Accidents - Power saws - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,646
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	833	Eyeball:	115
Hand:	104	Lower Arm:	102
Toe:	80	Lower Leg:	75
Knee:	71	Upper Arm:	71
Foot:	71	Upper Leg:	44
Wrist:	30	Mouth:	15
Elbow:	14	Lower Trunk:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 21 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
21YO HISP MALE CUT L INDEX FINGER & R MIDDLE FINGER ON A ELECTRIC SAW, DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
USING A CHOP SAW AND LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 24 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
24 YOM CUT FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WITH ELETRIC SAW LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power saws
23 YO INJURED FINGER ON MITRE SAW AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws
PT GOT HIS L HAND CAUGHT UNDER BLADE OF MITER SAW IN WOODSHOP AT SCHOOL LACS TO THUMB AND AVULSION TO L 2ND FING. NON DOM HAND. DX FINGER AVULS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws
PT SUS FINGER TIP AVULSION ,CUT WHILE USING POWER SAW%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
24 YOM WAS USING ELECTRIC SAW TO CUT WOOD AND CUT LEG LACERATION UPPER THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power saws
USING A WALK-BEHIND CONCRETE SAW TO CUT CONCRETE HE DEVELOPED LEG NUMBN ESSDX NUMBNESS IN L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 21 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 FINGER WITH CHOP SAW AT HOME DX LAC LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power saws
THUMB INJURY FROM CUTTING WITH POWER SAW. DX-RIGHT THUMB PARTIAL AMPUTATION, DISTAL PHALANX FRACTURE RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
18Y/O,M,CUTTING BRICK AT HOME, *** (BRICK) SAW FELL ON FOOT, LAC. R BIG , SECOND, &THIRD TOES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
25 YO MALE CUT FINGER ON CEMENT SAW FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power saws
23 YO USING POWER SAW INJURED FINGER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	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
FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING ON POWERED HAND SAW. DX-RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT WAS CUTTING BRANCHES W/SAWZALL WHICH FELL BACK. DX: LIP LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power saws
LEFT THUMB INJURY FROM MITER SAW. DX- AVULSION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT C/O CUT UPPER LEG WITH SAW. DX LAC LFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING A SAWZAL AND IT KICKED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT LACERATED UPPER ARM ON A SAWZOL. DX: A 1 1/2 CM. LACERATION TO LEFT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power saws
LEFT HAND LACERATION WITH SAW. DX-OPEN FRACTURE LEFT THUMB AND LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws, House repair or construction materials
LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A MASONRY SAW TO CUT BRICKS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUT ON ELECTRIC SAW DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A ELECTRIC-POWERED HAND-HELD SAW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 18 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
18 YO USING POWER SAW INJURED HAND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power saws, Plants, trees and shrubs
PATIENT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS WHEN SAW KICKED BACK AND HIT PATIENT. DX-CONTUSION HIP AND FOREARM. DX-ABRASIONS ABDOMINAL WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT ELBOW WITH A POWER SAW. DX; ELBOW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power saws, Eyeglasses
PT STATES WAS CUTTING REBAR W/A RE***CATING SAW AND THINKS SOME METALGO T INTO L EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AT HOME. DX. CORNEAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH ELECTRIC SAW TODAY AT HOME & INJURED RTTHIGH. DX - DEEP LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE CUT TIP OF FINGER WITH A MITRE SAW/ DX 2CM DEEP LAC L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 17 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
TRAUMATIC HAND PAIN, C UT LEFT 4TH FINGER ON A SAW, SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER. DX-LACERATION LEFT 4TH FINGER, 3.5CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power saws
FELL, WAS BAREFOOT, HIT RIGHT FOOT ON PORTABLE SAWDX: CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT HAND ON ELECTRIC SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT WORKING ON THE BASEBOARD AT HOME WITH AN ELECTRIC SAW WHEN HE MISSED IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power saws
USING A CHOP SAW - ? METAL IN EYE FB REMOVED LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT CUT WRIST W/CHOP SAW. DX: 4 CM L WRIST LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PATIENT CUT FINGER WITH ELECTRIC ***ER SAW AT HOME. DX-LACERATIONFINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PT WAS USING A MITRE SAW AND CUT LEFT FOREARM, LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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