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Accidents - Floor buffers or waxers - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 293
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:143
50+ years old:149
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:83Finger:68
Pubic Region:66Lower Trunk:59
Knee:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/17/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL X2 WHILE BUFFING FLOORS, R KNEE PAIN DX; R KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 08/04/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floor buffers or waxers
WOUND LT,FINGERNAIL.PT.REFERS WHILE USING FLOOR MACHINE BUFFERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: 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: 01/29/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Floor buffers or waxers
PT HAS LBP AFTER LIFTING A FLOOR BUFFER LAST PM. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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