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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 940
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| WALKING HANDLE OF A FLOOR BUFFER & HAS PAIN. RIB CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 56 YO MALE SLIPPED WHILE BUFFING FLOOR THIS MORNING CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT USING BUFFING MACHINE ON FLOOR TODAY WHEN IT GOT AWAY FROM PT AND WR ENCHED ARM. D: MUSCLE STRAIN, ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Stairs or steps |
| PT BUFFERING STEP AT HOME HAS FOREIGN BODY IN EYE RT EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A FLOOR WAXER KNEE STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| PT HAND CAUGHT IN BUFFER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| CONTUSION TO KNEE WHEN STRUCK ON A FLOOR BUFFER AT CHURCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| HIT IN NOSE WITH FLOOR BUFFER AT FRIEND'S HOME FX NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HAND FROM A BUFFER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| LEFT HAND CONTUSION-SUS INJ TO LEFT HAND WHEN SHE WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRU CK BY A FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A BUFFER & FELL DX: FRACTURED RIGHT PUBIC BONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| TRAUMA FOREHEAD.PT.REFERS HITTING FOREHEAD WITH FLOOR BUFFER MACHINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| DX CONTUSION LEFT HAND: BUFFER HANDLE FELL AGAINST HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| 58 YO M FLOOR BUFFER RAN OVER FOOT TODAY. DX L FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials |
| R HIP PAIN. MAY HAVE INJURED WHILE BUFFING FLOOR. DX; R HIP PAIN/STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2001 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2001 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2000 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/1999 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/1999 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/1999 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/1998 | Age: 51 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: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/1998 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floor buffers or waxers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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