Accidents - Power saws - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,429
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	749	Hand:	186
Lower Arm:	139	Eyeball:	137
Lower Trunk:	69	Wrist:	69
All Of Body:	61	Face:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS USING A POWER SAW AT FRIENDS HOUSE AND CUT THUMB .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT USING A ROTARY SAW AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LAC LMF W/ BOW SAW CUTTING A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	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: Power saws
PT. CUT FINGER ON A SHARP *** DX: RT. MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION DX: RT. MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
USING CIRCULAR SAW WITH A SAFETY AND IT BOUNCED BACK STRIKING FACE AND DEEPLY LAC IT AND LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT USING A POWER SAW SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB LACERATION FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 17 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: Power saws
17 YO M CUT HAND ON *** SAW LAC HAND COMPLICATED LAC HAND COMPLICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 24 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power saws
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS FINGER WHILE USING A MITER SAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power saws
CUTTING WOOD W/ CIRCULAR SAW, SOMETIHING GOT INTO RT. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT FINGER W/ ELECTRIC SAW DX; 1/2 INCH LT 5TH FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws
PATIENT WAS USING A *** SAW AND HOME AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.DX-F ULL THICKNESS AVULSION LEFT 2ND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUT WRIST WITH GANGSAW. DX R WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT RIGHT RING FINGER ON A MITER SAW AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT FINGERS WITH A *** DX: MULTIPLE FINGER LACERATIONS DX: MULTIPLE FINGER LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
WHILE WORKING WITH A MITER SAW, PT CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 21 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: Power saws
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS PIECE OF WOOD FLEW IN RIGHT EYE WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH POWER SAW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT WORKING WITH AN UNSPECIFIED POWER SAW AT HOME WHEN IT SLIPPED SUSTA INED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PATIENT USING SAW IN SHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL, PIECE OF WOOD CATAPULTED IMP ALING FINGER, PT PULLED WOOD OUT; TENDON LAC., PIP JOINT DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power saws
PARTIAL AMPUTATION - USING POWER SAW PARTIAL AMPUTATION, MACERATED NAIL BED, OPEN DISTAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 18 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: Power saws
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS RT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A CIRCULAR S AW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUT HAND WITH A BOW SAW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUT HAND WITH POWER SAW DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LT THUMB LACERATIONS DUE TO A POWER SAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
DX:LAC R INDEX FINGER. USING POWER SAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUT LT. HAND W/ BUZZ SAW DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws, House repair or construction materials
CUTTING WOOD WITH A MITER SAW AT HIS APARTMENT, FINGER HIT BY BLADE ON SAW WHEN LIFTING BLADE. DX AVULSION LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
FINGER LACERATION FROM CHIP SAW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/30/2003	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT REFER TODAY HAD OPEN WOUND TO RT ARM WHILE CUTTING TREE WITH A ELECT RIC SAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Power saws
PT TRYING TO UNPLUG ELECTRIC SAW IN RAIN, LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PATIENT CUT THUMB WITH ELECTRIC SAW. DX: 3 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT TH UMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
AT HOME USING A SKILL SAW AND CUT ABDOMEN. LACERATION TO ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power saws
PT CUT FINGER WITH POWER SAW C/O BLEEDING DX: AMPUTATION OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws, Clothing accessories
LEFT INDEX FINGER AVULSION. PT WAS USING HIS MITRE SAW AND HIT GLOVE GO T CAUGHT IN IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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