Accidents - Leaf blowers - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 924
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 2000:	5
Year 2001:	23
Year 2002:	205
Year 2003:	28
Year 2004:	102
Year 2005:	65
Year 2007:	95
Year 2008:	167
Year 2009:	118
Year 2010:	105

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	271	Finger:	234
Elbow:	148	Head:	83
Lower Trunk:	76	All Of Body:	75
Wrist:	16	Hand:	6
Lower Leg:	6	Shoulder:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Leaf blowers
11 YOM AMPUTATED FINGER WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
14YOM CLEANING UP LEAVES IN YARD W/ LEAF BLOWER YEST. HOLDING IT ON R S HOULDER. PAIN IN SHOULDER SINCE. DX R SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2010	Age: 15 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: Leaf blowers
15 YOM INJURED LOW BACK USING LEAF BLOWER. DX-ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
10YOM; PT CUT LEG WHEN HE BACKED INTO A LEAF BLOWER. D: RIGHT LEG LAC ERATION
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: 11/10/2009	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: 11/01/2009	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: 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: 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: 11/04/2008	Age: 14 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 WAS USING LEAF BLOWER AT HOME & DIRT FLEW INTO EYE DX: CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
15 YO MALE FELT POP WHEN PULL STARTING LEAF BLOWER RIGHT ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
14 YOM WAS USING THE LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND ACCIDENTALLY PLACED LEFT H AND INTO THE BLOWER'S FAN SUSTAINING LACERATIONS TO RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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 RUNNING LEAF BLOWER, FELT SOMETHING IN EYE, RECIEVED CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
INJURED 2 FINGERS WITH A LEAF BLOWER DX: R INDEX & 3RD FINGER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 6 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
SOMETHING IN EYE, USED A LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 15 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Leaf blowers
FINGER TIPS BURNED-USING A LEAF BLOWER-BURNED ON THE MOTOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT STUCK HIS LEFT SECOND FINGER IN A "LAWN BLOWER" PAST THE PROTECTIVE SECTION OF THE BLADE SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PLAYING LEAF BLOWER FELLAND SCRAPED HAND DX CONTU FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 6 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
6 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT'S MOM WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER @ H OME & SOME DEBRIS GOT IN PT'S EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FRACTURED HAND WHEN FELL WITH LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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
LEAF BLOWER BLEW DEBRIS IN EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
WHILE USING BLOWER ON LEAVES, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
ACUTE CONTUC R ELBOW, HIT ON CAR WHILE PULL STARTING A LEAF BLOWER.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
HIT IN HEAD WITH A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER 1 HOUR PTA. HANGING ON HOOKA ND FELL 5 FEET ONTO HEAD. DX. SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2001	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		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: 03/14/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/1997	Age: 6 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: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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