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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,317
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| 26 YOM DRILLING HOLE IN METAL GOT METAL IN EYE FOREIGN BODY CORNIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 50 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: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER DRILL, LACERATED LT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT C/O LAC TO R UPPER LIP - WAS DRILLING & DRILL KICKED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. LAC UPPER LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PREDDING ON A CORDLESS DRILL WITH HIS FINGERTIPS INSTEAD OF THE PALM. DX FRACTURE L METACARPAL #4 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT WAS USING A DRILL AND IT DROPPED AND HIT ARM/ LAC TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| DRILL BIT TO L INDEX FINGER,NOT WORK RELATED PUNCTURE WOUND# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 31 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: Portable power drills and accessories |
| DRILL BIT BROKE AND POSSIBLE METAL FB TO L EYE,NOT AT WORK# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| C/O FOOT INJUREY STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A DRILL, ONTO FOOT >> PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| HAND INJURY FROM DRILL BIT FROM HAND POWER TOOL. DX-LACERATION HAND, FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT HIT KNEE WITH DRILL-LEFT KNEE PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| 50 YO F FOREIGN BODY TO EYE DRILLING WOOD AT HOME GOT SOMETHING IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| COERDLESS DRILL BIT VS. THUMB NAIL. DRILLLED INTO THUMB. D: CRUSH INJUR Y, THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL KICKED BACK STRUCK IN HEAD SUSTAINED A SCALP LA CERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| USING PORTABLE DRILL ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND DOING REPAIRS AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 41 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: Fracture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| 41 YO M FRACTURED FOREARM USING HEAVY DUTY DRILL IT CAUGHT AND TWISTED INJURING ARM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| 30 YO USING ELECTRIC DRILL INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 39 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: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL AND IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Fences or fence posts |
| PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER-WAS USING A DRILL GUN AT HOME WHILE PU TTING UP A FENCE & DRILL BIT SLIPPED INJURING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 46 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: Portable power drills and accessories, House repair or construction materials |
| DX THUMB LAC: DRILL'G SCREW INTO DRYWALL WITH POWER DRILL & SLIPPED & DROVE PHILLIP'S HEAD BIT INTO & THRU EDGE OG DISTAL THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| FACIAL LACS-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A HAMMER DRILL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2008 | Age: 28 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: Portable power drills and accessories |
| PT WAS USING A DRILL AND DRILLED THROUGH RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| FOREHEAD LAC-HIT W/A BATTERY PACK OF DRILL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Portable power drills and accessories |
| 39 YOM STATES RAN A PHILLIPS HEAD SCREWDRIVER DRILL THROUGH HIS RIGHT I NDEX FINGER SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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