09/18/2008	Age: 48 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 USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND GOT SOME DEBRIS IN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 39 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 BLOWER AT HOME ON DRIVEWAY AND GOT FB IN EYE DX// FB RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

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: 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: 06/02/2006	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: 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: 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: 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: 11/13/2004	Age: 36 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
WAS BLOWING LEAVES TODAY, RT EYE RED. ACUTE RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 39 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 SPENT THE WHOLE DAY BLOWING LEAVES&DUST, WENT INSIDE, TOOK OFF THE C ONTACT LENSES, FB SENSATION SINCE THEN, SUSTAINED" RT CORNEAL ABRASION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Leaf blowers, Lawn mowers
FOREIGN BODY RT EYE-C/O PAIN AND REDNESS TO RT EAR AFTER USING A BLOWER TO CLEAN UP AFTER MOWING LAWN. THINKS SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
CORNEAL ABRASION - 32 YOM C/O LEFT EYE PAIN S/P FOREIGN BODY SUSTAINED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	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
ABRASION TO EYE FROM FB WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 48 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 EYE FB-OPERATING LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME
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: 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: 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: 08/02/2001	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: Foreign Body
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2001	Age: 36 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2001	Age: 45 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, Televisions
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2000	Age: 47 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, Gasoline
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2000	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2000	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/1999	Age: 29 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/1999	Age: 29 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/1999	Age: 35 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/1999	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/1998	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/1998	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: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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