Accidents - Power sanders - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,718
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	168
16-25 years old:	147
26-50 years old:	645
50+ years old:	757

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	836	Hand:	410
Eyeball:	145	Unkown:	69
Upper Leg:	69	Lower Trunk:	68
Lower Leg:	34	Lower Arm:	33
Wrist:	33	Upper Trunk:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Power sanders
9 DAYS AGO HIT LEG WITH BELT SANDER. DX: HEMATOMA TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
LAC TO WRIST WHEN USING A POWER SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER SANDER. DX; L.2ND.FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 15 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 sanders
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON A SANDER(ELECTRIC)-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT SUST LACERATION TO WRIST FROM ELECTRIC SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
RUNNING A POWER SANDER IN SCHOOL AT NOON, SANDED TIP OF FINGER. DX LACERATION RIGHT LONG FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC SANDER AT HOME WHLE SANDING CABINETS. DX: LACER ATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 55 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 sanders
PT-LACERATED R HAND WITH POWER SANDER DX-R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
PT C/O PAIN TO DORSAL ASPECT OF THE L HAND AFTER A WOOD SANDER STRUCK H IM IN THE HAND AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
HIT HAND WITH SANDER-THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
44 Y M WITH WOOD SPLINTERS IN HAND FROM SANDING. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 25 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 WAS POWER SANDING A *** BOAT AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
49 Y M WAS SANDING RUST OF OF MEATAL AND HIT HAND ON SANDER. DX: ABRASION TO LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 30 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 sanders
PT WOODWORKING AT HOME WHEN SMASHED FINGER ON PIECE OF WOOD FROM BELT S ANDER. D:DISTAL TUFT FX, FINGER, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 62 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 sanders
PT FRACTURED HIS FINGER AS A RESULT OF CATCHING IT IN A POWER SANDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 44 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
WAS USING ELECTRIC SANDER, METAL GRINDING, AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
DX RIGHT HAND ABRASION: USING POWER SANDER, IT SLIPPED ON SURFACE AND INJURED HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER AT HOME. DX; LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT'S FINGER WAS IN ELECTRIC SANDER WHEN IT TURNED ON. DX: LAC W/SOFT TISSUE LOSS L RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT LAC RT INDEX FINGER ON SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
PT CAUGHT FINGER ON BELT SANDER. DX: AVULSION LAC 2 CM R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT HAND ON ELEC SANDER FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
67 YOM - SANDER CORD WRAPPED AROUND FINGER ALMOST TWISTING IT OFF DX - PARTIAL FINGER TIP AVULSION WITH OPEN DISTAL PHALANX FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
LEFT FINGER LAC. USING POWER SANDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 65 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 sanders
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO RT 4TH FINGER WHILE USING AN ELECTRIC SANDER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power sanders, Chairs
USING POWER SANDER, TRIED TO SIT ON CHAIR FELL ON FLOOR DX: FRACTURE LT. HIP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
USING A FLOOR SANDER AT HOME AND THE HANDLE STRUCK PATIENT'S HAND. DX ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURY RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 37 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 sanders
PT ABRADED KNEE W/BELT SANDER 1 MO AGO. DX: ABSCESS W/CELLULITIS R LEG. HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
DX ABRASION LEFT 3RD DIGIT: INJURED FINGER ON BELT SANDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 34 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
USING ELECTRIC SANDER AND DROVE SPLINTER UNDER FINGER NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 45 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: Other
Product: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials
LT FOREARM TENDONITIS-AFTER USING A FLOOR SANDER ON FLOOR-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
AVULSED NAIL ON BELT SANDER AVULSED LT THUMB NAIL, SPRAIN LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power sanders
TRIPPED ON CURB, STUCK KNEE ON PAVEMENT AS WELL AS NOSE AND FOREHEAD/ LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power sanders
TRIPPED WITH ELECTRIC SANDER DX. THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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