Accidents - Sprayers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,134
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	96
6-15 years old:	149
16-25 years old:	563
26-50 years old:	2,343
50+ years old:	1,981

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	1,184	Finger:	944
Foot:	536	Eyeball:	475
Lower Trunk:	389	Shoulder:	275
Upper Trunk:	212	All Of Body:	211
Head:	174	Lower Arm:	169
Face:	149	Lower Leg:	131
Toe:	87	Elbow:	71
Wrist:	44	Knee:	30
Upper Leg:	30	Upper Arm:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
PT WAS DOING SOME PRESSURE WASHING USING VERY HOT WATER, PT GOT DISTRACTED & SPRAYED OVER FOOT WATER GOT IN BOOT DX: SCALD BURN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS TRYING TO PRESSURE WASH AT HOME AND FELL STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 70 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: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
66YO WHITE MALE STS R RIB PX AFTER TRIED OPENING UP A PUMP SPRAYER FELT POP,DX CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS DRIVEWAY AND STRUCK LEFT FIFTH TOE AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
44 YO M LEFT EYE INJURY INJURED WHEN HE LOST CONTROLL OF THE HOSE ON A POWER WASHER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 3 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 TOUCHED A HOT PRTESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
CLEANING BOOTS W/ A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE DIRT FROM GROUND WENT INTO EYE LEFT EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sprayers
DX URI: PT HAS HAD FLEAS IN HIS HAIR & GRANDMOTHER W SPRAY'G HIS HAIR W HAIRSPRAY TO TX. THEIR HOUSE HAS FLEAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 52 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
HAD BEEN USING A POWER WASHER FOR SEVERAL HOURS. INJURED FINGER. CONTUS ION, RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
LEFT SHOULDER STR. PT STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN USING A POWER SPRAYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE KICKED BACK WHILE CRANKING IT STRAIN RT FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT HAND WHEN WASHING HAND WITH A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
POWER WASHING DOWN SOME SAND GOT IN EYES RED BLURRY FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX LAC/ABRASION TO FOREHEAD/FACE/EAR/ DM KNOWN CONDITION: W PRESSURE WASH'G HIS DECK W NORMAL TAP H2O W WIFE W SHE TURNED & SPRAYED PTS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND STREAM OF WATER FROM WASHER CUT HAND. DX. R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
SHOULDER INJURY-AFTER USING POWER WASHER ON DIRT BIKE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
ARM AB-USING PRESSURE WASHER-HIT ARM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
9 YOM STEPPED IN FRONT OF A PRESSURE WASHER AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WO UND TO RIGHT BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT USING HIS PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME ON THURSDAY WHEN THE STREAM OFF WA TER DUG INTO LOWER LEG THE AREA GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers
SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO L FOOT USING A PRESSURE WASHER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING AND PAINTING HIS 3 STORY HOUSE. DX: UPPER LEG STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT BURNED HAND ON EXHAUSE OF PRESSURE WASHER. DX: BURNS L HAND/FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 35 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, Bleaches
PT RECEIVED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS WHEN PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE USING BLEACH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Sprayers
USING PRESSURE WASHER WHEN JOLT OF ELECTRICITY HIT HAND, WENT UP TO SHOULDER, TINGLING. DX-ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND WAND FROM PRESSURE WASHER HIT HANDE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT LFT LITTLE FINGER ON PRESSURE WASHER DX LACERATIONLFT LITTLE FINGER ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 44 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 POWER WASHER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A GAS POWERED POWER WASHER IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. DX CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A GAS POWERED WASHER IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. DX; CARBON MONO XIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HIT WRIST WITH PRESSURE WASHER LAC WRIST *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 66 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
PT FELL OFF ROOF WHILE PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE. DX: L FRONTAL LOBE HEMORRHAGE, L2-L3 TP FX, L 7/8 RIB FX, FACIAL & BILAT KNEE ABR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER WHEN HOSE SPLIT AND HIT HIM. DX: HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION INJURY LAC R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 33 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT LIFTING A PRESSURE WASHER INTO THE BACK OF HIS PICK UP TRUCK AT HOME AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT INJURED HAND WITH A PRESSURE WASHER. DX: RIGHT HAND PRESSURE WASHER INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME YESTERDAY AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG WHICH CAUSED A WOUND THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
