Accidents - Other portable or stationary power tools - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,619
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	79
6-15 years old:	131
16-25 years old:	294
26-50 years old:	1,538
50+ years old:	575

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,368	Hand:	374
Lower Trunk:	179	Eyeball:	148
Lower Arm:	146	Upper Trunk:	86
Face:	86	Knee:	59
Mouth:	59	Foot:	30
Elbow:	30	Wrist:	15
Ankle:	15	Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING POWER HAMMER,FINGER BETWEEN PIECE OF CONCRETE,POWER HAMMER DX CRUSH INJURY LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT HAS LOW BACK PAIN AFTER USING A JACK HAMMER. D:LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 43 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, Scaffolding
SMASH 4TH FINGER BETWEEN JACKHAMMER & SCAFFOLDING DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 79 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
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER WHILE USING POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT W/ LOW BACK PAIN SINCE FOOTBALL INJURY IN COLLEGE. FELL FROM TRUCK 3 MOS. AGO & ALSO HAS BEEN JACKHAMMERING. INCREASED PAIN. D:CHRONIC LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	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: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
34YOM FINGER LAC CUT ON CONCETE WHILE RUNNING JACK HAMMER CONT LAC L FI NGER RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	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: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER USING 100 LB. JACK HAMMER. D:LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 53 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 CUT FINGER ON GRINDER AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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 LACERATED HAND WITH A POWER TOOL AT HOME, DX; DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT R FACE W/POWER TOOL DX: FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 22 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
22 Y/O M INJURED L 3RD FINGER ON CEMENT MIXER AT HOME. DX; L 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS USING POWER ROTARY TOOL WHICH CAUGHT AND FLEW BACKWARD HITTING EYE. DX: R EYE TRAUMA/LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 48 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
USING SCREW GUN PUTTING UP SHEET ROCK AND WENT INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SUS LAC TO FINGER FORM A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
28 YOM WAS USING A JACKHAMMER, PLACE UNSTATED, WHEN IT JUMPED AND HIT H IS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	Age: 39 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 CUT HAND ON A POWER TOOL TODAY DX// LEFT HAND LAC PT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN BY MD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DX LACERATION RT MIDDLE FINGER - S/P PT CUT FINGER WORKING ON POWER TOOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PUNCTURED WITH HIS POWER DRILL. DX- PUNCTURE WOUND L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PW LEFT HAND.PT INJURED HAND WITH AN AIR HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 28 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
28 YOM LACERATED LEFT HAND WHILE USING A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
WORKING W/WOOD WORKING TOOLS, INJURY TO THUMB AND INDEX FINGERS DX: AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DROPPED A JACK HAMMER ON FOOT CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	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: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT INJURED SELF WITH UNSPECIFIED POWER TOOL RESULTING IN AVULSION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Personal watercraft, powered
PT @ HOME SANDBLASTING *** INJ LT ARM # DX 2 DEGREE BURN LT ARM DX 2 DEGREE BURN LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Motor vehicles or parts
MOUTH LAC, PT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WITH A TOOL WHEN FATHER WAS FIXING A CAR AT THE ST. C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2006	Age: 72 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: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Other toys
PT WORKING ON A TOY AIRPLANE USING ***, IT SLIPPED AND LODGED IN PT'S H AND DX: R HAND LAC, R HAND FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2006	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT HAD FOREARM INJURY 4 MOS AGO, PT REINJURED FOREARM USING A MINI JACK HAMMER BREAKING UP CONCRETE DX: R FOREARM CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING A POWER TOOL SPLITTING WOOD AMPUTATING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FELL INTO CELLAR HOLE WHILE USING A JACK HAMMER LEFT RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DROPPED JACK HAMMER ON HAND/ LAC, CONTUSION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 30 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING SANDBLASTER AT HOME AND GOT L THUMB IN FRONT OF NOZZLE DX: LAC, CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION: USING RIVET GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
TOE LAC-DROPPED HEAVY POWER TOOL ON TOE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PATIENT C/O RIB PAIN, ACCIDENTALY HIT BY A JACK HAMMER HANDLE. DX-CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 35 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: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
35YOM (PRISONER PRIVACY) BRAKE PRESS FX R PHALANX R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 28 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 LACERATED HAND WITH A POWER TOOL AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CONTUSION FOOT - 22 YOF DROPPED A POWER TOOL ONTO LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
GOT AB TO LT FOREARM WHILE USING A SAND BLASTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 77 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 WAS AT HOME USING A POWER PLANER WHE HE LACERATED HIS LT INDEX FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PATIENT WAS USING A JACK HAMMER 2 DAYS AGO, STILL HAS PIECES OF STEEL IN HAND. DX - FOREIGN BODY IN HAND, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN A "PRESS" CAUSING A CR USHING INJURY TO HIS RT 3RD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 45 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
USING AIR GUN, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 82 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING HYDRULIC PRESS AND IT SLIPPED CRUSHING L RING FINGER DX: OPEN PHALANX FX, EXTENSOR TENDON LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PUNTURE WOUND TO FINGER SECONDARY TO AIR HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PATIENT GOT FINGER STUCK IN MACHINERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, House repair or construction materials
SMASHED THUMB WITH PILE DRIVER WHILE INSTALLING DECK BEAM/ FX,LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING A SANDBLASTER TO REMOVE RUST FROM HIS CAR AND GOT SOMETHING IN EY E FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, House repair or construction materials
USING A POWER WOOD PLANER AT HOME AND BOARD KICKED BACK INTO THUMB SPRA IN THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
A JACK HAMMER FELL ON PATIENT'S FINGER. DX-FRACTURE PHALANX LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
HOSE BROKE ON SANDBLASTER AND SAND HIT PT'S ARM. DX: ELBOW ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING SLIDE HAMMER DIGGING HOLE AND HIT SELF IN HEAD LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER, SCREW DRIVER SLIPPPED OFF SCREW AND PENETRATED FINGR/ PW LRF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT TRIPPED OVER A POWER TOOL AT UNCLES HOME - STRAINED WRIST WHEN LANDE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING BISCUIT JOINER AT HOME DX BROKEN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	Age: 44 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
CAUGHT FINGER B/T JACK HAMMER AND PIECE OF STEEL " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
14 YOM PART OF A WOOKSHOP MACHINE HIT HIS THUMB #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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