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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 796
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS USING A SANDER AT HOME WHEN SPLINTER WENT INTO LEFT INDEX FINGER AND OUT OTHER SIDE. FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| USING SANDER AT HOME SANDER FELL TRIED TO CATCH IT LAC TO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 26 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 sanders |
| PT GOT L FINGER CAUGHT IN BELT SANDER THIS MORNING, DX AVULSIVE LACERATION PIP JT LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 41 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: Power sanders |
| 41 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION FOREIGN BODY R EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT. STATES RUNNING A SANDER AT HOME ON SUNDAY. DX. FB R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2006 | Age: 27 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 sanders |
| 27 YO M LACERATION TO LONG FINGER CUT ON ELECTRIC SANDER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 37 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 sanders |
| SUSTAINED ALACERATION TO FINGER FROM A POWER SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 48 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 sanders |
| 48YMC USING A BELT SANDER C/O EYE REDNESS/FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2006 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AVULSION FINGERNAIL - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH AVULSION OF FINGER NAIL SUS TAINED WHEN USING A POWER SANDER - LEFT FINGER WAS DRAWN INTO SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders, Motor vehicles or parts |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE FROM USING SANDER ON A RUSTY CAMPER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| CONTUSION CHEST - 39 YOF C/O RIGHT SIDE RIB PAIN AFTER USING A POWER SA NDER AND HITTING SELF ON HANDLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED AN AVULSION INJURY TO LT MIDDLE FINGER ON A POWER SANDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PAIN, SWELLING AND IRRITATION TO NOSE FOR 2 DAYS, HAS BEEN SANDING WOOD FLOORS. DX: INFECTED NARES, EARLY CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| GRINDING UNDER PICKUP AT HOME USING POWER SANDER, KICKED BACK HITTING M OUTH. DX: LACERATION LIPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials |
| FINGER INJURY-OCCURRED WHILE USING POWER SANDER ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT USING A GRANITE SANDER WHILE HELPING A FRIEND AT HER HOUSE 1 WEEK AG O. PAD CAME OFF & HIT EYE AT HIGH SPEED.D:RETINAL DETACHMENT W/ SCOTOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 26 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: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials |
| THE FLOOR AT HOME WAS BEING SANDED, NOW C EYE PAIN " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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