Accidents - Screwdrivers - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,605
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	1,050	Finger:	341
Face:	84	Foot:	70
Lower Leg:	43	Eyeball:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Screwdrivers, Lawn mowers
PT @ HOME WORKING ON LAWN MOWER W/SCREWDRIVER - CONTUSED R LOWER LEG SOMEHOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Screwdrivers
PW L HAND W/SCREWDRIVER YESTERDAY DX; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Screwdrivers
PT'S R THUMB SORE AND SWOLLEN AFTER USING SCREWDRIVER AT HOME. DX. SPR AIN/STRAIN R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
HAND PW-INJURED ON PHIPPILS HEAD SCREW DRIVER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A SCREWDRIVER WHILE FIXING A L AMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
ACCIDENTAL STAB SELF W/ A SCREWDRIVER PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT USING A SCREWDRIVER AND IT SLIPPED INTO RIGHT HAND SUSTAINED A PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT PUNCTURED L INDEX FINGER WITH SCREWDRIVER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Screwdrivers
HAND CELLULITIS-STABBED SELF W/ SCREWDRIVER-AREA BECAME INFECTED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT PUNCTURED HAND W/A SCREWDRIVER. DX: L HAND PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIMSELF WITH A SCREWDRIVER/ LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers, Garage doors
PT SLIPPED WHILE USING A SCREWDRIVER ON GARAGE DOOR SPRING. DX: L THUMB LAC 3 CM & 2 CM, L 2ND FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 65 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: Screwdrivers
DX LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER: INJURED WITH SCREWDRIVER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HOLDING SCREW WHILE WIFE HOLDING SCREWDRIVER - SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED 1.5 CM INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	Age: 54 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: Screwdrivers, Motor vehicles or parts
CHANGING THE WATER HEATER ON A MV C SCREWDRIVER IN HAND WHICH SLIPPED C UTTING HAND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT PUNCTURED HAND WITH SCREW DRIVER WHEN SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
LAC TO HAND FROM A SCREWDRIVER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
CUT FINGER ACC ON A SCREW DRIVER TODAY " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers, Power lawn mowers
PT WORKING ON LAWN MOWER AT HOME STUCK HAND WITH SCREWDRIVER PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
SCREWDRIVER WENT THROUGH THUMB FULL THICKNESS PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
JAMMED SCREWDRIVER INTO HAND AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
52 YOM WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER AND SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT HAS SCREWDRIVER STUCK IN HAND, HAND PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Screwdrivers, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
1ST,2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE,NECK AND HANDS.PT PUT A SCREWDRIVER IN A F USE BOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Screwdrivers
58 YOM WAS USING SCREWDRIVER AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF RIGHT EYE SUS TAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
PT FELL ON A SCREWDRIVER DX: RT FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT USING A SCREWDRIVER AND SUASTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Screwdrivers, Power lawn mowers
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A FOOT BY A SCRWDRIVER WHILE STARTING A LAW N MOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT AT HOME USING A SCREWDRIVER STUCK L HAND / DX L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Screwdrivers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT PRESENTED WITH "TRIGGER FINGER" TO RIGHT RING FINGER AFTER USING A S CREWDRIVER TO SCREW IN TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM S/P 2DYS.CAN'T STRAIGHTEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers, Motor vehicles or parts
WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER WORKING ON CAR; SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND CUT HAN D. LACERATION, RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 59 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: Screwdrivers
SLIPPED WITH A SCREW DRIVER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
PT CUT HAND WITH SCREWDRIVER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers, Sinks
54 YOM WAS WORKING ON SINK AT HOME AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND WITH A SCREW DRIVER SUSTAINING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT STABBED HAND WITH SCREWDRIVER AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH A SCREWDRIVER 3 DAYS AGO NOW HAND IS RED DX// PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Screwdrivers
OPENING AN OBJECT W/ A SCREWDRIVER LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Screwdrivers, Metal containers
PT WAS TRYING TO OPEN A PAINT CAN WITH A SCREWDRIVER STABS FINGER DX- PUNCTURE/LACERATION TO (L) 2ND FINGER POSSIBLE TENDON INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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