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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 972
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT USING A POWER BELT SANDER AT HOME WHEN IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO RIGHT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| DX LEFT FINGERTIP AVULSION: CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders, Chairs |
| PT POWER SANDING METAL CHAIRS AT HOM,E YESTERDAY WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 34 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 sanders |
| AT HOME GRINDING METAL WITH A ROTARY SANDER,FELT SOMETHING GO INTO HIS EYE. DX. METALLIC F.B. TO CORNEA,RT. EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| SANDING WOOD WITH DRUM SANDER AT HOME, CUT FINGER. DX; FINGER LACERATI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT USING A POWER SANDER AT HOME CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE SANDER SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO THE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 30 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 sanders |
| 30 YOM GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN BELT SANDER LACERATION L INDEX FINGER MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON A BELT SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| FLOOR SANDER CAUGHT KNEE AT HOME. DX; LACERATION KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Power sanders, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| MILD HEADACHE ? EXPOSURE TO LEAD-AT HOME-USING A BELT SANDER ON CABINETS-1 DAY PRIOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 45 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 sanders |
| PT HIT FINGERS ON BELT SANDER. DX: FX/LAC L MIDDLE/RING FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power sanders, House repair or construction materials |
| POLISHING A PIECE OF METAL IN A POWER SANDER AND CAUGHT THUMB IN SANDER. FRACTURE TO LEFT THUMB WITH A AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| TRYING TO ADJUST A POWER SANDER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND CUT HAND. 3 CM LACERATION TO LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| BILATERAL KNEE CTS-AT HOME-OPERATING A CIRCLULAR FLOOR SANDER-WAS STRUCK BY THE MOVING SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Power sanders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SANDING AND SCRAPING PAINT FROM OUTSIDE HER HOUSE, SICK FOR 2-3 DAYS, C ONCERNED ABOUT LEAD POSSIBLY IN PAIN. DX NAUSEA, HEADACHE OF ? ETIOLOGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PULLING SANDING HOSE AND TORE BICEPS MUSCLE;TENDONITIS NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER WITH POWER SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER. DX: PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders |
| =29YOF WOOD HE WAS SANDING WENT INTO THUMB AT HOME DX/FB THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LT THUMBNAIL AVULSION-CAUGHT THUMB IN A BELT SANDER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 59 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: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| USING A SANDER WHEN DISC BROKE OFF AND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| FINGER LACERATION - WAS USING A POWER SANDER AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT MI DDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LT 5TH FINGER FLAP LAC-@ HOME-CUT WHILE CHANGING A SANDER BELT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 58 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 sanders |
| USING A BELT SANDER AND CUT FINGER. DX: LACERATION TO FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LATERAL ASPECT OF FINGER SANDED OFF WITH BELT SANDER NON-PENETRATING WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AVULSION FINGER IN ELECTRIC SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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