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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,291
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LACERATION FINGER - 55 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB ON A BELT SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2004 | Age: 17 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: Power sanders |
| CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC SANDER - LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT AMPUTATED FINGER ON A BELT SANDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT AT SCHOOL AND GTO FINGER CAUGHT IN BELT SANDER C/O PAIN LEFT INDEX F INGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A SANDER WHILE BEING +ETOH INTOXICATED, SUSTAINED "RT 2ND FINGER AMPUTATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LUMBAR STRAIN - 27 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A 200-LB SANDE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Power sanders |
| ABDOMINAL WALL BURN-ACCIDENTLY HIT ABDOMEN W/A SANDER W/ WIRE BRUSH-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power sanders |
| FINGERTIP AMPUTATION-CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 sanders |
| DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN: USING BELT SANDER AT HOME AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2004 | Age: 15 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 sanders |
| 15YOM AT HOME SANDING BOARDS BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION DX/BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power sanders |
| 49YOM AT HOME USING BELT SANDER SLIPPED HIT HAND DX/AMPUTATION OF DORSAL ASPARTYL OF L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| CUT LEG WITH POWER SANDER DX: L LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 7 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 |
| INJURY TO HAND FROM AN ELECTRIC SANDER R HAND CONTUSION/LACERATION 3CM TOTAL LENGTH REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WITH A BELT SANDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2004 | Age: 21 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 LACERATED FINGER ON A POWER SANDER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 48 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: 05/08/2004 | Age: 44 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 |
| CUT WITH POWER SANDER. DX-FLAP LACERATION R 4TH FINGER, ABRASION R SECO ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2004 | Age: 49 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, Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS OUT WORKING ON A POWER SANDER. HE DID HAVE GOGGLES ON, BUT STIL L GOT DUST IN HIS EYE. DX: FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 31 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER FROM A SANDING BELT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials |
| 60 YOM WAS SANDING WOODEN FLOOR WITH A POWER SANDER. LACERATION, LEFT T HUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2004 | Age: 63 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A BELT SANDER WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2004 | Age: 19 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 |
| USING SAND BELT @ HOME USING SANER ON TRUCK AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 66 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 |
| FINGER FX W/ FINGERNAIL AVULSION-CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER-BETWEEN 2 ROLLERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| USING SANDER, CUT FINGER/ LAC LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| TORE OFF THUMB NAIL WITH SANDER DX LEFT THUMB NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Power sanders |
| 14YOM AT SCHOOL INJ THUMB ON POWER SANDER WOOD DX CRUSHED INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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