Accidents - Sprayers - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,374
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	10
6-15 years old:	246
16-25 years old:	197
26-50 years old:	2,469
50+ years old:	1,451

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	686	Lower Trunk:	642
Finger:	512	Foot:	423
Eyeball:	323	Lower Leg:	311
All Of Body:	306	Lower Arm:	220
Wrist:	196	Upper Leg:	159
Ankle:	155	Face:	101
Shoulder:	80	Head:	70
Upper Arm:	49	Neck:	43
Knee:	30	Upper Trunk:	15
Elbow:	15	Unkown:	15
Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND IT KICKED BACK STRUCK IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT HIT HAND WITH POWER WASHER/ CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
RT CORN EAL ABRASION.PT WAS POWER WASHING OUTSIDE OF HOUSE AND SOMETHIN G WENT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
2ND.BURN.DEGREE RT.THIGH.PT.REFERS WHILE USING PRESSURE MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Sprayers, Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT WAS USING A PUMP SPRAYER W/CHEMICAL TO REMOVE GRAFFITI (TAGINATOR) & SPRAYER TUBE BURST. DX: CHEMICAL BURN LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT LIFTED A POWER WASHER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers, Ceilings and walls
47Y/O,M,PRESSURE WASHING AT HOME,LOST FOOTING ON WALL, FELL ONTO REBAR PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH,FELL ON REBAR,3CM LACERATION L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Swimming pools
FELL WHILE CLEANING POOL W/POWER WASHER DX; FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND ON SPRAY FROM PRESSURE WASHER DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED HOT MUFFLER ON PRESSURE WASHER. DX: L HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS ROOF AND FELL OFF ABOUT TEN FEET CONTUSION BACK AND LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
SPRAIN VS TENDONITIS LT WRIST: USING PRESSURE WASHER EARLIER, LT WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHING TRAILOR RAMP CAME DOWN ON FOREARM. DX CONTUSION R FORE ARM#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers, Hot water
PT POWER WASHING AT HOME WITH VERY HOT WATER AND SPRAYED SELF WITH VERY HOT WATER SUSTAINED A SCALD BURN TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
FOOT CT-HIT FOOT W/ PRESSURE WASHER THROUGH SHOE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING THE POOL WHILE WEARING ONLY FLIP FLOPS AND RAN THE WASHER OVER LEFT FOOT ABRASION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
48 YO FEMALE WAS WASHING HER DECK WITH POWER WASHER AND CUT FOOT ON CERAMIC PLANTER - LACERATION LEFT HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A HIGH POWERED PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND STRAINED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
INJURED BACK LIFTING PRESSURE WASHER @ HOME DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, House repair or construction materials
PT DEVELOPED BACK PAIN FROM POWER WASHING HOUSE DX; ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
CORNEAL AB-UNHOOKED HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE-HOSE HIT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
66 YOF CUT FINGER WITH POWER WASHER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGER ON A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sprayers
BURN TO HAND FROM A PRESSURE WASHER - SCALD BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT FELL IN THE GARAGE STRIKING LOWER BACK AGAINST A POWER WASHER SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION TO HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO THE LOWER LEG WHILE USING A POWER WASHER AT H OME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
TURNING OFF PRESSURE WASHER, ARM HIT EXHAUST @ HOME DX 1ST DEGREE BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
PT USING POWER WASHER HAD FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT DROPPED A POWER WASHER ON LEG AT HOME TODAY DX/ LAC RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
37 YO M CONTUSIOIN LKNEE MULTIPLE ABRASIONS TO CALF HIT BY WATER FROM POWER WASHER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sprayers, Caulking or spackling compounds
57 YO MALE WAS PUTTING SEALANT ON FLOOR AND HAND PUMPEDSPRAYER EXPLODED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT HAD AN ABRASION WITH CELLULITIS OF A FOOT FROM A POWER WASHER WHILE CLEAN UP OF FLOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT HAD A PRESSURE WASHER FALL ONTO HIS THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LACERATION. DX-CHIP FRACTURE OF THUMB W/SUPERF. LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING POWER WASHER HAD LAC TO L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC FINGER WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATERE TOOL DX:LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHING HIS CAR AT THE CAR WASH, GOT AWAY FROM HIM HIT HIM IN THE FACE. DX-ABRASION CORNEA AND FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
NECK PAIN AFTER PRESSURE WASHING ONE WEEK AGO AT HOME. DX. CERVICAL ST RAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 37 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: Sprayers
SOF BACK PAIN THEN BECAME DIAPHRETIC WHILE POWER WASH THE HOUSE " BACK MS/SYNCOPE''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers, Gasoline
HEADACHE & DIZZINESS SUSPECT 2ND TO CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE:USING*** G ASOLINE POWER WASHER IN CONFINED AREA IN BASEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers, Gasoline
CHEST PAIN;SYNCOPAL EPISODE;CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE:USING GAS POWERED PRESSURE WASHER 6 1/2 HRS OUTSIDE, WENT INSIDE 1 HR WHEN SYMPTOMS BEGAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
ACCIDENTALLY ABRASED RT ANKLE WHILE USING PRESSURE WASHER RT ANKLE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT LIFTED PRESSURE WASHER ONTO TAILGATE OF TRUCK. DX: L BICEP STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS WASHING FEET W/ PRESSURE WASHER. DX: HIGH PRESSURE WOUND L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
TRIPPED OVER PRESSURE WASHER/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
KNEE SPRAIN-WHILE PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT EXPERIENCING PAIN IN WRIST AFTER USING PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
