Accidents - Floor buffers or waxers - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 473
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	75
Year 2001:	33
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	102
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	69
Year 2010:	76

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	125
26-50 years old:	163
50+ years old:	184

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials
BIL HAND STRAIN-26YOM C/O PN AND SWELLING TO BIL HANDS AFTER BUFFING FL OORS WITH A MACHINE AT HOME.
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: 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: 08/21/2004	Age: 24 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 RIGHT HAND CONTUSION: CAUGHT HAND IN BUFFER AT OME.
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: 01/03/2004	Age: 33 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: Floor buffers or waxers
WOUND LT.HAND.PT,REFERS WHILE USING A FLOOR MACHINE BUFFER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floor buffers or waxers
DROPPED FLOOR BUFFER ON HAND DX. HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2001	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Floor buffers or waxers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/1998	Age: 20 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: Floor buffers or waxers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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