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Accidents - Power drills or accessories - 50+ years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,244
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:463Hand:397
Eyeball:90Wrist:75
Foot:75Shoulder:70
Lower Trunk:70

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/01/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
DX /LAC HAND: 78YOM US'G AN ELEC DRILL W IT TWISTED IN HIS R HAND; KNUCKLE CAUGHT IN DRILL W DRILL'G WOOD. LAC'D II DISTAL METACARPAL REGN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power drills or accessories
65YOM USING A POWER DRILL AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power drills or accessories
DRILL BIT STRIKE TO RIGHT THUMB NAILBED INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power drills or accessories
SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FB SENSATION IN THE EYE WHILE DRILLING WOOD YEST ERDAY>>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT INJURED FINGER WITH A POWER DRILL. DX: LACERATION, 2.5 CM. INDEX FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power drills or accessories, Footwear
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF A FINGER BY A DRILL WHILE DRILLING HEELS OF SHOES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT ACCIDENTALLY DRILLED WITH POWER DRILL INTO FINGER, LACERATION TO FIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2009Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
LACERATED HAND WITH DRILL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT. DRILLED L THUMB NAIL WHILE DRILLING METAL W/ ELECTRIC DRILL DX: L THUMB PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power drills or accessories, Refrigerators
PT HAD A POWER DRILL FALL FROM THE TOP OF A REFRIGERATOR ONTOP OF RIGH T FOOT FRACTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories, Workshop furnishings
DRILLING A HOLE&ACC CUT THUMB ONTO DRILL VS A SAW @ HOME >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND DROVE THE BIT THROUGH LEFT MIDDLE FI NGER FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2009Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
LAC TO HAND, PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN AUGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power drills or accessories
POSS. PIECE OF WOOD TO EYE WHILE DRILLING DX: FB EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT UING A POWER DRILL YESTERDAY AND IT SLIPPED NOW RIGHT HAND HURTS STR AINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT CUT L THUMB/INDEX FINGER WITH DRILL BIT PTA DX LACERATION L THUMB/IN DEX FINGER *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power drills or accessories
USING LARGE DRILL TO ENLARGE HOLE IN STEEL - BIT CAUGHT DRILL AND SPUN HARD AND TWISTED WRIST AT HOME - ACUTE SPRAIN R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power drills or accessories
DX L HANKD SKIN AVULSION/TETANUS IMM: W USIG NEW DRILL BIT. W DRILL SLIPD AND CUT L HAND PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power drills or accessories
68 YOM DRILL BIT WENT IN TO TOP OF HAND PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power drills or accessories
CUT FINGER WITH DRILL. DX FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power drills or accessories
PT WITH STRAIN TO LOWER BACK AFTER PICKING UP DRILL WRONG. DX STRAIN TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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