Accidents - Leaf blowers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 828
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	75
Year 2000:	77
Year 2001:	76
Year 2002:	67
Year 2004:	87
Year 2005:	66
Year 2007:	95
Year 2008:	59
Year 2009:	140
Year 2010:	81

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
62YOM INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER ON SATURDAY. DX. R WRIST INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
WRIST FX. 80 YOF FELL WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER
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: 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: 11/19/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
USING LEAF BLOWER IN YARD SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
WRIST FX-FELL WHILE USING LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER A FEW DAYS AGO & DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN DX TENDONITIS RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
HURT WRIST PULLING ON CORD OF LEAF BLOWER DX CONTUSION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT. STATES HE WAS STARTING HIS LEAF BLOWER AND WHEN HE PULLED THE ROPE, HE HIT BACK OF R HAND ON RAILING. DX. LAC, CONT R WRIST/HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
PT. TRIPPED OVER LEAF BLOWER IN YARD AT HOME. DX. R WRIST FX, LAC R WR IST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
74-YOF FRACTURED HER WRIST AS A RESULT OF FALLING WHILE USING A LEAF B LOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2001	Age: 56 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/1998	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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