Accidents - Portable power drills and accessories - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,616
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	388
26-50 years old:	720
50+ years old:	501

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	348	Eyeball:	322
Finger:	259	Face:	162
Foot:	116	Lower Trunk:	84
Upper Leg:	77	Elbow:	69
Lower Leg:	68	All Of Body:	68
Head:	22	Toe:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
GOT METAL IN EYE WHILE DRILLING WITH PORTABLE ELECTRIC DRILL ON TRUCK A T HOME. DX: FB EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION, RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HIT HAND WITH POWER DRILL(HAND HELD) DX. PW PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A 3/8 DRILL BIT AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A DRILL. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS DRILLING WOOD AT HOME WHEN FB FLEW INTO LEFT EUE PAIN BLURRY VIS ION FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DRILLING A SCREW INTO A BOARD WHEN THE DRILL SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS BENT OVER TO PLUG IN A POWER DRILL FELL OVER STRIKING HEAD WITH LOC- CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SUBARACHNOID BLEED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT DRILLING INTO A CABINET YESTERDAY STRAINED LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUNBD TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
33 YOF HAD DRILL BIT HIT NOSE NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT CUT WITH POWER DRILL; LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
LAC L HAND W/ELECTRIC DRILL DX: ELECTRIC DRILL INJURY L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PW LEFT INDEX FINGER.PT WAS USING A DRILL AND DRILL BIT PUNCTURED FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
40 YO M INJURED TOE ON DRILL BIT PUNCTURE WOUND TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 21 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS DRILLING CONCRETE AND FB GOT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX:L ABDOMINAL LAC , L EYEBROW LAC. USING HIGH SPEED DRILL(HOLE HAG) OV ERHEAD, HIT NAIL AND BOUNCED BACK AT HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DROPPED DRILL BIT ONTO FOOT THAT PENETRATED SKIN R FOOT PUNCTURE WOU D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT CUT HAND ON A GAS TANK WHEN DRILL SLIPPED DRILL DID NOT PENETRATE HA ND LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
54 YOM WAS USING PORTABLE ELECTRIC DRILL TO DRILL THROUGH LEATHER. DRIL L SLIPPED AND BIT WENT INTO HAND. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT STATES SHE ACCIDENTALLY KICKED A POWER DRILL AND BIT PUNCTURED HER FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME WHEN THE DRILL BIT WENT INTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PORTABLE POWER DRILL HIT NAIL, KICKED BACK DX. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Stepladders
FELL OFF STEPLADDER, LANDED ON CORDLESS DRILL DX: FRACTIRED 4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT SUS SPRAIN TO FINGER BY USING A DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
CONT TO NOSE/24YOF WAS HIT IN THE NOSE BY A DRILL CASE THAT FELL OUT OF THE CLOSET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DRILLING AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
36 YOWM WAS USING A *** CORDLESS DRILL WHEN DRILL BIT BROKE AND INJURED PT. DX. PW R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
76YOM INJ HAND ON DRILL PRESS AT HOME DX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME ON A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A SLIVER OF THE METAL WENT INTO LEFT INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Plastic products
56YOM FB EYE DRILLING ON PLASTIC AT HOME DX/FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A PORTABEL POWER DRILL & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; F.B. REMOVAL RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM PORTABLE POWER DRILL DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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