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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 271
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 02/18/2007 | Age: 10 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 |
| PT WAS RUNNING LEAF BLOWER, FELT SOMETHING IN EYE, RECIEVED CORNEAL ABRASION |
| 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: 11/16/2003 | 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 |
| 6 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT'S MOM WAS USING A LEAF BLOWER @ H OME & SOME DEBRIS GOT IN PT'S EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| LEAF BLOWER BLEW DEBRIS IN EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Leaf blowers |
| WHILE USING BLOWER ON LEAVES, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2001 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | 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 |
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