Accidents - Sprayers - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,048
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	111
16-25 years old:	232
26-50 years old:	1,910
50+ years old:	788

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	569	Finger:	550
Foot:	458	Lower Trunk:	418
Hand:	348	Upper Trunk:	218
Wrist:	158	Toe:	99
Elbow:	33	Ankle:	31
All Of Body:	31	Face:	22
Shoulder:	15	Lower Arm:	15
Knee:	15	Lower Leg:	15
Head:	15	Unkown:	15
Neck:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
48 Y/O W/M BRUISED RING FINGER WHEN HIT BY PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT PRESSURE WASHING HOME, FELT PULL IN LOWER BACK 2 DAYS AGO, STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
RAN INTO THE FRONT OF A POWER WASHER, WATER HIT RIGHT ABOVE EYE SUSTAIN ING A CUT AT HOME TODAY,+BLEEDING,NO LOC; ABOVE LEFT EYE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
43 YO USING POWER WASHER BURN LEG ON POWER WASHER MOTOR BURN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 34 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
PT PRESSURE WASHING HOME ON FRIDAY, FELT PULL IN LOWER BACK, STRAINED L OWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
RIGHT KNEE SPR. PT TWISTED KNEE WHEN TRIPPING WHEN USING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT WAS HIT BY A PRESSURE WASHER. DX-LAC. CHEST AND RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT INJURED USING PRESSURE WASHER; WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers, Hot water
BURN TO ARM FROM HOT WATER IN A PRESSURE SPRAYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers, General purpose household cleaners
40 YO MALE WAS POWER WASHING HOUSE WITH MIXTURE OF CLEAING FLUIDS AND IT SPLASHED IN EYES - CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 40 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT. STATES PIECE OF PAINT HIT R EYE WHILE PRESSURE WASHING A FLOOR ON SUNDAY. DX. FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 47 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: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC. WITH PRESSURE WASHER FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Ladders
47 YO - DX: CHEST CONTUSION - PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE & FELL OFF LADDER - 5 FT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 48 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. C/O BACK PAIN THAT STARTED YEST. PULLING ON A PRESSURE WASHER GAS POWERED. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR SACRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2005	Age: 55 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
USING HIGH POWER WATER SPRAYER WHENTHE JET STRUCK HIS HAND PUNCTURING I T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 59 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, House repair or construction materials
R CONJUCTIVITIS; POWER WASHING YESTERDAY, DOES'NT REMEMBER ANYTHING GOI NG INOT EYE BUT WOKE THIS AM WITH PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT INJURED LT PINMY FINGER ON A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE X3 WEEKS AGO - NOW C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT HAS ELBOW PX SINCE PRESSURE WASHING. DX: ACUTE OLECRANON BURSA SWELLING/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LACERATION ANKLE - 75 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT ANKLE FRO M SPRAY FROM THE PRESSURE WASHER SHE WAS USING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2005	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: Sprayers
CORNEAL FB-FB AFTER USING POWER WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT INJURED FOOT W/PRESSURE WASHER 2 DAYS AGO. DX: HIGH PRESSURE INJURY R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF EYES, THROAT & AIRWAY BURNING FROM ROOM FRESHENER SPRAYED AROUND BOARD & CARE. DX - CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CLEANING OUT HER GARAGE AT HOME AND DROPPED A POWER WASHER ONTO RIGH T FOOT LACERATION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL REACTION OR ALLERGIC REACTION WITH ASPRAY- ON ***. DX - ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
LEFT 4TH FINGER FX. PT INJURED FINGER ON A POWER SPRAYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
DX CONTUSION TO BOTH HEELS: PRESSURE WASHING ROOF AND SLIPPED, FELL OFF AND HIT FEET ON GROUND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL ONTO PUMP UP SPRAYER. DX POSS RIB FX LFT RT CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT CRUSHED BY PRESURE WASHER; FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT C/O CUT LFT HAND. PT CUT LFT HAND WITH POWER WASHER. DX DX LAC RT HA ND COMP. TENDON PARTIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	Age: 37 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
LIFTING PRESSURE WASHER INTO VAN, HURT BACK DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
HYPEREXTENDED WRIST POWER WASHING A HOUSE " TENDINITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT AT A CAR WASH TWO DAYS AGO USING A PRESSURE WASHER STRUCK RIGHT HAND WITH IT ABRASION THEN INFECTION CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Sprayers
SPRAYING FOR BUGS, SPRAYER PLUGGED UP & SPRAYED INSECTICIDE UP INTO EYE S & FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 34 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: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT HAND ON A STREAM OF WATER FROM A PRESSURE WATER. LATER GOT INFE CTED '' CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 14 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
