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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 423
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 24 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: Crushing |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| DX CRUSH INJ FINGER/LAC MIDDLE FINGER DISTAL PHALANX W SIMPLE CLOSURE/ L 3RD DIGIT CAUGHT IN AIR GUN W WORK'G ON CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 24 YO M CONTUSION TO FACE, SPRAINED WRIST INJURED WHILE USING A JACK HAMMER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS CUTTING PLYWOOD LAST NIGHT AND FELT LIKE SOME- THING WAS IN HIS EYE, DOCUMENTED HIGH SPEED MACHINERY USE ONLY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 21 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: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 21 YO MALE STATES HE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER ON CONCR ETE AND SUSTAINED FB IN LEFT EYE - WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT DROPPED A JACK HAMMER ON HER FOOT AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| *THUMB CAUGHT IN TORC CONVERTER/CRUSH INJURY DISTAL L THUMB W/ OPEN FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/22/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT USING ***MER STRAINED UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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