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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,866
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL BIT BROKE AND WENT INTO PT'S HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 27 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLING, GOT THE DRILL THRU HAND " HAND PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| STATES A DRILL BIT FELL OFF OF THE SHELF AND HIT PT IN LEFT LOWER LEG. PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 35 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: Power drills or accessories |
| POKED WITH ELECTRIC DRILL PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT DRILLED HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT WAS USING A DRILL, IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS 3RD DIGIT ALONG THE LATERAL ASPECT. DX - LACERATION/AVULSION TO THE LT 3RD DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WK C DRILL , SLIPPED WENT THRU FINGER. " FINGER PW/FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT INJURED RIGHT THUMB WITH AN ELECTRIC DRILL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT AT HOME USING POWER DRILL KICKED BACK CAUGHT R SIDE OF FACE DX MULTIPLE FACIAL LIP LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL WENT THROUGH FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 31 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO FINGER FROM POWERDRILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LAC TO THUMB ON L HAND TODAY FROM A POWER DRILL. DX. LAC L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 45 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 drills or accessories |
| C/O PT STATES DROPED DRILL ON FOOT DX RT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 42 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: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING A DRILL WENT THRU FINGER '' FX/LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH AN ELECTRICAL DRILL WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT SECOND DIGIT. DX - LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DIGGING A POST HOLE, HIT IN FACE W/ AUGER DENTAL FX, CONTUSION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING HIS DRILL AND IT WENT THROUGH HIS HAND/ PUNCTURE TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 45 Y/O W/M RECEIVED FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE WATCHING A FAMILY MEMBER DRILL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING LARGE DRILL ON BEAM 1 WEEK AGO - THROWN SIDEWYS LUMBAR SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| HIT FINGER WITH POWER DRILL DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WHILE USING A DRILL TO CUT METAL, FX FINGER DX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLING ON CAR GOT METAL IN EYE DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT WAS DRILLING IN CONCRETE AT HIS HOUSE WHEN DRILL BIT GOT STUCK INJURING RIGHT HAND. DX - RIGHT HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 33 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: Power drills or accessories |
| LUNCTURE THUMB: USING POWER DRILL AT HOME, *** HEAD DRILL BITWENT THROG H THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 43 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 drills or accessories |
| LAC TO L ARM - FELL ON A POWER AUGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PW LEFT HAND .PT RAN A DRILL IN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CUT ON ELECTRIC DRILL/ PW LT 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 31 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT ATTEPTED TO CATCH A FALLEN DRILL THAT WENT THRU HAND SUSTAIEND " HAND PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | 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: Power drills or accessories, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS BUILDING A SHED USING A DRILL THAT WENT THRU A FINGER SUSTAINED " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CORDLESS DRILL FELL ON HEAD BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE L HAND; ACCIDENTALLY DRILLED THRU HAND NEAR THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2005 | 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: Amputation |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| AMPUTATED FINGER USING A DRILL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/10/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING A POWER DRILL & DRILLED HAND DX: L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS USING POWER DRILL TO PUT IN SCREW & HIT HAND. DX: PW L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LACERATION FINGER - 33 YOF WAS USING A POWER DRILL AND LACERATED HER RI GHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTLY STUCK ELECTRIC DRILL ON PENIS AND SCROTUM. DX: PUN CTURE WOUND TO PENIS AND SCROTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2005 | Age: 41 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 drills or accessories |
| 41 YOM HAD DRILL BIT GO THRU THUMB LAC THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT HAD A POWER DRILL KICKED BACK HITTING PT ON THE MOUTH SUSTAINED " LIP LACERATION'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING HEAVY COMMERCIAL DRILL AT HOME WHEN IT "GOT AWAY FROM" HIM AND HE TWISTED HIS WRIST. DX: WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT AT FRIENDS HOUSE USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL WHEN IT CAUGHT TWISTING HIS RIGHT ARM STRAINED ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLED THROUGH FINGER WITH DRILLBIT. DX. L MIDDLE FINGER PUNCTURE WOUN D, DISTAL PHALANX FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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