Accidents - Other portable or stationary power tools - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,565
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	24
16-25 years old:	597
26-50 years old:	1,116
50+ years old:	826

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	970	Hand:	523
Eyeball:	411	Lower Trunk:	195
Ankle:	84	Elbow:	77
Foot:	69	Upper Leg:	69
Upper Trunk:	61	Shoulder:	39
Lower Arm:	16	Face:	16
Neck:	16	Lower Leg:	12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LACERATION FINGER - 54 YOM PRESENTS WITH LACERATIONS TO HIS LEFT THUMB, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS FROM A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT STATES HE LACERATED FINGER ON A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FX RT HAND-SUS INJ TO RT HAND AFTER DROPPIG A POWER TOOL ON IT AT HOME. C/O PAIN AND SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGERTIP WHEN CAUGHT IN JOINER WORKSHOP TOOL IN DAD S SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER DREMMEL TOOL. DX; L.HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT GOT WOOD IN EYE WHILE USING POWER TOOLS. DX: FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 48 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX:L 1ST FINGER LAC. CUT FINGER ON ROTATING BLADE OF DRY WALLING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
19 Y M PUT 1 1/2 INCH STAPLE INTO HIS THIGH WITH POWER STAPLER DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT C/O SCREWW GUN TO LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT PALM PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT HIT HAND W/DREMMEL TOOL. DX: L HAND LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER LIFTING JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT STATES HE LACERATED FINGER ON A POWER TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX: PATIENT USEING SCREWGUN LOST CONTROL OF GUN AND TWISTED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Clothing accessories
PUSHING SMALL LOG THRU * * PLANER, PLANER CAUGHT GLOVE, PULLED FING ERS INTO PLANER. DX: FINGER TIP AMPUTATION X 2.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT C/O LEFT EYE PAIN DESCRIBED WORKING YEST CUTTING SOME WOOD AT HOME W ITH A POWER TOO FELT SOMETHING GO IN EYE LEFT CORNEAL EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT HIT SELF IN CHEST WITH JACK HAMMER DX: STERNUM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT. HIT PINKY FINGER WITH A SLIDE HAMMER IN AUTO BODY SHOP AT SCHOOL DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 49 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT SUSTAINED TO RT MID-FINGER X2 WEEKS AGO WITH ELECTRIC HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO RT EYE/TYRAUMATIC IRITIS - DUE TO USING POWER TOOL WITH DUST FLYING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
RT INDEX FINGER ABRASION.PT WAS USING A VARNISHER AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
GRINDER KICKED BACK CUTTING L FA DX: LAC L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	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: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
RT.HAND TRAUMA PT. WHILE USING A CHIPHAMMER BLUNT TRAUMA RT.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUTTING PLASTIC WITH DREMEL TOOL AT HOME, HUNG UP IN PLASTIC, CUT THUMB . DX; LACERATION THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING MOTORIZED WRENCH MACHINE AT HOME, TWISTED ARM AROUND, CRACKING IN R SHOULDER. DX SPRAINED R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
HURT WITH A CLAW HAMMER. DX-L MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
STRAINED NECK WHEN USING A JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH JACK HAMMER FALLING ONTO LT LOWER LEG ON PORCH @5:30PM TODAY, L ACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
40 YO MALE WAS WALKING BY WORKERS USING A JAM HAMMER AND A PIECE OF CONCRETE HIT CHEEK - CONTUSION LEFT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 75 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING A MOTORIZED TILE CUTTER DX; RT FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LEFT THUMB LACERATION FROM USING A POWER TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Wood paneling and particleboard
54 YOM WAS DOING WOOD WORKING AT HOME AND CUT LEFT HAND. LACERATION, L EFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LUMBAR STRAIN - 22 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER USING A JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PAIN TO ELBOW AFTER USING JACK HAMMER DX: ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Eye protection devices
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-WHILE USING A JACKHAMMER AND WEARING SAFETY G LASSES WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EYE BY A PIECE OF ROCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FB SENSATION X 4 DAYS POSSIBLY METAL, HAD BEEN USING A PLASMA CUTTER/ RB RT EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DX MUSCULAR STRAIN (LOWER BACK) - S/P USING A JACK HAMMER WITHOUT BACK SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
67 YOMC WAS SANDBLASTING A FEW DAYS PRIOR, AND NOW HAS PAIN IN HIS R. E YE/ ALLERGIC DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 29 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: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
F.B. R CORNEA - SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHEN USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT LT. 5TH FINGER W/ POWER TOOL DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
ELECTRIC WOOD SHAPER KICKED BACK,HAND WENT IN BLADE DEGLOVING 2 FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DOING HOME IMPROVEMENT WITH A MULTI FUNCTION FOOT WITH A BLADE AND LAC FINGER ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING STATIONARY POWER PLANERGOT FINGER IN IT DX AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USED JACK HAMMER AT FRIEND'S LAST WEEK AND IT FELL ON HIS HAND. DX: R HAND/WRIST CONT/HEMATOMA/ECCHYMOSIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LEFT 2ND DIGIT LAC. USING AN UNSPECIFIED POWER TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
31 Y/O M C/O RT FOOT INJURY. PT HIT FOOT WITH AIR HAMMER. DX CONT TO RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 22 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT SELF ON FINGER WITH A POCKET TOOL DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LOW BACK STRAIN-USING A JACK HAMMER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
HAND CAUGHT ON "POWER TOOL" DX. 5 CM R HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
SMASHED THUMB WITH JACK HAMMER/ CONTUSION LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CONTUSION (R) 2ND FINGER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A POWER TOOL, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, HX OF MENTAL CONDITION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT LEG ON POWER WORKSHOP TOOLS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT. LAC. 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH A POWER TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
AVULSED TWO FINGERS ON A POWER TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING POWER SAW AND CHIP FLEW INTO EYES, ACUTE L CORENEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING JACK HAMMER DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LAC L THUMB; USING A DREMEL AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT AT MOTHER'S HOUSE AND A JACKHAMMER FELL ON PT'S RT ANKLE DX: CONTUSI ON RT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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