Accidents - Tools - 50+ years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,066
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,854	Eyeball:	1,477
Hand:	387	Upper Arm:	219
Foot:	185	Face:	162
Wrist:	158	Lower Leg:	146
Upper Trunk:	145	Head:	113
Upper Leg:	84	Toe:	68
Lower Arm:	15	Lower Trunk:	15
Mouth:	15	Neck:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tools
PW TO UPPER LEG WHEN USING A GARDEN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FB SENSATION RT EYE AFTER GRINDING YESTERDAY/ FB RT EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tools
STRAIN LT HIP-AT HOME-BENDING DOWN TO CUT OFF THE BOTTOM OF CHRISTMAS TREE-FELT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools, Eyeglasses
LT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-CUT SOME WHITE OAK-WOOD CHIP HIT EYE-WEARING GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
60 YOWM ACCIDENTALLY PUT HIS HAND AGAINST A GRINDER AND INJURED HIS HAN D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
76YOF-FRACTURE LEFT UPPER ARM-TRIPPED OVER SOME TOOLS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 60 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: Fracture
Product: Tools
PT STATES WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR A AND FRACTURED HIS RT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
82 YOM CUT FINGER ON GRINDER FRACTURE L PHALANX #3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX:BURNS TO NOSE. PT ON OXYGEN AT 2L/MIN. HE WAS GRINDING DOWN SOME LONG SCREWS AND THE SPARKS FROM THE GRINDER IGNITED O2. ? FD PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
CUT FINGER ON GRINDER WHEEL./ ABRSION LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
55 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
57 Y.O. W MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT MASHED THUMB WHILE USING A WOOD SPLITTE R. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
LT EYE FB-WHILE GRINDING METAL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 56 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: Tools
P.W. L THUMB/56YOM INJURED THUMB ON GARDEN TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
FOREARM LAC-FELL IN GARAGE-HIT A TOOL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
WRIST CT-HIT WRIST ON A CABLE CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
TRIPPED WHILE CUTTING WOOD, FELL AGAINST WOOD PILE/ RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FB SENSATION RT EYE, GRINDING METAL/ FB RT EYE REMOVED WITH RESIDUAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LAC FINGER ON A GRINDING WHEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT USING GRINDER AT 10 AM - GOT PARTICLE IN OS - C/O PAIN AND FOREIGN BODY SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT WAS DIGGING OUT A BUSH AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND THE DIGGING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools, House repair or construction materials
AT HOME USING "BISCUIT JOINER" WOODWORKING TOOL, WOOD SLIPPED OUT AND CAUGHT FINGERS, AT 1030. DX FX LT RING, AVULSION LACS LT 3RD-4TH-5TH FI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CUT FINGER WITH GARDENING SCISSORS 90 MIN PTA-DX 1 CM R FINGER TIP LACE RATION, REPAIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
SHARPNING/GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL SAFTY GLASSES ON ? F.B. IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
WEARING GOGGLES, GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY, FOREIGN BODY FEELING OF LEFT EYE, ADMITS TO 3 BEERS. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Tools
CUT SELF WITH WOOD SHAPER DX. FINGERTIP AMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
59YOWM-LACERATION LEFT 3ND FINGER-AT HOME-ON TOOL IN WORKSHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
4" HAND GRINDER FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 69 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: Tools
PT LAC FINGER ON A GRINDER AT HOME DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	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: Hematoma
Product: Tools
PATIENT DROPPED 20 LBS. CONCRETE PAVER ON FINGER AT HOME. D:SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
GRINDING METAL AND PIECE FLEW UP IN RT EYE FRIDAY NIGHT DX: FB RT CORNEA PART REMOVAL AND CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
DX LACERATION LEFT HAND: CUT HAND ON TOOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHEN GRINDING METAL AT HOME TODAY, HE WAS WEARING GOGGLES. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
PT. WAS GRINDING METAL, DUST POSS IN R EYE SINCE MONDAY. DX. ACUTE R E YE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
FACIAL LACS-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-A BRANCH HIT HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT. SMASHED FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER ON L HAND, LAC TO BOTH FINGERS , GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
CAUGHT R DISTAL THUM IN A GRINDER(NON SPEC)DX: R 1ST DISTAL PAHLANX FRA CTURE WITH OPEN WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
61 YR OLD MALE WITH FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. HE WAS WORKING ON A GRINDERNOT WEARING GLASSES THINKS HE HAS METAL IN HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
LT EYE FB-SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE SHE WAS CUTTING BUSHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
PT. WAS USING GRINDER AT HOME, ARM SLIPPED, NOW HAS ARM PAIN UPPER ARM PAIN - LEFT AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
EYEBROW LAC-OPERATING A GRINDING WHEEL & SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT CUT WRIST ON A GRINDER DX: LACERATION LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CLEANING GARAGE - TOOLS FELL ON FACE NOSE AND EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT DROPPED A GRINDER ONTO HIS FOOT DX LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LIP LAC-USING A "DIE GRINDER" WHEEL BROKE & STRUCK PT IN THE MOUTH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 54 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: Tools
# 54 YOM CUT HAND WITH GARDENING TOOL DX LACERATION R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
63 Y.O. B MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT WAS GRINDING SOME METAL & SOMETH ING GOT IN HIS EYE. E9289
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
70 YO M USING GRINDER WICH KICKED BACK ON LEG LAC LEG,KNEE & ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PATIENT FELL AND HAND HIT TOOL. DX; 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FI NGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
GOT HIT EYE WITH METAL GRINDING DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tools
PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON GARDEN TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
