Accidents - Power sanders - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,107
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	169
Year 1998:	86
Year 1999:	175
Year 2000:	152
Year 2001:	134
Year 2002:	82
Year 2003:	410
Year 2004:	71
Year 2005:	126
Year 2006:	232
Year 2007:	85
Year 2008:	118
Year 2009:	221
Year 2010:	38

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	312
16-25 years old:	57
26-50 years old:	771
50+ years old:	965

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/21/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
58 YOM LAC TO RT HAND FROM BELT SANDER. DX**: LT HAND LAC
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 12/30/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT CUT HAND ON FLOOR SANDER. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders, Vises or workshop clamps
PT WAS SANDING ON A PIECE OF WOOD WHEN SANDER HIT CLAMP AND JUMPED HITT ING HAND CAUSING LACERATION. NOT LIKELY THAT INCIDENT WAS WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT AT HOME CUT L HAND ON A BELT SANDER / DX ACUTE LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT USING SANDER IN SHOP CLASS, HAND GOT TOO CLOSE, SANDER CUT HAND DX: L HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
PT AT HOME USING A POWER SANDER HIT HAND WITH SANDER DX ABRASION 3CM HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2006	Age: 72 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
PT WAS USING A BELT SANDER AND CUT R HAND LACERATION TO R HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Power sanders, Ceilings and walls
SANDING PIECE OF WOOD WHEN SANDER BLADE SNAPPED, RICOCHETED OFF WALL & HIT FINGER, DX L HAND CRUSHING INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power sanders
R HAND CELLULITIS/57YOM STS 1 MO AGO HIT HAND WITH DISC SANDER AND A LA YER OF SKIN WAS SLOUGHED OFF. HAND IS RED AND SWOLLEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: 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: 11/07/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT HAND WITH ELECTRIC SANDER AT HOME WHLE SANDING CABINETS. DX: LACER ATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
PT-LACERATED R HAND WITH POWER SANDER DX-R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 14 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
PT C/O PAIN TO DORSAL ASPECT OF THE L HAND AFTER A WOOD SANDER STRUCK H IM IN THE HAND AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
44 Y M WITH WOOD SPLINTERS IN HAND FROM SANDING. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
49 Y M WAS SANDING RUST OF OF MEATAL AND HIT HAND ON SANDER. DX: ABRASION TO LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
DX RIGHT HAND ABRASION: USING POWER SANDER, IT SLIPPED ON SURFACE AND INJURED HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
USING A FLOOR SANDER AT HOME AND THE HANDLE STRUCK PATIENT'S HAND. DX ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURY RIGHT HAND.
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: 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: 12/16/2001	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2001	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2001	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2001	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2000	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2000	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2000	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/1999	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/1999	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/1999	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/1999	Age: 17 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/1998	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/1998	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/1997	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/1997	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/1997	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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