Accidents - Sprayers - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 860
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	75
Year 2000:	18
Year 2001:	77
Year 2002:	134
Year 2003:	77
Year 2004:	17
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	133
Year 2007:	30
Year 2008:	30
Year 2009:	131
Year 2010:	118

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	552
50+ years old:	307

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/27/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
57YOWM PT REPORTS PRESSURE WASHING THE HOUSE AND CLEANING THE GUTTERS THIS WEEKEND, NOW R KNEE PAIN W/LIMITED MOVEMENT. DX. SPRAIN R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Ceilings and walls
45 YO M, WAS CLEANING PIPES WITH A POWER WASHER WHEN HE BUMPED INTO A W ALL, LOST CONTROL OF THE DEVICE AND PRESSURE HIT KNEE, DX KNEE LACERATI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
51YOM, C/O KNEE PAIN AFTER FELL IN HIS YARD TRYING TO START POWER WASHE R>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT DROPPED A PRESSURE WASHER ON HIS KNEE AT HOME DX// LEFT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
USING PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND FELL. DX KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS TRYING TO PRESSURE WASH AT HOME AND FELL STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
37 YO PRESSURE WASHER BLEW UP FLASH FIRE INJURING KNEES BURN KNEE--NO FIRE DEPT INVOLVEMENT
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: 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: 08/16/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
LT KNEE HYPEREXTENDED TAKING PRESSURE WASHER OFF TRUCK LT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT WAS USING A SPRAYER AND INJURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
38 YO USING PRESSURE WASHER INJURED KNEE LAC KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
PT HAS HAD KNEE PX SINCE PRESSURE WASHING 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers
RIGHT KNEE SPR. PT TWISTED KNEE WHEN TRIPPING WHEN USING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
TRIPPED WHILE USING PRESSURE WASHER DX. KNEE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT ON METAL PRESSURE SPRAYER; KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
FX PATELLA, TRIPPED OVER CURB WHILE WASHING CAR AT *** CAR WASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sprayers, Built-in swimming pools
PT PRESSURE WASHING HIS BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL AT HOME SLIPPED S TRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2001	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2000	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/1998	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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