Accidents - Manual filing or sanding tools - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,878
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	243
16-25 years old:	174
26-50 years old:	811
50+ years old:	647

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	947	Eyeball:	366
Hand:	172	Lower Trunk:	156
Upper Leg:	150	Head:	70
Knee:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 13 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH A BELT SANDER. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WAS SANDING WOOD AT HOME AND A 2 " SPLINTER WENT DEEP INTO HAND DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
FB SENSATION RT EYE,WAS SANDING/ FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Floors or flooring materials
LOW BACK PAIN-PAIN WHILE SANDING A HARDWOOD FLOOR IN ATTIC-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Motor vehicles or parts
PT SANDING CAR AT HOME AND GOT METAL IN EYE YESTERDAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION FB LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT AT SCHOOL IN SHOP CLASS AND CUT FINGER ON SANDER OR MACHINE; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER ON A SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Nonglass bathtub or shower enclosures
USING BELT SANDER TO SMOOTH EDGES OF METAL SHOWER FRAME AVULSION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 42 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT CUT FINGER WITH A SANDER. DX-LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT LACERATED FINGER ON A SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 38 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
C/O EYE PAIN AFTER SANDING METAL FRAME/ LT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
EYE PAIN-PAIN AFTER SANDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF IN GROIN WITH A FILE TOOL. DX PUNCTUR E WOUND TO GROIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SANDING PAINTED WOOD FB LEFT EYE - REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
39 YO DROPPED HAND SANDER ON KNEE LAC KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT RECEIVED LAC TO TIP OF L INDEX FINGER WITH SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SOFT TISSUE AVULSION: IN CALSS AT *** USING A SANDER, HITSANDER ON RT HAND FINGERTIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDER FELL ONTO PT'S HAND YESTERDAY. DX: R 2ND TOE SOFT TISSUE INJURY, INGROWN L TOENAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
STRAIN LOW BACK - 60 YO MALE CO SHARP LOW BACK PAIN - ONSET YESTERDAY A FOLLOWING "SANDING THE HOUSE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	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: Manual filing or sanding tools
INJURED WITH A BELT SANDER. DX. R 4TH FINGER NAIL AVULSION JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT FINGER ON BELT SANDER, DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS SANDING A SHELF, & GOT A SPLINTER UNDER RT INDEX FINGERNAIL DX: SUBUNGUAL SPLINTER- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
37 YO F LACERATION TO THIGH USING PALM SANDER SANDER SLIPPED AND CUT PTS LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT FINGER CAUGHT IN SANDER AT HOME TODAY DX// FX AND LAC LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
HAND ABRASIONS: USING A BELT SANDER, STATES PIECE OF WOOD KICKED OUT HANDS HIT AGAINST SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT BURNED HAND ON BELT OF SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT ACCID SANDED THUMB. DX: R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Lawn mowers
INJURED FILING LAWN MOWER BLADE/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 55 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
55 YOM HAD LAC TO L THUMB FROM METAL FILE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS SANDING WALLS AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT, WHO HAS DONE WET SANDING, HAS ONE WEEK HX OF SKIN CRACKING/OOZING. D: CELLULITIS, IMPETIGO, CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 8 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
8 YO M ABRASION TO FINGER PT WAS SANDING AND SAND PAPER SLIPPED*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT CUT FINGER ON A SANDER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
THUMB FB-SPLINTER AFTER SANDING A DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT SCRAPED FINGER WITH SANDER IN WOODSHOP AT SCHOOL, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chemicals
PT WAS DRY SANDING HIS BOAT WITH CHEMICALS AND MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED T O THE CHEMICALS DEVELOPED RASH ON HEAD AND NECK CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Crutches, canes or walkers
WAS USING A SANDER TO SAND A CANE; CUT LEG. LACERATION, RT. UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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