WHILE WASHING DISHES USING SPRAYER GOT HIT IN EYE AND SUSTAINED A CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Tool sheds
44 YO MALE PULLED POWER WASHER OUT OF SHED AT HOME BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PRESSURE WASHING DECK & FELL DOWN 1 STEP DX LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
67YOM USING A POWERWASHER,IT SPRUNG A LEAK ,HE GRABBED THE HOSE,BLEW A HOLE IN PALM OF HAND; LEFT HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 49 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: Sprayers
POWER WASHER LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER PRESSURE WASHER & TOUCHED HOT PART ON MACHINE. DX; L.HAND THERMAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 26 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: Other
Product: Sprayers
USING POWER WASHER TO WASH CAR,GRABBED HOSE AND BLANCHED FINGER WHICH I S NOW INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
CONTUSED EYE WITH WATER FROM HIGH PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
L HAND CONT/33YOF INJURED HAND USING A PRESSURE WASHER ON 6/29 AT CAR W ASH. SWELLING TO L HAND NOTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT DRANK OUT OF A PRESSURE WASHER LACERATION SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
THORACIC STRAIN-PAIN AFTER CARRYING A POWER WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
USING A HIGH PRESSURE WASHER(3000 PSI MAX) 15MIN AFTER USEING TO CLEAN SIDING WAS DISASSEMBLING WHEN TRIGGER RELEASESENT A BURST OF WATER OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
64 YOM STATES HE USED A PRESSURE WASHER ON A DECK AND A GARAGE AND AFTE RWARDS STARTED TO COUGH AND NOW HAS A PERSISTENT COUGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
USING GAS-POWERED PRESSURE WASHERN NOW HEADACHE, NAUSEA, SHORTNESS OF B REATH, DIZZY DX CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT RECEIVED LAC TO PALM OF L HAND FROM PRESSURE WASHER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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: Sprayers, Automotive waxes, polishes or cleaners
POWER WASH OWN MV C AN OIL CLEANER, ACC SPRAYED INTO EYE " CHEMICAL CONJ''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
45 YOF STATES THAT SHE WENT ACROSS LEFT FOOT WITH A PRESSURE WASHER, FO OT VERY PAINFUL NOW, LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT HAND ON POWER SPRAYER AT HOME LACERATION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT USING PRESSURE WASHER AND FELL DX WITH RIGHT SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
BURNT HAND ON A THE HOT SURFACE OF THE POWER WASHER ENGINE " BURN''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
STRUCK BY PRESSURE WASHER TO PRETIBIAL RT LOWER EXTREMITY LACERATION RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HER PORCH AND FELL ONTO HER BUTTOCKS SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers, Footwear
PT HAD WOUND FROM PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME, WAS WEARING SHOES., DX. CON T R FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sprayers
PT AT HOME USING A POWER WASHER WAND FELL ON FOOT / DX HEMATOMA CONTUSIONS L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
ACC CUT WRIST USING POWER WASHER " LAC"
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
65 YOM POWER WASHER CAUSED LAC L FORARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 49 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: Other
Product: Sprayers
HAD LEFT HAND SMASHED IN SPRAYER. DX: INJURY LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LACERATES CHEEK WHEN LOST CONTROL OF A POWER WASHER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND ON PRESSURE WASHER/HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
PT FELL AND HAND LANDED ON ENGINE OF PRESSURE WASHER. DX: L HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Ladders
SCALP LAC/39YOF POWER WASHING FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN STABLIZER FROM LADDER FELL 10 FEET HITTING PT IN HEAD CAUSING LAC. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND THE HOSE BROKE SUSTAINED A PUNCT URE WOUND TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC TO FOOT WHEN USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT HAD PX AFTER POWER WASHING HOUSE. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
34 YO M FRACTURED FOOT DROPPED 900LB PRESSURE WASHER ON IT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND ON A PRESSURE WASHER LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
HIT ELBOW WITH PRESSURE WASHER BLUNT TRAUMA ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
31 YO MALE WAS POWER WASHING AND HAS BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT HAND WHILE USING POWER WASHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT SUS LAC TO HAND FROM A WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT INJ EYES WHILE WATER BLASTING DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT TRYING TO OPEN PUMP SPRAYER AND INJURED WRIST. DX-WRIST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
48 YO MALE USED POWER WASHER AND HURT BACK BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Sprayers, Motor vehicles or parts
STRUCK IN EYE BY OBJECT WHILE POWERWASHING CAR AT CAR WASH/ SUBCONJUNCT IVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
MOMS BF USING POWER WASHER IN BASEMENT, STARTED TO FEEL ILL W/VOMITING, MOM ALSO FELT ILL, PT W/MINOR HA & DIZZINESS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
MOMS BF USING GAS POWERED PRESSURE WASHER IN BASMENT & STARTED TO FEELI LL AS WELL AS MOM, PT W/MINOR HA & DIZZINESS;CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers, Bleaches
PT WAS POWER WASHING HIS DRIVEWAY AND GOT BLEACH ONTO BOTH FEET NOW THE Y ARE INFECTED CELLULITIS FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A HIGH POWERED PRESSURE WASHER AND INJECTED HIS RING FINGE R GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT WAS LIFTING A PRESSURE WASHER AND NOW EXPERIENCES LOWER BACK PA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS AT HOME IN A GARAGE WORKSHOP USING A PRESSURE WASHER, FOUND UN RESPONSIVE CARBONMONOXIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sprayers
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-WHILE WORKING IN UNVENTILATED GARAGE-@ HOME-US ING GAS POWERED POWER WASHER-COHB 7.1
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
23 YO BURN HAND ON PRESSURE WASHERBURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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