Accidents - Power sanders - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,296
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	146
16-25 years old:	201
26-50 years old:	612
50+ years old:	336

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	704	Hand:	221
Eyeball:	137	Face:	77
Toe:	70	Mouth:	37
Lower Trunk:	30	Upper Trunk:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 47 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
47YOM CUT R INDEX FINGER ON A POWER SANDER DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 53 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 WAS USING ELECTRIC SANDER AT HOME AND EVULSED AREA AT MIDDLE R FINGE R. DX. R 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
58YOM OPERATING A "DISC SANDER" WHEN THE SANDPAPER DISC CAME OFF, HITTI NG PT IN LIP DX;# LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
37YOM PARTIAL THICKNESS SKIN AVULSION TO FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT SANDER AND GUARD WHILE USING SANDER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
15YOM CONTUSION TO HAND INJURED USING A BELT SANDER AT SCHOOL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
HIT IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A DISC SANDER AT SCHOOL TODAY CONTUSION ABDO MEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 51 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
DENUDEMENT DISTAL PHALANX FROM NAILBED:BELT SANDER SLIPPED,CAUGHT LIF SHAVING OFF THE NAIL ON BACK OF TIP OF FINGER. BONY EXPOSURE OF AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
18 YR OLD INJURED FINGERS USING A BELT SANDER AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO DX// RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
WAS USING BELT SANDER AND GOT DUST IN EYES DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT HIT HEAD HOME ON CAP OF PRESSURIZED SAND BLASTER C/O LACERATION ABOV E RIGHT EYE. DX: LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power sanders
IN METAL WORKING CLASS CRUSHED AND PUNCTURED FINGER ON CIRCULAR SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 52 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 STUCK FINGER IN SANDER MOTOR. DX: R SECOND FINGER AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT FINGER ON POWER SANDER DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power sanders
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC, OPEN FX, DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 47 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 - 47 YO MALE REPORTS HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGH T IN A BELT SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 31 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 WAS POWER SANDING THE STEERING WHEEL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IN A CUSTOM CHOP JOB AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
ABRAS R 2,3,4 FINGERS/13YOM INUJURED FINGER AT SCHOOL 2 DAYS AGO ON BEL T SANDER. USING BELT SANDER ON A PIECE OF WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power sanders
HAND INJURY FROM TISSUE AVULSION FROM FRONT RIGHT HAND 1 1/2 WEEKS AGO FROM BELT SANDER. DX-RIGHT HAND AVULSION LACERATION, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power sanders
PT WAS AT HOME LAYING UNDERNEATH HIS BOAT POWER SANDING THE BOTTOM AND STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 32 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'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON BELT SANDER. DX: L INDEX AVULSION 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT BY BELT SANDER PREVIOUS DAY PALM LACERATION GREATER THAN 18 HOURS OLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power sanders
PT WAS POWER SANDING A * BOAT AND DEVELOPED A RASH ALL OVER FACE CONT ACT DERMATITIS FROM THE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT CUT FINGER ON A SANDER BELT IN SCHOOL TODAY DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
CUT (L) THUMB WHILE USING A BELT SANDER @ HOME---LAC (L) THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power sanders
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE HELPING A FRIEND CARRYING 200 LB SANDER >>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 58 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
CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER AND LAC IT WITH FINGERNAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders, Footwear
LAC TO TOE, PT WAS WORKING AT HOME WITH A FLOOR SANDER WITH SHOES ON WH EN SANDER RAN OVER FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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