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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,197
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/28/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 43 YOM SLIPPED FROM BUMPER OF LARGE TRUCK, WAS PRESSURE WASHING THETRUC K, C/O LOWER LEG PAIN. DX-FX-FIBULA/TIBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 47YOWM PT REPORTS WAS PRESSURE WASHING BACK OF PU TRUCK, JUMPED OFF TR UCK & ECHAUST PIPE CAUGHT LEG, LAC RLE. DX. LAC R LOWER EXTREMITY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 69YOM, WASHING THE DECK WITH HIGH PRESSURE POWER WASHER, TRIPPED&FELL&T HE PRESSURE HIT HIS LOWER LEG>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 45YOM WITH LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM THE BLADE OF HIS POWER WASHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 34YOM USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME FOUR DAYS AGO RAN OVER LOWER LEG CAUSED AN ABRASION THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 13 YOF USING POWER WASHER BURNED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON EXHAUST MUFFLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 80 YOM USING A POWER WASHER AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG SUSTAINING AN OPE N TIBIAL FRACTURE WITH PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE USING A POWER WASHER INJ R LEG/ DX LAC ABRASIONS R LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 50 YO INJURED LEG ON PRESSER WASHER LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT USING HIS PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME ON THURSDAY WHEN THE STREAM OFF WA TER DUG INTO LOWER LEG THE AREA GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME YESTERDAY AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG WHICH CAUSED A WOUND THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT FELL WHILE PRESSURE WASHING AND HIGH PRESSURE WATER HIT CALF. DX: HIGH PRESSURE INJURY L CALF, R/O COMPARTMENT SYNDROME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN PRESSURE WASHER KNOCKED HER DOWN AT HOME DX: LARGE HEMATOMA TO LT LOWER CALF |
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 10/19/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 43 YO USING POWER WASHER BURN LEG ON POWER WASHER MOTOR BURN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PATIENT WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED HIS LEG. DX-ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME WHEN HE BANGED HIS RIGHT SHIN AGAINS T IT CONTUSION LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT TOUCHED LEFT LOWER LEG TO THE HOT MUFFLER OF A PRESSURE WASHER AT HO ME SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sprayers |
| PT USING PRESSURE WASHER, SHOT SELF IN LT CALF, CONTUSION LT CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Sprayers |
| 24 YR OLD WASHING CAR WITH POWER WASHER HAND SLIPPED OFF AND IT STRUCK HER IN THE LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2001 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sprayers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2001 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2001 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sprayers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2001 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sprayers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/1999 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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