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Accidents - Power sanders - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,291
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:919Eyeball:139
Lower Trunk:85Hand:71
Lower Leg:58Wrist:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/18/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
LACERATION FINGER - 55 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB ON A BELT SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC SANDER - LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power sanders
PT AMPUTATED FINGER ON A BELT SANDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT AT SCHOOL AND GTO FINGER CAUGHT IN BELT SANDER C/O PAIN LEFT INDEX F INGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2004Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power sanders
PT CUT FINGER ON A SANDER WHILE BEING +ETOH INTOXICATED, SUSTAINED "RT 2ND FINGER AMPUTATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2004Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power sanders
LUMBAR STRAIN - 27 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A 200-LB SANDE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Power sanders
ABDOMINAL WALL BURN-ACCIDENTLY HIT ABDOMEN W/A SANDER W/ WIRE BRUSH-@ H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power sanders
FINGERTIP AMPUTATION-CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/19/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power sanders
DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN: USING BELT SANDER AT HOME AND INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
15YOM AT HOME SANDING BOARDS BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION DX/BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2004Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power sanders
49YOM AT HOME USING BELT SANDER SLIPPED HIT HAND DX/AMPUTATION OF DORSAL ASPARTYL OF L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT LEG WITH POWER SANDER DX: L LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
INJURY TO HAND FROM AN ELECTRIC SANDER R HAND CONTUSION/LACERATION 3CM TOTAL LENGTH REPAIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WITH A BELT SANDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A POWER SANDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER AT HOME. DX:LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT WITH POWER SANDER. DX-FLAP LACERATION R 4TH FINGER, ABRASION R SECO ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2004Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
PT WAS OUT WORKING ON A POWER SANDER. HE DID HAVE GOGGLES ON, BUT STIL L GOT DUST IN HIS EYE. DX: FB TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER FROM A SANDING BELT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials
60 YOM WAS SANDING WOODEN FLOOR WITH A POWER SANDER. LACERATION, LEFT T HUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT WAS AT HOME USING A BELT SANDER WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
USING SAND BELT @ HOME USING SANER ON TRUCK AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power sanders
FINGER FX W/ FINGERNAIL AVULSION-CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER-BETWEEN 2 ROLLERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
USING SANDER, CUT FINGER/ LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
TORE OFF THUMB NAIL WITH SANDER DX LEFT THUMB NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Power sanders
14YOM AT SCHOOL INJ THUMB ON POWER SANDER WOOD DX CRUSHED INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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