Accidents - Sprayers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,985
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	85
Year 2000:	87
Year 2002:	280
Year 2003:	240
Year 2004:	88
Year 2005:	183
Year 2006:	337
Year 2007:	224
Year 2008:	619
Year 2009:	299
Year 2010:	539

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/13/2010	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
67YOM USING POWER WASHER INJURED L HAND, CAUSED LACERATION, DEVELOPED I NTO CELLULITIS DX: CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
52YOF-HAND BURN-BURNED ON HOT MOTOR OF POWER WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Sprayers
65YOF-WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME WHEN SHE INJURED HER RT HAND. DX: AVULSION TO RT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
56 YOM BURNED HAND WITH HANDLE ON PRESSURE WASHER. DX-BURN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
54YOF BURN FROM POWER WASHER/ MINOR BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2010	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
89 YO WM CUT HAND ON A POWER WASH HOSE AT CAR WASH 2.5 CM LACERATION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HAND LACS-81YOM-WATER FROM PRESSURE WASHER HIT HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2010	Age: 56 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: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
56 YOM HAND LAC, CUT HAND USING A POWER WASHER AT 1100 THIS MORNING 4 C M LAC WITH 6 SUTURES,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
57 YOM PT LACERATED HAND WITH POWER WASHER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
65 Y/O W.FM CUT HAND WHEN HELPING TO UNLOAD POWER WASHER FROM TRUCK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 68 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 HIS LT HAND ON A PRESSURE WASHER WHILE USING IT AT HOME. DX: LT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HIT WITH WATER FROM PRESSURE WASHER LAC LT HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 51 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 A POWER WASHER AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
DIRECT BLOW WITH A PRESSURE CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS AT HOME AND WAS HIT BY A POWER WASHER WHILE IT WAS STILL SPINNIN G C/O LEFT HAND LAC/ABRASION.DX:HIGH PRESSURE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers, Clothing accessories
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME WAS WEARING GLOVES AND THE FORCE OF THE WATER CUT LEFT HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND STREAM OF WATER FROM WASHER CUT HAND. DX. R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND WAND FROM PRESSURE WASHER HIT HANDE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER FILLED WITH PLAIN WATER TO WASH HOUSE & BLEW A HOLE IN HAND DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
HAND LAC-HIT W/ PRESSURIZED WATER STREAM FROM PRESSURE WASHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 68 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
68 YO M 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND BURNT ON MUFFLER OF POWER WASHER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER PUTTING HAND IN FRONT OF WATER ST REAM FROM PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT CUT OF THE HAND ON HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AT CAR WASH LACERATION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
66 YOM LACERATED LEFT HAND WHILE USING A PRESSURE WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
78 YOM WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED SMALL PUNCTURE W OUNDS TO LEFT HAND AND SOME ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING PRESSURE WASHER-HIT HAND-LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED HAND WITH INDUSTRIAL PRESSURE WASHER, DX HAND I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
CUT HAND ON PRESSURE WASHER. DX EXTENSIVE HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 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: 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: 03/24/2007	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: 12/31/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A POWER WASHER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 65 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 USING PRESSURE WASHER DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
USING A PRESSURE WASHER, ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND AT HOME. DX. LAC/CONT L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sprayers
WALKING AND WATCHING SOMEONE USE POWER WASHER AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WERE SHE WAS GOING AND FELL HAND FRACTURE/BILAT WRIST SPRAIN/CONTUSI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PATIENT GOT A LACERATION ON HAND WHILE USING A POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
73 YO MALE USED POWER WASHER AT HOME CELLULITIS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2005	Age: 55 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: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
USING HIGH POWER WATER SPRAYER WHENTHE JET STRUCK HIS HAND PUNCTURING I T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT C/O CUT LFT HAND. PT CUT LFT HAND WITH POWER WASHER. DX DX LAC RT HA ND COMP. TENDON PARTIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
PT AT A CAR WASH TWO DAYS AGO USING A PRESSURE WASHER STRUCK RIGHT HAND WITH IT ABRASION THEN INFECTION CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	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 WAS TRYING TO CLEAR OUT SOME STUMPS FROM HIS BACKYARD AT HOME USING A PRESSURE WASHER RAN IT OVER HIS LEFT HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sprayers
PT AT HOME USING PRESSURE WASHER, SPRAYED LT HAND UNDER PRESSURE, FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2004	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
LAC RT HAND X3 (2CM) ON POWER WASHER TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT WAS CUT WHILE SHUTTING OFF POWER WASHER. DX: L HAND LAC .5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sprayers
LEFT HAND CONT/SPR. PT WAS STARTING A POWER WASHER AND THE HANDLE HIT H AND,.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
81YOM-LACERATION RIGHT HAND-CUT AT HOME WHILE USING POWER WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 51 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 BURNED HAND ON EXHUAST PIPE OF PRESSURE WASHER; TB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
PT USING A HIGH POWERED PRESSURE WASHER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER A HIGH PRESURE HOSE BLEW UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sprayers
57 YR OLD MALE USING A POWER WASHER. THE POWER WASHER HIT HIS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
2 CM V-SHAPED RT HAND LACERATION, SUBCUTANEOUS INJURY, USING POWER WASHER AT HOME, HANDLE SLIPPED, NOZZLE HIT HAND ? WHAT WAS WASHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
LAC R HAND; METAL LEVER FROM SPRAYER WENT THROUGH HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2000	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2000	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/1999	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/1999	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sprayers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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