PATIENT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH POWER WASHER AT HOME, NOW WITH BLURRY VISI ON; CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 67 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 TRYING TO CLEAR OUT SOME STUMPS FROM HIS BACKYARD AT HOME USING A PRESSURE WASHER RAN IT OVER HIS LEFT HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 52 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: Sprayers, Chemicals
CLEANING HOUSE SIDING WITH A CHEMICAL WITH A SPRAYER & SET DOWN SPRAYER & CHEMICAL SHOT INTO FACE CHEMICAL IRRITATION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Stairs or steps
47 YO PRESSUR WASHING SLIPPED DOWN STEPS SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT. COMPLAINS OF PAIN AND LAC. TO TOP OF L FOOT, STATES PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HER WHILE LIFTING PRESSURE WASHER OFF TRUCK. DX. LAC R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
PT AT HOME USING PRESSURE WASHER, SPRAYED LT HAND UNDER PRESSURE, FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
PT USING PRESSURE WASHER; FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	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
SPRAYED SELF W/ POWER WASHER. AB RIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER TWO DAYS AGO SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO LEFT F OOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HAND LACERATION,CUT ON POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Sprayers
FLASH BURN TO LT EYE WHILE USING POWER WASHER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER&NOZZEL FELL HITTING HEAD. " SCALP LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers, Hot water
2ND DEGREE BURNS RT FOOT-SUS 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RT FOOT WITH HOT WATER WHILE USING POWER WASHER. HAS 300 DEGREE HEAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
1. 49 YOF STRUCK ON HAND BY POWER WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 40 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: Sprayers
FOREIGN BODY IN EYE AFTER USING PRESSURE WASHER. ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
RIGHT NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN LIFTING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
WALKING TO GROCERY STORE & THEY WERE PRESSURE WASHING BUILDING FELT SO METHING GO IN EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
FOOT CUT BY PRESSURE WASHER DX FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
LEFT 2ND TOE FX. PT DROPPED A POWER WASHER ONTO FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX CONTUSION TO BUTTOCKS: PRESSURE WASHING DECK AND SLIPPED, HIT BUTTOCKS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 44 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: Sprayers
PT CRUSHED LEFT 2ND AND 5TH FINGER WHEN SPRAYER SLIPPED ON HAND DX-2ND FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC L FOOT; PT USINF POWER-WASHER ACCIDENTALLY TURNED IT ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT TRIGGERED POWER WASHER W/FINGER OVER TIP. DX: INJECTION INJURY R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
57 YOM USING PRESSURE WASHER, STARTED SLIPPING, TRIED TO PREVENT FALL & SPRAYED HIS TENNIS SHOES W/ GREAT PRESSURE/2ND D. BURN BIG TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Sprayers
INFECTED BURN TOP R FOOT;POWERWASHING ANTIQUE TRACTOR 8 D AGO.HAD ON LE ATHER BOOTS BUT CAUSED INJURY TO FOOT WHILE SPRAYIING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER WHEN INJURED HER LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE KNUCKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT FX TOE WHEN A PRESSURE WASHER ROLLED ONTO IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHED HOUSE, HURT WRIST DX CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 26 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
26 YOM WAS LIFTING PRESSURE WASHERS OUT OF TRUCK CAUSING LOWER BACK STR AIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
LIFTING 85# PRESSURE WASHER INTO A TRUCK FELT LOW BACK PAIN LATER ON WH EN TURNING LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers, Lubricants
WAS HIT BY SPRAYER IN R ARMPIT, SPRAYER HAD CLEAR OUT 41, LUBRICANTON I T, SINCE THEN RASH TO AREA, DX; CONTACT DERMATITIS FROM CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Sprayers
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE: USING POWER WASHER EARLIER TODAY, FELT STING, SMALL AMOUNT OF TEARING (R) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT WATER FROM PRESSURE WASHER HIT HAND; HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
SHOULDER STRAIN-PAIN WHEN HE PULLED CORD TO START A POWER WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers, Detergents
24 YO MALE WAS POWERWASHING GARAGE WTIH DETERGENT CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME THREE DAYS AGO RAN THE PRESSURE ACRO SS RIGHT FOOT CAUSED AN ABRASION WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
NOZZLE FELL OFF PRESSURE WASHER - HIT TRIGGER WHILE PUTTING IT BACK ON 2600 PSI - PUNCTURE WOUND / INJECTION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/05/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
STRUCK BY PRESSURE WASHER WHILE LOADING-LAC NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2005	Age: 41 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
CO TOXICITY.PT WAS IN HIS BASEMENT USING A GAS POWERED PRESSURE WASHER AND GEGAN TO HAVE A HEADACHE AND VOMITING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Paper products
EXACERBATION OF BACK PAIN; LIFTING POWER WASHER INTO TRUCK ONE WEEK AGO, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP PAPER OFF GROUND, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Stairs or steps
USING POWER WASHER, TRIPPED ON HOSE & FELL DOWN 6 STAIRS. ACUTE LUMBAR CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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