USING PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME, HURT FOOT. DX FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 16 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
POSS CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-C/O SEVERE HA WHILE POWER WASHING BASEMEN T AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 80 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 USING A PRESSURE WASHER FILLED WITH PLAIN WATER TO WASH HOUSE & BLEW A HOLE IN HAND DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers
22 YOM BURNED FROM POWER WASHER 2ND DEGREE BURN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND WITH PRESSURE WASHER. DX LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
USING PRESSURE WASHER, CUT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT WITH CONTUSION TO FACE FROM DROPPING A PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT FOOT ON POWER WASHER AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
BURNED BOTH ARMS TOUCHING TOP OF PRESSURE WASHER. DX FOREARM BURNS - SU PERFICIAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	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
PT INJURED FINGERS WHILE FIXING A POWER WASHER AT HOME DX// LAC LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING AND HAS PX. DX: HAND PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
48 YO MALE BENT OVER AND LIFTED POWER WASHER ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HAND LAC-HIT W/ PRESSURIZED WATER STREAM FROM PRESSURE WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
68 YO M 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND BURNT ON MUFFLER OF POWER WASHER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER PUTTING HAND IN FRONT OF WATER ST REAM FROM PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT IS A DIABETIC WAS PRESSURE WASHING 6 DAYS AGO AND RAN WASHER OVER F OOT CAUSED AN ABRASION WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 32 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
PT WAS POWER WASHING AND ACCID HIT FOOT. DX: R FOOT ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT OF THE HAND ON HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AT CAR WASH LACERATION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
66 YOM LACERATED LEFT HAND WHILE USING A PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 43 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
PT STATES HIT R HAND W/A HIGH PRESSURE WASHER. DX. CONT R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 37 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
37 YOM WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND IT POPPED BACK ON HIM LACE RATING HIS FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHER FELL ON HAND AND WRIST/WRIST CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 41 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 WAS LIFTING A POWER WASHER YESTERDAY & DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND WITH PRESSURE WASHER DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Sprayers, Built-in swimming pools
76 YO M CONCUSSION PT WAS ADMITTED, FELL ONTO CONCRETE WHILE POWER WASHING THE SWIMMING POOL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
78 YOM WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED SMALL PUNCTURE W OUNDS TO LEFT HAND AND SOME ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING PRESSURE WASHER-HIT HAND-LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK THAT RADIATE D INTO SHOULDER AND CHEST ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
INJURED USING PRESSURE WASHER/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sprayers
24 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH HANDLE OF POWER WASHER LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Swimming pools
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS NEIGHBORS POOL AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEFT E LBOW STRAINED ELOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
37 YO PRESSURE WASHER BLEW UP FLASH FIRE INJURING KNEES BURN KNEE--NO FIRE DEPT INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 47 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
47 YO F BURN TO FINGER GOT UP AGAINST ENGINE OF POWER WASHER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER WASHER WHILE WEARING "***" SANDALS POWER WASHER CAUSED A LACERATION TO RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
46 YO MALE CUT LEFT THUMB WITH POWER WASHER LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
INJECTION INJ TO FOOT: USING 3000 PSI PRESSURE WASHER, HIT FOOT WITH STREAM CAUSING P.W.,WATER ENTERED WOUND,LOTS OF WATER CAME OUT OF WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Sprayers
WASHED HOUSE TODAY USING SPECIAL WASH WHICH SPALSHED IN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 41 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
BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN MOVING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Sprayers
