Accidents - Drills - 16-25 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,784
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	718	Eyeball:	554
Hand:	269	Elbow:	68
Face:	67	Lower Leg:	60
Wrist:	46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
PATIENT DRILLED #11 DRILL BIT INTO FINGER IN SHOP CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, NAIL PLATE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
STUCK SELF WITH DRILL BIT DX. PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
20 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYES. PT WAS DRILLING INTO SOME METAL & SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYES @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
16 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYES. PT STS GOT PIECES OF METAL IN EYES WHILE DRILLING SOME METAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 21 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: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
RT EYE FB-DRILLIING EXHAUST OF HIS CAR-WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-GOT A FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drills
STRUCK IN WRIST BY DRILL BUTT WHEN IT BROKE AND LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 20 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: Drills
20 YOM PUNCTURED FINGER WITH DRILL BIT DX LACERATION L MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
DX LEFT 3RD DIGIT PUNCTURE WOUND: DRILLING WOOD, DRILLED INTO FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drills
CORN ABR. PT WAS USING A DRILL AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 24 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: Drills, Freezers
PT WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A FREEZER AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	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: Drills
LT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-WOOD DUST WHILE DRILLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
HIT FINGER WHILE USING DRILL PUNCTURE WOUND DISTAL PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 23 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: Fracture
Product: Drills
USING A DRILL WHEN IT JUMPED BACK IN HAND FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Drills
PT C/O PAIN LT WRIST SINCE YESTERDAY WHILE DRILLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Drills
PATIENT WAS OPERATING A DRILL, DRILL RECOILED SMASHING SIDE OF PATIENT RIGHT HAND. DX-BOXER FRACTURE RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE DRILLING HALL AT HOME. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: DRILLED INTO FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drills
PATIENT HIT IN FACE WHEN DRILL BOUNCED UP. DX: CONTUSION RIGHT CHEEK & RIGHT EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
PT STATES INJURED HIS FINGER WITH A PHILLIPS HEAD DRILL BIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
DX LEFT 1ST DIGIT PUNCTURE WOUND: PUT DRILL BIT THROUGH FINGER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
DX METAL FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT EYE: DRILLING ON METAL OF CAR, GOTSOMET HING IN EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drills
CUT FINGER ON A DRILL BIT. LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
DRILLED HOLE IN FINGER YEST W/PHILLIPS BIT AT HOME. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND L 3RD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Drills
INJURED HAND WITH A DRILL BITDX: HAND HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 19 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: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
19 Y/O MALE WAS DRILLING WOOD AND A PIECE WENT INTO HIS EYE, LOCATIONNO T STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED L LEG WITH A DRILL. PUNCTURE WOUNDL MID TIBIA $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drills
FINGER HIT BY DRILL BIT; EXTENSIVE LAC W/ FX RT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY R EYE DRILLING, ACUTE R CORNEAL FOREIGN BO DY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
HURT HAND HIT WITH DRILL DX: PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
HAND DRILL IN ART CLASS PUNCTURE WOUND HAND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
USING DRILL-DRILL SLIPPED PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
METAL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE DRILLING DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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: Drills, Ceilings and walls
WHILE DRILLING INTO CEILING, SMALL PIECE OF WOOD GOT INTO LT EYE. - COR NEAL ABRASION LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
20 YOM C/O LACERATION TO L HAND WITH DRILL BIT AT HOME. DX: L PALM PUNC TURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drills
19 Y/O M C/O CUT FINGER BETWEEN 6 & 7 PM USING DRILL WENT THRU METAL AND THRU FINGER DX: RT INDEX FINGER 3M X 3M LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 25 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: Puncture
Product: Drills
LT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND W/ CELLULITIS-INJURED W/ A DRILL BIT-NOW AREA I S INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills
RT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND W/ INFECTION-INJURED 2.5 DAYS PTA W/ A DRIL L WHILE WORKING ON AN OLD CAR-ADMITTED FOR INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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: Drills
22 YO M USING A DRILL GOT FRAGMENT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
FOREIGN BODY EYE - VICTIM REPORTS HE WAS DRILLING AT HOME YESTERDA Y AND HAD SOMETHING FLY INTO LEFT EYE - VISION BLURRY AND EYE IS RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drills
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE DRILLING. DX: R EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drills
PT BRUISED ELBOW WHEN HIT ON A DRILL TAP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drills, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE FINGER - VICTIM, WHO WHILE WORKING IN HIS GARAGE DRILLED A SCREW INTO HIS LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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