Accidents - Leaf blowers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,027
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	167
16-25 years old:	43
26-50 years old:	568
50+ years old:	1,248

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	573	Eyeball:	472
Hand:	189	Upper Trunk:	160
Lower Trunk:	121	Face:	90
Elbow:	80	Upper Arm:	75
Wrist:	74	Knee:	73
Shoulder:	59	Toe:	40
Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 77 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
77 YO USING LEAF BLOWER FELL INJURED CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FX FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A BLOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 74 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: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FX HIP- TRIPPED LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
34 YOM HAS LOW BACK PAIN AFTER WORKING IN YARD WITH LEAF BLOWER LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	Age: 27 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: Leaf blowers
REPORTS PULLED BACK COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHICH WAS AGGRAVATED TODAY WHILE T RYING TO START LEAF BLOWER>>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	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
C/O EYE PAIN/IRRITATION, REPORTS DUE TO "EXHUAST FROM LEAFBLOWER" >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
CAUGHT HAND IN LEAF BLOWER AVULSING AND FX TWO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers, Extension cords
TRIPPED OVER AN EXTENSION CORD WHILE USING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER. FELL T O GROUND. FRACTURE, LEFT CHEEK
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: 11/17/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
CUT FINGERTIP ON LEAF BLOWER DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Leaf blowers
FELL OFF A WALL WHILE BLOWING LEAVES. DX. SHOULDER DISLOCATION, FINGER FX., CHEST AND ABDOMINAL WALL CONTUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
PULLING A LEAF BLOWER STRAIN LUMBOSACRAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
R BICEP STR/63YOF INJURED R ARM AT HOME WHILE BLOWING LEAVES AT 3:30P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
PT STATES WAS BLOWING LEAVES AT HOME AND HAND BECAME NUMB WITH WEAKNESS DX: NEUROPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Leaf blowers
LOWER LEG PAIN-WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS BLOWING LEAVES EARLIER TODAY AND FELL HIT FACE ON ASHPHALT FA CIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 14 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 WAS USING LEAF BLOWER AT HOME & DIRT FLEW INTO EYE DX: CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 61 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: Avulsion
Product: Leaf blowers
LAC AND AVULSED FINGER TIP IN MOVING PART OF LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PUT HAND IN A LEAF BLOWER. DX. FINGER LACERATION, PARTIAL FINGERNAIL AV ULSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 23 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
C/O R EYE PAIN AND D/C X 2 DAYS, PT REPORTS USING LEAF BLOWER OUTSIDE. DX. R EYE W/RESIDUAL CORNEAL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
91YO WHITE MALE AT HOME USING BLOWER IN DRIVEWAY,TRIPPED ON CORD,NLOC ABRA L HAND-ARM-L KNEE, DX ABRASIONS & SKIN TEARS-FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
FINGER FX-INJURED ON LEAF BLOWER PROPELLOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 48 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 USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND GOT SOME DEBRIS IN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
L THUMB SPR/76YOM AT HOME WAS "BLOWING LEAVES" WHEN TRIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF AND INJURED L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB IN THE RUNNIN G MOTOR OF THE BLOWER FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Leaf blowers
BURN TO LEFT KNEE FROM LEAF BLOWER WHILE USING IT AT HOME, PATIENT IS PARAPALEGIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 50 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, Metal containers
TRIPPED OVER LEAF BLOWER IN BASEMENT, HIT CHEST ON STEEL CRATE. DX RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 84 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Leaf blowers
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST BY TRIPPING ON CORD OF LEAF BLOWE R AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	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: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
28 YO M FRACTURED FINGER WITH LACERATION GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN LEAF BLOWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
15 YO MALE FELT POP WHEN PULL STARTING LEAF BLOWER RIGHT ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
PT STATES DROPPED A LEAF BLOWER ON HIS L FOOT THURSDAY PM. DX. FX TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 65 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 USING A LEAF BLOWER AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AT HOME TODAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT CAUGHT HAND IN FAN OF LEAD BLOWER AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
FINGER STRAIN-FELL-HIT A LEAF BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
RIGHT LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN USING A BACKPACK TYPE LEAFBLOWE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 78 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 USING LEAF BLOWER AT HOME GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 58 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 USING LEAF BLOWER AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE YESTERDAY DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Leaf blowers
FELL JAMMING FINGER WHILE LEAF BLOWING >> SPRAIN/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
FINGER LAC. PT FELL AND CUT TIP OF FINGER ON THE BLOWER OF LEAF BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT WAS USING LEAF BLOWER AND SAFETY SHIELD CAME OFF AND PT WNET TO GRAB IT AND CUT FINGER DX: DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 39 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 BLOWER AT HOME ON DRIVEWAY AND GOT FB IN EYE DX// FB RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 74 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.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER TO CLEAN UP YARD & SOMET HING BLEW IN EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Leaf blowers
PT STATES WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER CAUGHT LEFT MIDDLE RING FINGERON IT DX LACERATION 0.5 CM TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Leaf blowers
36 YOM JAMMED LEFT WRIST ON LEAF BLOWER SUSTAINING A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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