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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 248
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER TO BLOW LEAVES AND SOM ETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2005 | Age: 40 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 |
| USING A LEAF BLOWER CORNEAL ABRASION FROM DEBRIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2005 | Age: 53 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 |
| PT AT HOME USING LEAF BLOWER FB EYE DX CONTUSION ABRASION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| USING BLOWER TO CLEAN AWAY METAL FRAGMENTS DX: FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 6 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 |
| SOMETHING IN EYE, USED A LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2005 | Age: 31 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 |
| PT USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME GOT SOME DIRT UP IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BOD Y EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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