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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,867
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT STATES HE INJURED HIS R MIDDLE FINGER USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL. DX. FX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO MID INDEX FINGER FROM USING DRILL# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 56 YOF STATES WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL A METAL CUP, CUP SPUN AND PT CUT HER LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LACERATION TO THUMB WITH A DRILL BIT. DX LACERATION R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 20 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX PARTIAL EXTENSOR TENDON RUPTURE OF L MIDDLE FINGER: W DRILL'G A BOLT & DRILL BIT BROKE AND WINT THRU THE SECOND KNUCKLE ON MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT SUSTAINED COMPLEX LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE PLAYING WITH A POWER DRILL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER, WAS AT HOME USING DRILL, WHEN DRILL SLIPPED A ND DRILLED THRU THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CHIP FX LEFT THUMB-SUS FX AND PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT THUMB WHEN A DRILL BIT WENT THROUGH IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER INJURY FROM DRILLING THROUGH FINGER. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THROUGH LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LACERATED FINGER WITH A DRILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A DRILL & IT KICKED BACK HITTING HIS FINGER DX: DISLOCATED RIGHT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 48YOM WAS USING A POWER DRILL JARED HIS THUMB,TWISTING IT; THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Metal or plastic molding sets |
| WAS USING A DRILL AT HOME; IT SLIPPED OFF THE SCREW AND HE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING DRILL & DRILLBIT WENT THROUGH PTS FINGER DX L 3RD FINGER COMPLEX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING POWER DRILL, HURT FINGER. DX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 25 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: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING ELECTRIC DRILL AND DRILL BIT WENT THROUGH FINGER, PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CUT ON ELECTRIC DRILL BIT PW 1ST FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 51 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: Power drills or accessories |
| ACCIDENTALLY WHILE DRILLING HIT A FINGER WHICH NOW GETTING SWOLLEN&RED >>CELLULITIS/PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT PUT A DRILL BIT THROUGH LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHILE AT HOME;HAS MODERAT E PAIN DX:PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| INJURED LEFT THUMB WITH DRILL BIT AT HOME THUMB PAIN LWOT * |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT PUNCTURED LT 3RD DIGIT WITH AN ELECTRIC DRILL C/O SWELLING & PAIN DX - NAIL BED LACERATION, PUNCTURE WOUND THROUGH NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A POWER DRILL AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND INJURED FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL WHEN HE JAMMED A SCREW INTO THUMB PW FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WAS USING PORTABLE POWER DRILL AT HOME; SPRAIN, RT. THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| HIT FINGER WITH DRILL DX: PUNC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING CORDLESS DRILL AT HOME PUNCTURED R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 30YOM WAS HOME DRILLING WOOD,ACCIDENTLY HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER; FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS WORKING ON SOME WINDOW BLINDS AND USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL WHEN T HE BIT WENT INTO FINGER/ PUNCTURE TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON A PLANER CUTTING WOOD @ HOME >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 40 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: Power drills or accessories |
| PT RAN A POWER DRILL THROUGH HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER PW FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| LAC TO FINGER, USING ELECTRIC DRILL WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 45YMC USING A POWER DRILL AND DRILL TWISTED AROUND PULLING THUMB BACKWARDS/SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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