PT INJURED THUMB ON POWER TOOL, LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT SLIPPED USING DEBURRING TOOL. DX: MULT FINGER ABR/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 69 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: Fracture
Product: Tools
AVUL W/OPEN FX L 4TH FING/69YOM WAS PUTTING THE POST HOLE DIGGER AWAY A ND IT CUT HIS L 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
FLAP LAC R THUMB; CAUGHT IN GRINDING WHEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tools
PATIENT WAS DIGGING A HOLE AND WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH THE POST HOLE DIGGER. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ABRASION EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Eyeglasses
RT EYE FB-CUTTING WOOD OVERHEAD-WEARING READING GLASSES-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
PT GRINDING METAL TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES MOMENTARILY GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, L EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 55 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
ACUTE METALLIC FOREIGN BODY L EYE, USING GRINDER ON CAR, GRINDING METAL 1 HOUR PTA, NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE LENS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT. CUT HAND ON A METAL GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LACERATION LEFT 5TH FINGER, CUT SELF WHILE REMOVING THE MUFFLER OFF A * ** GRINDER, NOT STATED IF POWERED OR UNPOWERED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 76 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: Tools
THUMB LAC - CAUGHT R THUMB IN GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 54 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: Tools
HIT W/ PLOW; FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FB L EYE; PIECE OF METAL OR SANDING DISC GOT INTO EYE YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
ON GARDEN STAKE-LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
=62YOM FB IN EYE GRINDING AT HOMEDX/ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FB SENSATION WHILE GRINDING THIS AM/FB SENSATION LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
SCALP LACERATION - HIT HEAD ON A GRINDER WHEN RAISING UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON TOOLS, SUPERFICIAL ABRASION NOSE UPPER LIP L KNE E WITH CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Lawn mowers
FB UPPER EYELID R EYE - FB IN EYE WHEN GRINDING A LAWNMOWER BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
51YOM-LACERATION LEFT FOOT-STEPPED ON SHARP METAL PLOW-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Lawn mowers
64 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER TO SHARPEN A LAWN MOWER BLADE. LACERATION,L EFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	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: Tools, Lawn mowers
FB SENSATION AFTER GRINDING LAWNMOWER BLADE/ REMOVAL FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tools
RT HUMERUS FX-FELL FROM A TREE-HE WAS CUTTING BRANCHES-FELL APPROXIMATE LY 12 FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 58 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: Tools
RT CORNEAL AB-FB WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS GRINDING METAL SCREWS AT HOME AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT INHI S EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
WRIST LACERATION - WAS GARDENING AND LACERATED LEFT WRIST WITH A GARDEN TING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT WORKING ON A CAR AND HIT HAND WITH GRINDER.DX ABRASION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
WORKING W/ A GRINDERLEFT 3RD DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
CUT USING METAL GRINDER/LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PLOW FELL ON L LEG CAUSING 4 CM LAC AND ABRAS. DX. LAC L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
HURT FINGER W/ HAND TOOLDX: ABRASION LT. INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Tools
RT THUMB HEMATOMA-WAS WORKING IN YARD.C/O PAIN AND BRUISING TO RT THUMB FROM GARDEN TOOLS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LAC R THUMB WHILE USING POST HOLE DIGGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
L HAND LAC/66YOWM CUT DORSUM L HAND ON WEB BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FINGER WITH GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
PT USING GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME, HIT RT LOWER LEG ON WHEEL, SITE BECAME INFECTED, CELLULITIS LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
ACCIDENTALLY CUT L WRIST ON A GRINDER. 2.0CM LAC $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
LAC R THIGH; GRINDING WHEEL BLEW UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT WAS USING A STUMP GRINDER IT KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
FINGER LACERATION - LACERATED RIGHT THUMB ON A GARDENING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PATIENT WAS GRINDING STEEL AND GOT A PIECE IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
RT HAND LAC-INJURED ON A GRINDER -NO DETAILS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
PT. WAS USING GRINDER AT HOME - N/S WHETHER POWER OR NOT LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 54 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: Tools
54-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM GARDEN TOOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
TOOL OVER-HEATED IGNITING LACQUER. DX: BURNS TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 69 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: Tools
PATIENT GRINDING STEEL WHEN SHAVING HIT EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tools
CHI-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-PART OF THE TRUNK HIT PT IN THE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
F.B. L EYE/54YOWM GOT F.B. IN EYE WHILE GRINDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FOREIGN BODY EYE - VICTIM STATES HE WAS GRINDING SOME METAL WHILE WORKI NG ON A 1928 *** TRUCK - HE PRESENTS WITH DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools
71 Y/O M C/O LAC TO TOE HIT TOES ON SOME TOOLS. DX: CONTUSION LEFT GRE AT TOE 2ND 3RD TOE, 1CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 83 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: Tools
FELL ON TOOLS DX. LOWER LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 58 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
LT EYE FB-WHILE CHOPPING WOOD-? WOOD CHIP IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2002	Age: 58 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: Fracture
Product: Tools
FX LT 4TH MC-HIT BY A TREE BRANCH HE WAS CUTTING DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tools
WORKING IN YARD, HIT BY GARDEN TOOL DX. HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tools, Clothing accessories
RT THUMB LAC-@ HOME-INJURED WHEN THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN POSTDIGG ER/DRIVER & WOODEN POST WHILE WEARING GLOVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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