Accidents - Sprayers - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,332
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	28
6-15 years old:	152
16-25 years old:	679
26-50 years old:	1,507
50+ years old:	964

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	641	Eyeball:	590
Finger:	370	Foot:	297
All Of Body:	279	Lower Trunk:	227
Upper Leg:	214	Face:	168
Upper Trunk:	111	Ankle:	106
Toe:	103	Head:	69
Upper Arm:	69	Lower Leg:	32
Knee:	17	Wrist:	16
Shoulder:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT HIT L FINGER W/ POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 11/26/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING A ROOF WHEN HE FELL FRACTURED RIGHT HIP AND FOO T
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 10/24/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
WAS BENDING OVER USING SPRAYER TO KILL ANTS AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT FINGER ON A PRESSURE WASHER, SUSTIANED " LT 2ND FINGER LACERATION"
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: 10/22/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC RT HAND X3 (2CM) ON POWER WASHER TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 25 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
PT DROPPED PRESSURE WASHER ONTO LT FOOT AT HOME, CONTUSION TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 25 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 ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED HOT MUFFLER ON POWER WASHER WITH RT HAND 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT USED SPRAYER TO SPRAY PESTICIDES AND DEVELOPED LABORED BREATHIN G. ANOXIA D/T TOXIC CHEMICAL
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: 10/04/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers, Ladders
PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE, FELL 15' OFF LADDER TO GRASS DX 2ND RIB FX, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 09/12/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PAIN AFTER PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE DX. SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
FELL ON PRESSURE WASHER DX. THIGH CONT
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: 08/25/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
18 YOF WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER WHILE CLEANING THE DECK; THE PRESSUR E WASHER STRUCK HER ON FOOT. CONTUSION OF LEFT FOOT.
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: 08/16/2004	Age: 23 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 LIFTED PRESSURE WASHER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
66 YO MALE WAS POWER WASHING BULKHEAD IN HEAT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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: 07/31/2004	Age: 52 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 LIFTING HEAVY PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME, STRAINED LOWER BACK
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: 07/16/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LACERATION TO THE LEFT FOOT AFTER PATIENT WAS PRESSURE WASHING AND GOT FOOT
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: 06/29/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT LAC LT HAND WHILE USING PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sprayers
65 YOM WAS SPRAYING PESTICIDE AT HOME; WIND BLEW SPRAY BACK IN FACE AND PT. WAS EXPOSED. POISONING D/T PESTICIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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: 06/08/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE WHEN USING GAS PRESSUR E WASHER IN A BASEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR USING A GAS PRESSURE WASHING IN A BASEMENT - CARBO N MONOXIDE EXPOSURE
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: 05/30/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT PLAYING WITH PLASTIC WAND OF POWER WASHER AT HOME, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WAND; EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 53 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
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME WHEN HE BANGED HIS RIGHT SHIN AGAINS T IT CONTUSION LOWER LEG
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: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
18 YOWM STATES HE WAS CUT WITH WATER FROM A POWER WASHER
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: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS CUT WHILE SHUTTING OFF POWER WASHER. DX: L HAND LAC .5 CM.
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: 05/18/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT HIT WITH A HIGH POWER PRESSURE HOSE. DX: DEEP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Sprayers
HIT FINGER WITH PRESSURE WASHER AT CAR WASH DX. FINGER AMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE AND SLIPPED/FELL TWISTING ANKLE. DX. SPRAIN R A NKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT SPRAYED "VERY SEXY" FOR HER PERFUME IN EYE AT HOME, FLUSHED WIT H WATER; CHEMICAL IRRITATION/EXPOSURE
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: 05/12/2004	Age: 61 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Sprayers, Soaps
61YOM-CHEMICAL BURN B/L EYE-USING POWER WASHER-CONCENTRATE SPLASHED IN EYES-FLUSHED WITH WATER PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
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: 05/11/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
CHILD AT CAR WASH WITH DAD WHEN HIT ON FACE WITH PRESSURE WATER SPRAYER . D: FACE ABRASION.
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: 05/09/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE, -GOGGLES F B EYE
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: 05/01/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 57 YOM PRESENTS WITH A FOREHEAD LACERATION, WAS T RYING TO USE PRESSURE WASHER, STRUCK BY THE HANDLE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
SMALL P.W. L UPPER ARM/12YOM AT HOME SUSTAINED P.W. L AXILLA BY PRESSUR E WASHER NOZZLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN CAR WASH WASHING CAR WITH A GAS POWERED PRESSURE WASHER IN AND ENCLOSED AREA..CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
INJURY PAIN TO R EYE, POKED EYE W/FINGER OR HANDLE OF POWER WASHER. D X. R ACUTE EYE PAIN, R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 03/24/2004	Age: 20 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: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
WOUND LT.FOOT.PT.REFERS WHILE THE WATER PRESSURE MACHINE,LACERATED FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A POWERED SAND BLASTER CAUGHT HIS LEFT UPPER LEG SUSTAINED AN AVULSION INJURY TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 7 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
PATIENT SPRAYED PERFUME IN EYES AT HOME; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHER MOTOR "KICKED BACK" WHEN TRYING TO START DX. WRIST FX
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: 02/25/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING/EXPOSURE WHEN USING GAS HIGH POWERD SPRAYER IN BASEMENT WITH POOR VENTALATION
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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