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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 739
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws |
| 15 MIN PTA, PT LAC LT HAND ON MITER SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other power saws |
| 19 YO CUT L RING FINGER WITH MITER SAW. DX COMPOUND FRACTURE FRACTURE L 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other power saws |
| PT. CUT FINGER ON MITRE SAW LAST NIGHT. DX. SKIN AVULSION L INDEX FING ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other power saws |
| PT. WAS USING MITER SAW AT SCHOOL AND SAW KICKKED PIECE OF WOOD OUT AND WOOD STRUCK THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws, House repair or construction materials |
| CUT RT. KNEE ON POWER SAW WHILE CUTTING WOOD BOARD DX: LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other power saws |
| PT USING A POWERED CHOP SAW AT HOME SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO RIGHT INDE X FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws |
| PT USING AN ELECTRIC MITRE BOX SAW AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LE FT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws |
| CUT LEG WITH *** SAW LAC RT THIGH LAC RT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Other power saws |
| CUT WHILE USING "SLING" SAW. DX: FINGER AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER: CUT WITH *** SAW IN CRAFT CLASS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Other power saws |
| CUT FINGER W/*** SAW. DX: PARTIAL FINGER AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other power saws |
| CUT BY *** SAW; EXTENSIVE LAC TENDON W/ FX RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Other power saws |
| USING SAW TO CUT TREE HIT IN HEAD BY TREE DX HEMATOMA TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | 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 power saws |
| PATIENT CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A *** SAW. DX-OPEN FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | 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: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other power saws |
| *** SAW KICKED BACK LAC THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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