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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,040
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUT L 5TH FINGER WITH *** SAW. OPEN FX L 5TH DIGIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT SUSTAINED AVULSION TO FINGER WHEN CUT IT ON CIRCULAR SAW.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT STATES CUT L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME 45 MINS P TA. DX. LAC L INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| USING *** SAW AT SCHOOL AND GOT WOOD CHIP IN EYE ;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, Footwear |
| PT WAS USING CIRCULAR SAW WHICH SKIPPED AND CUT THROUGH SHOE. DX: L SECOND TOE COMPLEX 2.5 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 21 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: Amputation |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| ACCIDENTALLY GOT THUM OF NON DOMINANT HAND CAUGHT IN A CIRCULAR SAW >>AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PATIENT INJURED LEFT HAND ON A CIRCULAR SAW, ACCIDENTALLY RAN HIS HAND AGAINST THE BLADE. DX - FRACTURE DISLOCATION, LT LONG FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| CUT SELF W/ CIRCULAR SAW WHILE CUTTING WOOD PICTURE FRAME DX: ABD LAC, HEMOPHILIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A *** SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// FX AND LAC LEFT THUMB DX// FX AND LAC LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING A BOARD DOWN NEAR THE LEVEL OF HIS KNEE WHEN CIRCULAR SA W KICKED BACK & LACERATING KNEE,C/O KNEE PAIN.D:PATELLAR FX,KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT LAC RT UPPER THIGH WITH CIRCULAR SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| HAS NEAR AMPUTATION OF (L) THUMB FROM CIRCULAR SAW DX- FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM CIRCULAR SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CUT LOWER ARM ON CIRCULAR SAW 8 CM LAYERED LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 20 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUT L THUMB WITH *** SAW DX COMPLEX THUMB LACERATION,OPEN FRACTURE L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT STATES WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW AND FEELS LIKE A PIECE OF WOOD WAS C HIPPED OFF INTO HIS EYE. DX. R ACUTE EYE PAIN, POSSIBLE FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| 24 YO MALE CUT FOOT WITH CIRCULAR SAW LACERATION TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CUTTING THROUGH A BOARD WITH A *** SAW AND CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG. DX: 9 CM LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT 4TH FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| *** SAW TO LEFT FOREARM LAC LT FOREARM * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX R EYE IRRITATION: WAS IN SHOP AT SCHOOL USING A *** SAW WHEN HE HIT A NAIL AND SPARKS FLEW UP. PT W FB SENSATION AND INC TEARING SINCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUT FINGER ON *** SAW WHEN CUTTING PLYWOOD ON TOP OF HIS SHED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, Eye protection devices |
| CORNEAL AB-WOOD DEBRIS FLEW INTO EYE WHILE USING A PORTABLE CIRCULAR SA W-@ HOME. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE USING A *** SAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT WAS CUT TO LEG W/CIRCULAR SAW AT COUSIN'S. DX: L THIGH COMPLEX 10 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| USING CIRCULAR SAW;DX LACERATED UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| USING A CIRCULAR SAW LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT USING A CIRCULAR SAW AND LOST CONTROL OF IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION T O LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CUT HAND WITH *** SAW AT HAND DX: COMPLEX LAC PALM WITH 4 DIGITAL NERV ES OUT & 1 FLEXOR TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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