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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 279
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 11/24/2006 | Age: 24 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, Eye protection devices |
| BLOWING LEAVES AND WEARING GOGGLES AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL ABR ASION/FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18YOM USING LEAF BLOWER FB IN EYE MILD 2 DEGREE PROBABLE FB CONJUNCTI VITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 05/22/2000 | Age: 22 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/1999 | Age: 21 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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