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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,246
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 50 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 sanders |
| PT USING A POWER SANDER AT HOME AND GOT SAWDUST IN EYE DX/ RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders, Footwear |
| 30Y/O,M,USING SANDER AT HOME TO GRIND DOWN NEW RUBBER SOLED SHOES, CONTAMINATED PARTIAL & FULL THICKNESS SKIN LOSS R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders, Day wear |
| HAND LAC-96 Y/O USING SANDER CAUGHT SHIRT SLEEVE IN SANDER-CUT HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A BELT SANDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT CAUGHT HAND IN SHOP SANDER AT SCHOOL. DX: L THIRD DIGIT FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| ABRASION TO RT FOREARM FROM SAND BELTER @ SCHOOL-POWER TOOL. ABRASION/ CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT TOUCHED FINGERS ON SANDER. DX: L 2/3 NAIL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| BELT SANDER HIT PT'S HAND. DX: L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| WAS USING AN ELECTRIC SANDER AND (L) 2ND FINGER GOT CAUGHT DX- FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 27 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AVULSION INJURY FINGER - 27 YOM SUSTAINED INJURY TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP FROM BELT SANDER EARLIER TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| LACERATION FINGER - 52 YO MALE SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE LEFT MIDDL E AND INDEX FINGER WHEN HIS SANDER "KICKED BA CK' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | 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 sanders |
| PT WITH FB TO EYE, WAS SANDING A ROTOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PATIENT INJURED LEFT INDEX FINGER WHILE USING A BELT SANDER. DX-AVULSION TO LT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER SANDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | 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 sanders |
| HIT FINGER WHILE USING POWER SANDER DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING A SPINDLE SANDER AT SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A BELT SANDER AND THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE S ANDER AND THE PLATE. C/O FINGER ABRASION. D: FINGERNAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| 17 YO M LACERATION BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS USING HIGH SPEED SANDER AT HOME CUT FINGERS AND HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 50 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: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| FLAC FOREARM ON BELT SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| CUT FINGER ON BELT SANDER/ LAC LT SMALL FINGER, NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| TOUCHED FINGER AGAINST MOVING SANDER PAD PARTIAL THICKNESS SKIN AVULSION TO INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AVULSTION TO FINGER WHEN USING A BELT SANDER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT FACE ON SANDER IN LOCAL *** STORE/ FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power sanders |
| AT SCHOOL PT USING BELT SANDER,ACCIDENTLY PLACED FINGER IN BELT SANDER DX TUFT FRACTURE OF MIDDLE FINGER OF L HAND ALONG W/ NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS USING A BELT SANDER AT SCHOOL, HAND GOT CAUGHT CAUSING AN AVULSION TO RT THUMB & INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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