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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,152
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| 22 YOM HAD LAC TO R INDEX FINGER FROM "SAWS-ALL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| CUT KNEE ON A POWER SAW LACERATION RIGHT KNEE 4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| SOMEONE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH POWER SAW, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT CUT HAND ON MITER SAW. UNKNOWN IF WORK RELATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws, Jewelry |
| PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT SCHOOL WHEN USING A POWER SAW & MAKING JEWELRY,GOT F.B . IN EYE. DX;F.B. RT.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2006 | 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: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power saws |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SAW AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN STRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power saws |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A SAW-BLADE INJURY TO HIS LT RING FINGER TIP.DX - DIS TAL TUFT FRACTURE OF LT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| 25YMC SAWING WOOD WITH A POWER SAW WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION C/O SOMETHING EYE/FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| NASAL LACERATION.PT HIT NOSE ON HANDLE OF AN ELECTRIC SAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| CUTTING HEDGES WITH AN ELECTRIC SAW AND LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT USING A CHOP SAW CUTTING ALUMINUM AND THE ALUMINUM KICKED BACK STRIK ING HIM IN THE FINGER OPEN FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2006 | 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: Power saws |
| 25 YO MALE CUT 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS ON POWER SAW PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT ARM WHEN USING A MITRE SAW,. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| LACERATION LT RING FINGER: USING MITER SAW TO CUT A BOARD AT HOME, BLADE HIT A KNOT 7 KICKED FINGER INTO BLADE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT LACERATED LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON A POWER SAW AT HOME DX; LACERATION TO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | 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: Power saws |
| PT USING A POWER SAW YESTERDAY AND GOT SAW DUST IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BOD Y EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 25 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: Power saws |
| PT CUTTING MASONRY BLOCK W/ DIAMOND BLADE, IT KICKED AND PT DROPPED ITD X: LAC L LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT DX AMPUTATION TIP OF LT 4TH FINGER - DUE TO USING A POWER SAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A POWER SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| 24YOF LACERATED LT THUMB ON MITER SAW @ HOME DX LAC LT THUMB 3X2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT HAD A HEADACHE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE FROM A GAS POWER SAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| CUT ARM WHILE USING POWER SAW DX: LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| PATIENT A MEAT SAW INJURY TO HER RT THUMB EARLIER TODAY. DX- RT THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| LAC L HAND, PT SUST INJURY W/AN ELECTRIC SAW AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws |
| PATIENT CUT HIS RT 4TH DIGIT WITH AN ELECTRIC SAW JUST THROUGH THE DISTAL TIP OF NAIL SUSTAINING A FINGERTIP AVULSION/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power saws |
| AT SHOP CALSS, CUT FINGER ON A SAW CUTTING WOOD " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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