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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 241
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 11/16/2009 | 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 |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN USING A LEAF BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers, Other unpowered garden tools |
| ABDOMINAL WALL CONT: STATES HIT LOWER ABD WALL WITH A BLOWER WHILE RAKING LEAVES, C/O PAIN AROUND STOMACH FROM COLOSTOMY, CONCERN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| 49YO HISP MALE AT HOME USED HEAVY BLOWER OVER WEEKEND,C/O THIGH PAIN SHOULDER PAIN,HEADACHE,DX R SHOULDER PX-ARTHRITIS,R BACK PX-SCIATICA, |
| 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: 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 |
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