Accidents - Portable power drills and accessories - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,551
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	422
26-50 years old:	1,217
50+ years old:	895

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,410	Hand:	315
Wrist:	240	Foot:	141
Toe:	102	Eyeball:	85
Shoulder:	70	Ankle:	70
Upper Leg:	70	Lower Arm:	15
Knee:	15	Ear:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2007	Age: 61 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 POWER DRILL AND THE DRILL BIT STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT THUMB LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 41 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 58 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 WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER DRILL SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Christmas tree stands or supports
WAS USING A PORTABLE POWER DRILL TO DRILL HOLES IN CHRISTMAS TREE STAND . PUNCTURE WOUNDS, LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DROPPED A DRILL ON FOOT WHILE WORKING ON CAR LT FOOT CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DROPPED AN ELECTRIC DRILL ON LEFT BIG TOE, LEFT TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
USING PORTABLE DRILL AT HOME SUST INJ TO R THUMB WHEN DRILL KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM DX RADIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT STRAIN R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Ladders
PT WAS MOVING A LADDER WHEN A DRILL THAT WAS ON TOP OF IT FELL/ CONTUSI ON TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
DOING SOME WORK ON OWN MV USING A DRILL WHICH SLIPPED WENT THRU FINGER >> PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 37 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
PT USING POWER DRILL @ HOME HAD PUNCTURE TO L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DROPPED A POWER DRILL ONTO RIGHT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 72 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 USING A POWER DRILL ON A PIECE OF METAL AND IT SPUN ONTO LEFT HAND L ACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS USING POWER DRILL WHICH CAUGHT IN WOOD AND TWISTED HAND. DX: R FOURTH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 37 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DRILLING A SCREW INTO THE BATHROOM AND DRILLED LEFT THIRD FINGER SU STAINED A PW TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DROPPED A CORDLESS DRILL ON L FOOT, PHILLIPS HEAD DOWN STUCK IN FOOT AT HOME. DX. CONT, HEMATOMA, LAC L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 39 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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DRILLING METAL WITH HIGH SPEED DRILL WHEN DRILL BIT BROKE AND PUNCTU RED FINGER. D; PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING DRILL BIT ANDINJURED FINGER RESULTING IN DEEP LACERATION LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT PICKED UP FATHERS POWER DRILL AND DROPPED IT ONTO LEFT FOOT CONTUSIO N TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	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, Air conditioners
WAS USING A DRILL TO DRILL A HOLE IN AIR CONDITIONER; GOT METAL IN LEFT EYE. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Golf
DRILLING HOLE IN GOLFBALL WHILE HOLDING IT IN HHIS RIGHT HAND, DRILL WENT THROUGH BALL INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER DX: PUNCTURE WITH LAC TO FING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 68 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
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-ELECTRIC DRILL WENT THROUGH SKIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Bicycles or accessories
DROPPED DRILL LOADED WITH GROUND-DOWN BICYCLE SPOKE, IT STABBED THE TOP OF RIGHT FOOT,HE HAD TO PULL IT OUT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO L EFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 38 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: Portable power drills and accessories
DEEP LAC TO HAND WHILE USING A POWER DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 26 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
LACERATES FINGER WITH POWER DRILL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL LAST NIGHT AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HAND CAUGHT WHEN POWER AUGER ROTATED LIGAMENT TEAR TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 37 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: Portable power drills and accessories
37 YO M LACERATION TO BASE OF THUMB HIT WITH CORDLESS DRILL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PATIENT DX WITH PUNCTURE WOUND WHEN DRILL SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED INDEX F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PATIENT ACCIDENTLY DRILLED INTO WRIST. DX; LACERATION TO RIGHT WRIST WITH NERVE INVOLVMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Screwdrivers
PT WAS WORKING ALL DAY LONG YESTERDAY WITH A SCREWDRIVER ANBD A POWER D RILL AWOKE WITH PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
WAS DRILLING INTO A STUD AND IT SLIPPED LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 64 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL,AT HOME, LACERATED RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 49 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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AND THE DRILL BIT WENT THROUGH LEFT MIDDLE FING ER PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
33 YOM RECEIVED PUNCTURE TO L INDEX FINGER FROM DRILL BIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
WAS USING A HAMMER DRILL AND IT KICKED BACK DX- (R) WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	Age: 52 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 WAS USING A POWER DRILL AND HIT LEFT HAND ACROSS DRILL BIT CAUSING L ACERATIONS TO PALM OF LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS AT HOME USING A DRILL, LACERATED LT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS AT HOME, DRILL BIT SKIPPED OFF THE WOOD CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Fishing
L 4TH FING LAC/33YOM WAS ICE FISHING AT LAKE AND SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING NON-RUNNING ICE AUGER AND CUT HIS FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PATIENT PUNCTURED THUMB WITH A DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT CUT WRIST WITH DRILL BIT WHILE WORKING ON A SCHOOL PROJECT, LACERATO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Ladders
DX RIGHT EAR LACERATION: USING CORDLESS DRILL ON LADDER, SLIPPED AND GOT EAR WITH END OF DRILL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
33 YOM WAS DRILLING A SCREW INTO A BOARD AND WAS PROPPING SAME ON LEFT KNEE, USING A POWER DRILL THE SCREW WENT THROUGH BOARD INTO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
CORDLESS DRILL FELL ONTO TOE, DRILL BIT PUNCTURED TOE ' FX/PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT C/O INJURY TO FINGER. PT INJURED FINGER WITH DRILL. DX LAC LFT INDEX FINGER TUFF FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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