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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,981
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| ROTATOR CUFF SYNDROME-USING A POWER AUGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT FRACTURED RIGHT FINGER WITH A DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 DRILL GUN AT HOME, C/O RT WRIST PAIN DX: RT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 47 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, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 1 CM LACERATION THUMB: USING *** DRILL WITH PHILLIPS TIP ON IT WHENIT S LIPPED, LT THUMB INJ, ATTEMPTING TO PUT LOCK ON GARAGE DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A ROTOR DRILL, BIT FLEW OFF AND HIT PT IN EYE, HAS PAIN AN D NAUSEA. DX: GLOBE RUPTURE, INFERIOR ORBITAL FX, SYNCOPE. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 39 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. ACCIDENTALLY DRILLED A HOLE IN L HAND W/A POWER DRILL AT HOME. DX. PW L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DX LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND: INJURED SELF WITH ELECTRIC DRILL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| ACC PUNCTURED FINGER C A DRILL BIT WHILE USING IT " PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON POWER DRILL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING POWER HAMMER DRILL WHEN ARM TWISTED. D: WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 49 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L FOREARM/49YOM AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO BURNED L FORE ARM ON HOT MOTOR OF AUGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LAC R 2ND FINGER, PT GOT INJURY W/A POWER DRILL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| PT USING DRILL ON METAL YESTERDAY WHEN CORD WRAPPED AROUND HAND PULLING HAND INTO REVOLVING DRILL. D:SKIN AVULSION, FINGER; FINGER TUFT FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLING A HOLE AT HOME, BIT BROKE THEN DRILLED THRU HAND " PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2006 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS HE KNICKED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHE N USING A POWER DRILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| RIGHT HAND FB. PT GOT A PIECE OF DRILL BIT STUCK IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 28 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 |
| PUNCTURE R HAND; @ HOME STATES HAD DRILL BIT ACCIDENTALLY GO INTO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 43 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 |
| 43YOM DRILL BIT IN FINGER HAD TO REVENGE TO REMOVE L INDEX FINGER PUN CTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WRIST SPRAIN-INJURED W/ CORDLESS DRILL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | 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 drills or accessories |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A POWER DRILL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Doors |
| LAC R HAND, PT MAKING A HOLE IN A DOOR W/A POWER DRILL AT HOME, C/OPAIN , BLEEDING, SENSATION INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT INJURED USING A DRILL; PW FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 37YOM DRILL BIT WENT INTO HAND WAS DRILLING SHEET METAL PUNCTURE WOUND 1ST WEB SPACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT DRILLED THROUGH FINGER. DX: L INDEX THROUGH & THROUGH PUNCTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING THE DRILL, SLIPPED PUNCTURING FINGER '' FINGER PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | 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: Other |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| ACC DRILL THRU HAND/INJ HAND ON A SCREWGUN " TENOSYNOVITIS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY FELL ONTO ELECTRIC DRILL W/ BIT AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT DRILLING UNDER HIS CAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT AT HOME DRILLING A PIECE OF WOOD LAC L HAND DX L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| TWISTED HAND WHILE USING A POWER DRILL. DX. R 4TH METACARPAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 40 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 USING POWER DRILL AT HOME, LAC LT HAND ON A BROKEN DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 35 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WHILE WORKING WITH AN ELECTRIC DRILL, SCREW ACCIDENTALLY FLEW BACK,AND HIT NASAL SITE OF EYE, PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | 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 |
| PT ACCID DRILLED THROUGH HAND. DX: OPEN WOUND L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Eye protection devices |
| SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE DRILLING, WEARING SAFTY GOGGLES THOUGH " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2006 | Age: 43 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 INTO A SHEET METAL, DRILL SLIPPED & PUNCTURED INTO PALM " HAND PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 39 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 |
| P.W. R 3RD FING/39YOM AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY DRILLED BASE OF R 3RD FINGER TODAY AT APPROX 2PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 48 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 |
| 48 YO MALE CUT LOWER LIP WITH DRILL LACERATION LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2006 | Age: 50 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WHILE USING A POWER DRILL THE DRILL FLIPPED OVER AND INJURED HAND CONTU SION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST FROM BEING SPUN OFF AN ICE AUGE R. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 41 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 drills or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PATIENT WAS USING A POWER DRILL UNDERNEATH HIS CAR SUSTAINING A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE. DX - RT EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A DRILL GUN WHEN THE DRILL BIT GOT CAUGHT AND HE S TRAINED HSI RT SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 38 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 |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-CUT ON ELECTRIC DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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