51 YO FEMALE WAS POWER WASHING HOUSE AND GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK ELECTRICAL BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
20 YOM USING A POWER WASHER WHEN THE WAND SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND; DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC FROM HIGH PRESSURE WASHER HOSE/ LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND USING HIGH PRESSURE WASHER WITH PAINT. DX-LEFT HAND INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
DX FB SENSATION TO BILAT EYES: W CONCERNS OF FB TO EYES. PT WAS WASH'G BOAT W PRESSURE WASHER W HE FELT WATER AND POSS GLASS FLY INTO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 39 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
39YOM WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN HIS DECK,APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT FELL WHILE PRESSURE WASHING AND HIGH PRESSURE WATER HIT CALF. DX: HIGH PRESSURE INJURY L CALF, R/O COMPARTMENT SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Motor vehicles or parts
PTS WRIST HIT BY A HI-POWER WATER JET AT CAR WASH WHILE WASHING CAR WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
AT HOME PT LIFTED A POWERWASHER,HURT ARM,C/O BRUISING TO R MID-UPPER ARM, DX CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Eyeglasses
PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/WATER STREAM FROM PRESSURE WASHER WHICH KNOCKED GLASSES OFF. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR/BLUNT TRAUMA, EPISTAXIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
DX R FOOT WOUND W ERYTHEMA: DIABETC P/W A "Y" SUPERFICIAL ABRASION/LAC ON DORSUM OF R FOOT FROM PRESSURE WASHER, WHILE WASHING DRIVEWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	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 ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED HAND WITH INDUSTRIAL PRESSURE WASHER, DX HAND I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
DX CHEST PAIN, R/O ACS: ONSET OF FLEETING SSCP W/ ASSOCITED SOB YTDY AFTERNOON WHILE PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAY
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 59 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: Sprayers
PT INJ FINGE WITH PRESSURE WASHER CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 43 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 TOUCHED HOT PRESSURE WASHER ENGINE. DX: R HAND SUPERFICIAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Furniture
L THUMB LAC/59YOM AT FRIENDS HOUSE WAS USING A POWER WASHER TO WASH FUR NITURE ABOUT 20 MIN AGO AND L THUMB WAS CUT BY THE STREAM OF WATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT SPRAINED SHOULDER WHEN PRESSURE WASHING HIS HOUSE AND FELT SHOULDER POP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
TRYING TO FIX PRESSURE WASHER, FAN ON WASHER CUT FINGER. DX-FRACTURE DISTAL FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT THIRD FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT HURT WHEN PRESSURE WASHER KNOCKED HER DOWN AT HOME DX: LARGE HEMATOMA TO LT LOWER CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A POWERWASHER AND RECIEVED LACERATION TO LEFT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 22 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: Sprayers
PT GOT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH PRESSURE POWER WASHER IN L EYE DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 62 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
USING PRESSURE IN HIS DRIVEWAY WASHING THE DRIVEWAY WHEN WATER SPLASHED IN EYE. DX-ABRASION CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT HIT IN FACE WITH POWER WASHER TIP DX// FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND ON PRESSURE WASHER. DX EXTENSIVE HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS ROOF AND FELL ABOUT TEN FEET FRACTURED PEL VIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING AT HOME. DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING POWER WASHER YESTERDAY. DX: THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER WASHER IN THE GARAGE, HAD THE DOORS CLOSED CAUSING CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT LEAVING THE THERAPIST OFFICE AND TRIPPED OVER THE HOSE OF A POWER WA SHER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION SHOULDER AND CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT WAS LIFTING SOME HEAVY LANAI WINDOWS AT HOME AND USING A HEAVY POWER WASHER AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
32 YO INJURED FINGER USING PRESSURE WASHER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS DOING ALOT OF POWER WASHING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS STRAINED SHO ULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers
DX: CHEMICAL EYE EXPOSURE, CONJUCTIVITIS, EYE RED FROM OLDER SIS SPRAYI NG BUG SPRAY IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	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
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS ROOF AND FELL OFF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 46 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 WAS PRESSURE WASHING YESTERDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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