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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 945
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| EYE FB-62 Y/O F-DEBRIS FROM LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 68 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: Leaf blowers |
| PT FELL YEST WHILE BLOWING LEAVES, NOW HAS PERSISTENT L HIP PAIN. DX. HIP CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers, Ladders |
| CALCANEUS FX-68 Y/O M-FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER ON T HE ROOF-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT HAD SHOULDER PX WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER. DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| RIGHT EYE FB. PT WAS BLOWING LEAVES AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| MULT. CONT'S S/P FALL:POSS OCCULT FX SCAPHOID R WRIST;WORKING IN YARD, BLOWING LEAVES,LOST BAL.FELL FORWARD,SWELLING HAND,R WRIST TENDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers, Swimming pools |
| FELL,BLOWING LEAVES FROM AROUND POOL HEAD CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 56YOF WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER LOST BALANCE FELL USED LT HAND TO BRACE SELF INJURED WRIST;WRIST FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 84YMC USING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER KNOCKED HIM OFF BALANCE FELL HITTING RIBS/FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 51YOM USING A LEAF BLOWER TO GET DEBRIS OFF DRIVEWAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2009 | Age: 80 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: Leaf blowers |
| ACC CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF MEATL ON THE LEAF BLOWER, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME, SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 56 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: Leaf blowers |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET ONSET OF LT HAND NUMBNESS WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER&THEN DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS>>HAND NUMBNESS/NEAR-SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | 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: Leaf blowers |
| WAS OUTSIDE USING THE LEAF BLOWER, TRIPPED&FELL FROM STANDING, C/O LBP >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP LEAF BLOWER FRACTURE HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT REPORTS SHE FELL AN HR AGO WHILE BLOWING LEAVES OFF HER DRIVE AND LO ST HER FOOTING & FELL ON L ARM AND L HIP. DX. CONTS L ELBOW, HIP, SHOU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 51 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN FEELS SOMETHING IS IN IT LEAF BLOWING AT HOME TODAY RUBBED EYE LOTS, NO FOREIGN BODY FOUND. DX-ABRASION EYEBALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT WITH EYE PAIN AFTER USING A LEAF BLOWER. D:SUPERFICIAL PUNCTATE KERA TITIS, EYE IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| PT WAS AT HOME, TRIPPED OVER A LEAF BLOWER CAUSNG A LT WRIST SPRAIN LT HAND HEMATOMA AND LWR BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CUT FINGER ON LEAF BLOWER. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 77 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: Leaf blowers |
| PT USING A LEAF BLOWER BACK HOME IN *** AND SINCE THEN HAVING PAI N IN LOWER BACK BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME WHILE BLOWING LEAVES CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| CHEST PAIN STARTING LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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