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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,804
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT WAS HIT TO FACE W/JACK HAMMER HANDLE. DX: FACIAL LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 30YOM USED JACK HAMMER TODAY AND INJURED LOW BACK LOWER LUMBAR SPINE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 31 YOM PT SUSTAINED TWITING INJURY USING POWER TOOL. FX R METACARPAL # 4. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PUNCTURED RIGHT THIRD FINGER ON SEA URCHIN PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | Age: 47 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: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 47 YO STATES WAS USING POWER TOOL AND CUT FINGER DX RT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT WAS USING A JACK HAMMER AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LIP. DX: FOREIGN BODY OF THE UPPER LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT. HAD BEEN DIGGING DITCH USING JACK HAMMER DX: ACUTE CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| L HAND BURN/34YOF PICKED UP A HEATING GUN FOR FLOORING AND BURNED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| BACK CT-PAIN SINCE USING A JACK HAMMER & HITTING BACK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| A JACK RAN OVER HIT FOOT. PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A *** WHEN IT KICKED AROUND & HIT HIM IN THUMBDX; A VULSION OF THE OUTER LAYERS OF SKIN ON LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 40 YO M LUMBAR STRAIN DEVELOPED PAIN AFTER USING A JACK HAMMER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN JACKHAMMER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Wire |
| CUT WITH A POWER TOOL WHILE CUTTING A WIRE. DX-2 CM R THIGH LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Fences or fence posts |
| DX LAC SCALP: P/W PN IN HEAD W HIT IN HEAD W POUND'G IN FENCE POSTS INTO GROUND W SLIDE HAMMER, HAS LAC ON TOP HEAD F WHERE HAMMER HIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| HURT RIGHT FOOT WITH JACK HAMMER CONTUSION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Ceilings and walls |
| HURT WITH POWER JACK AND HIT WALL. DX-FRACTURE L FIBULA# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 46 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PAIN & SWELLING L HAND R/O F.B.: R/O OVERUSE SYNDROME, R/O INFECTION: 46YOM PAIN,SWELLING L HAND STARTED 3 DAYS AGO,USING JACKHAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT HAMMER DRILL KICKED BACK AND INJURED HAND DX// RIGHT HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT LAC RT HAND ON A POWER TOOL WHILE WORKING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 43 YO M ABRASION TO WRIST INJURED USING A POWER TOOL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT. WAS USING A SCREW GUN AND WENT INTO FINGER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS L MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON *** TOOL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING A POWER TOOL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN USING HIGH PRESSURE GREASE GUN AND SHOT GREASE INTO H AND AT HOME. DX: PNEUMOTRAUMA RT HAND /FT FINGER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT SUSTAINED FINGER LACERATION WHEN ACCIDENTALLY WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A HAMMER.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| *BRAD NAIL ACCIDENTALLY INJECTED INTO L THIGH/PUNCTURE WOUND TO L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| 32YO HISP MALE AT HOME CUTTING METAL 2-3DAYS AGO, C/O REDNESS-SWELLING TO EYE,DX METALLIC FOREIGN BODY & RUST RING TO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT WAS UNLOADING A HEAVY WOODWORKING MACHINE THAT STRUCK R FOREHEAD CAU SING LAC DX R FOREHEAD LACERATION *********** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| STATE HE CUT R INDEX FINGER WITH A POWER TOOL DX= LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| USING JACK HAMMER AND HURT SHOULDER. DX SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT SUSTAINED HAND INJURY WHEN HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE HAND.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT STRUCK FINGER WITH HAMMER SUST FINGER INJURY# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PT SUSTAIJNED WHEN ACCIDENTALLY WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER.DX CONTUSION TO KNEE@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other portable or stationary power tools |
| USED JACK HAMMER 2 DAYS AGO, PAIN IN NECK STARTED YESTERDAY, HAS NECK P AIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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