Accidents - Sprayers - 26-50 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,507
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	423	Eyeball:	345
Finger:	180	Upper Leg:	128
Lower Trunk:	94	Foot:	85
Head:	69	Ankle:	58
Upper Trunk:	52	Knee:	17
Face:	16	Toe:	16
Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS LIFTING A PRESSURE WASHER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK STRA INED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
LEFT HAND CELL. PT HIT HIS HAND WITH A POWER BLAST FROM A 300 PSI POWE R WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT. WAS WASHING W/PRESSURE WASHER, FELT SOMETHING IN EYE THIS AM. DX L EYE CORNEAL ABRA, FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT INJURIED BACK WHILE MOVING A WASHER MACHINE, SUSTAIEND '' LUMBAR MS STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
LUMBAR STRAIN - 42 YOF REINJURED HER LOWER BACK WHILE POWER WASHING A F RIEND'S HOME YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	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: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING ROOF AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE. DX: L EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers, Hot water
BURNT ON HOT WATER IN PRESSURE WASHER - SECOND DEGREE BURN - RIGHT ANKL E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LACERATION FINGER - 35 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT PINKY FIN GER WHILE USING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS THIGH FROM THE SPRAY OF A POWER WASHER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 36 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: Sprayers, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT WAS USING POWER WASHER, WHEN WAS STRUCK WITH COUPLES OF HIGH PRESSUR E HOSES, SUSTAINED" LT HADN ABRASION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
TRAUMA LT.FOOT.PT.REFERS WHILE USING THE WATER PRESSURE MACHINE,FELL DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED HIS LEG. DX-ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT FELL ON GROUND LANDING ON HANDLE OF SPRAY WASHER RIGHT INTO RIB AREA C/O PAIN RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	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: Sprayers
PT PRESSURE WASHED HOUSE YESTERDAY. DX: LUMBAR/DORSAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE W/O SAFETY GOGGLES. DX: BILAT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNTIVITIS/PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAY AND WAS HIT BY GRAVEL. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT USING POWER WASHER 2 DAYS AGO, DROPPED ONTO RT FOOT. CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
43 Y/O W/M GOT FOREIGN BODY INTO EYE WHEN USING PRESSURE WASHER AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Chemicals
PT PRESSURE WASHING UNCLES HOUSE, BENT OVER TO WASH HANDS WITH WATER IN BOTTLE THAT WAS REALLY CONCENTRATED CHEMICAL, CHEMICAL BURN HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
TRIPPED WHILE USING PRESSURE WASHER DX. KNEE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS WASHING HIS CAR WITH A PRESSURE WASHER AND HURT HIS FINGER/ PUNC TURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
2ND DEGREE BURN TO R THIGH FROM POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	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: Sprayers
LUMBAR STRAIN - 46 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A PRESSURE WAS HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT INDEX FINGER FROM PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT BURNED LT PALM ON POWER SPRAYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
41 YO M INJURED FINGER ON WATER PRESSURE PUNCTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Air conditioners
PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE, SLIPPED LANDING ON AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHICH T HEN SLID OFF AND HIT SIDING. DX. LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
WAS CORN BLASTING-TYPE OF POWER WASHING AND CORN FLEW IN EYE. DX: CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
PT HAD SPRAYED FOR ANTS EARLIER IN THE DAY AND NOW HAS RIGHT EYE. PAIN - TRAUMATIC CONJUNCTIVITIS - POSS. OPHTHALMIC ULCER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
CONTUSION HAND - 37 YOM WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND PULLED BACK ON HANDLE AND IT SNAPPED BACK ON HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
45 Y.O. W MALE W/TOE CONTUSION. PT HIT TOE W/A PRESSURE WASHER @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT HAND ON PRESSURE WASHER; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers
BURN TO HAND FROM PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
36 YO MALE HURT FINGER WHILE USING POWER WASHER AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
DX GLOBE RUPTURE: PT HIT IN EYES WITH 24 PSI PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS HOUSE WHEN HE DISLODGED A BEES NEST WAS CHA SED AND TO GET AWAY TRIPPED OVER PRESSURE WASHER STRIKING HEAD IOI HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
39YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND-ACCIDENTLY HIT TRIGGER ON POWER WASHER-J ET STREAM WATER HIT HAND-ACTIVE BLEEDING FROM WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
36 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FB TO FACE. PT GOT SPRAYED W/ROACH SPRAY ACCIDENTLY @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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