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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,160
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 42 YOM WAS WORKING ON SOME WOODWORK WITH A DRILL, WAS CHANGING A DRILL BIT, A WIRE LACERATED HIS FINGER. DX-OPEN FRACT OF LT INDEX FINGR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL BIT THROUGH HAND LACERATION LT HAND/DIGITAL NERVE INJURY * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| WAS DRILLING THROUGH A SMALL TREE TRUNK , DRILL WENT THROUGH TRUNK AND INTO PALM OF (L) HAND DX- PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 49 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE HAND - 49 YO MALE WAS USING A DRILL AND ACCIDENTLY DRILLED INT O THE BACK OF HIS HAND - 2 HOURS PTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER USING DRILL TO CUT SHEET METAL LAC LT THUMB * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DROPPED A POWER DRILL ON RIGHT FOOT AT HOME CONTUSION RT FOOT * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| WAS PUTTIN A DEAD BOLT LOCK AND DRILL WRENCHED CONTUSION WRIST # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DRILLING A SCREW, IT SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER HEMATOMA FINGER # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WHILE USING A DRILL IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE FLOOR. DX CO NTUSION HAND# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLING AND DRILL BIT WENT IN TO FINGER A LITTLE. DX LACERATION L FING ER# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 32 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: Power drills or accessories |
| USING ELECTRIC DRILL AT HOME, FEELS LIKE SHAVINGS GOT INTO RIGHT EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY-METAL SHAVINGS- IN RIGHT EYE, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CUT FINGER WITH DRILL AT FRIENDS HOUSE LAC FINGER * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2007 | Age: 44 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: Power drills or accessories |
| DX CLOSED RIGHT 4TH FINGER FRACTURE: INJURED WHILE USING HAND DRILL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 33 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: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PUNCTURE HAND - 33 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PUNCTURE TO LEFT HAND - HE WAS USING A POWER DRILL AND THE BIT SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 30 YOM STATES HE HAD A POWER DRILL AND PUT IT THROUGH HIS RIGHT RING FI NGER, CAN SEE WHERE DRILL CAME THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE, DX: PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| USING ELECTRIC DRILL W/SCREWDRIVER BIT AND WENT 1/4" INTO L PALM. DX. L PALM PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 44 Y/O M INJURED R MIDDLE FINGER WHEN DRILL BIT WENT THROUGH IT AT HOME . DX; PUNCTURE WOUND R MID FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| CUT FINGER ON DRILL BIT LAST WEEK, NOW RED AND SWOLLEN/ CELLULITIS LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT WAS USING POWER DRILL ON A METAL VENT AND VENT TWISTED. DX: L FOREARM LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL BIT STUCK IN FINGER FB LT MID FINGER CH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT INDEX F INGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| WAS DRILLING AT HOME, PC OF DRILL BIT HIT PT IN EYE, DX; FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS AT HOME STEPPED ON A DRILL BIT CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| HIT ON DRILL THAT SLIPPED CONT L 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT DRILLED THROUGH FINGER WHILE DRILLING METAL AT HOME TODAY DX/ PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A DRILL AND IT KICKED BACK AND HAND WENT SIDEWAYS. DX. F X #4 METACARPAL. OCCURRED AT NEIGHBOR'S. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 32YOM WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME,INADVERTENTLY DRILLED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER;PUNCTURE WOUND OF LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT COMES IN AFTER USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL AND THINKS PIECE OF BIT WENT INTO EYE DIAGNOSIS ABRASION/FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT USING POWER HAMMER DRILL AT HOME WHEN DRILL TWISTED SUDDENLY CAUSING HAND TO TWIST & POP. D:4TH METACARPAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PATIENT LACERATED UPPER ARM WITH A DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| HIT HAND WHILE USING POWER DRILL DX: PUNC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AND BIT SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER AT HOME DX:LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| LAC R INDEX FINGER; WAS @ HOME IN GARAGE WORKING ON CAR. DRILLING THROU GH PLASTIC & DRILL CAUGHT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILLING INTO THUMB, NOT WORK RELATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT UPING POWER DRILL AT HOME, GOT DRILL BIT STUCK IN HAND DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED, OPEN WOUND TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| 33 YOM WAS USING A DRILL AT HOME THAT TORQUED ONTO LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Pipes |
| CELLULITIS FROM P.W.:REMOVED DRILL BIT FROM DRILL,WAS STILL IN THE CHUCK,SET IT DOWN,GRABBED PIPE ABOVE HEAD,ARM WENT INTO DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL SLIPPED AND STABBEDD FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | 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: Power drills or accessories |
| 45 YOM HAD LAC TO R INDEX FINGER FROM DRILL BIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| DRILL FELL ONTO HAND WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME, BIT FLEW OFF AND GOT STUCK IN LT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power drills or accessories |
| PT WAS CUT BY SPINNING METAL PLATE WHILE DRILLING. DX: R INDEX LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power drills or accessories, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL PUTTING IN ELECTRICAL BOXES FEELS THAT SOMETHING WENT INTO RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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