Accidents - Power saws - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,069
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	22
Year 1998:	141
Year 1999:	134
Year 2000:	18
Year 2001:	85
Year 2003:	94
Year 2004:	161
Year 2005:	5
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	21
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	249
Year 2010:	17

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	72
16-25 years old:	172
26-50 years old:	506
50+ years old:	318

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/07/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
47YOM WAS USING A POWER SAW AT HOME, SUSTAINED CUTS TO RT LOWER JAW/CHIN. DX - FACIAL LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power saws
FOREIGN BODY LT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE CUTTING METAL WITH ELECTRIC SAW MET AL PARTICLE ON EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2009	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT LT SIDE OF FACE WITH SOME SORT OF POWER POWER SAW. DX - COMPLEX LACERATION ON FACE, SMALL LACERATION ON CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
54 YOM USING *** AT HOME ON A PROJECT LACERATED HIS RIGHT SIDE OF FACE ACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LACERATION CHIN - 49 YO MALE STATES HE WAS USING A SAW AND IT KICKED BA CK AND HIT HIM ON HIS CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUTTING BOARD W/SAW, BOARD KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM IN FACE DX: FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Power saws, Kerosene
PT WAS USING A POWER SAW NEAR A 50 GAL. METAL DRUM CONTAINING KEROSENE THAT IGNITED BURNING FACE/HAIR/HAND.NO FDA:1ST/2ND DEGFACIAL BURNS.ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
NOSE LAC WHEN RECIPROCATING SAW FELL FROM SHELF AND HIT HIM ON NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
USING A CHOP SAW WHEN BLADE SEPARATED FROM SAW STRIKING FACE CUTTING TH RU MANDIBLE AND BONE WITH 8 CM LAC AND CHEST ABRASAION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power saws
~USED SAW TO CUT BOARD IN SHOP CLASS TODAY,BOARD FLEW UP,HIT FACE/NOSE, NOSEBLEED,NASAL LAC,HEADACHE,DIFFICULTY BREATHING FROM NOSE;NASAL FX
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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
NASAL LACERATION.PT HIT NOSE ON HANDLE OF AN ELECTRIC SAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws, House repair or construction materials
WAS CUTTING WITH A SAW WHEN BOARD KICKED UP HIT IN FACE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
CUTTING WOODS C SAW, WOOD BACKED UP HITTING PT'S F.HEAD " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws, Window screens
IN PREPARATION OF THE HURRICANE PT WAS TRYING TO USE THE ELECTRIC SAW T O BOARD THE HOUSE WHEN WINDOW SCREEN FELL ONTO PTS FOREHEAD. D: LACER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FACIAL LAC/39YOM STS AT HOME RE***CATING SAW WAS ON SHELF AND FELL ONTO PT'S CHEEK. SAW WAS NOT RUNNING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
DRILL SAW KICKED BACK AND HIT FACE DX: R EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
FACIAL LAC, PT PIECE OF WOOD KICKED UP AND HIT PT IN FACE WHEN HE WAS U SING A SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
LEFT FOREHEAD LAC, PT WAS USING A SAW AND THE BLADE KICKED A PIECE OF W OOD OUT HITTING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
STATES A GAS POWERED SAW(HAND SAW) GOT WEDGED THEN BOUNCED BACK HITTING PT IN FOREHEAD DX: 3CM FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
USING CIRCULAR SAW WITH A SAFETY AND IT BOUNCED BACK STRIKING FACE AND DEEPLY LAC IT AND LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2001	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2001	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/1998	Age: 8 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: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/1998	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/1997	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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