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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,876
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers, Doors |
| LAC R THUMB AREA CHEWED, CUT W/ROUTER BLADE THAT ROTATES A CABINET DOOR AT HOME. DX. LAC, CONT. R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING A ROUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WAS CUT W/ROUTER. DX: L WRIST COMPLEX LAC 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | 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 routers |
| FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING ON ROUTER. DX-RIGHT 3RD FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WAS USING A ROUTER POWER TOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT SKIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGERS. DX:MIDDLE/RING FINGER TIP AMPUTATIONS,FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| HAND LAC-HIT HAND W/ WOODWORKING ROUTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| FOREARM LAC-ROUTER BLADE BROKE-HIT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER USING A ROUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| CUTTING WOOD AT SCHOOL AND GOT CUT BY THE ROUTER. DX. FINGER LACERATIO N, SKIN AVULSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power routers |
| AMPUTATION INDEX:AVULSION TIP R INDEX FINGER TO 1ST JOINT:CAUGHT FINGER IN A ROUTER (*** ROUTER TABLE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| 57 YOM LACERATED RIGHT RING AND PINKY FINGER ON ROUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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 routers |
| 46 YO F LACERATION TO HAND INJURED USING A ROUTER ACCIDENTIALLY GOT FINGERS IN ROUTER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | 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 routers |
| LACERATED L THUMB WORKING WITH ROUTER AT HOME# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| CUT THUMB WITH WOOD ROUTER AT SCHOOL LAC THUMB * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT USING ROUTER WHEN FELT SOMETHING FLY INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ULCER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN ROUTER DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| CUT THUMB WITH A ROUTER WHILE USING IT ON WOOD. DX. FINGER LACERATION, SKIN AVULSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 29 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 routers |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON A ROUTER, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 64 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 routers |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING A ROUTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power routers |
| PATIENT HIT HIS FINGER WHILE HE WAS USING A ROUTER AT HOME, SUSTAINED A LARGE DEFECT OF RT INDEX FINGER. DX-RT INDEX FINGER OPEN AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 55 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 routers |
| L IND FING LAC/55YOM AT APPROX 2P AT HM LACERATED L IND FING ON ROUTER TABLE WHILE PULLING OUT PLUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 48 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: Amputation |
| Product: Power routers |
| ROUTER GONE MAD AND NEARLY AMPUTATED TWO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WAS USING ROUTER MACHINE AT HOME AND CUT HIS THUMB OFF. D: THUMB FX, LACERATION, PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power routers |
| CUT WITH ROUTER;DX AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power routers |
| 78YMC CUT THUMB ON ROUTER SAW/AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WAS USING A WOOD ROUTER & CUT THUMB DX: DEEP LACERATION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 27 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 routers |
| PT CUT HAND W/ROUTER. DX: L HAND COMPLEX LAC BETWEEN THUMB & FOREFINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 41 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: Fracture |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT USING ROUTER POWER TOOL , CUT INTO NAIL OF L THUMB, DX L THUMB LACERATION WITH OPEN FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | 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 routers |
| PT USING ROUTER, HIT FINGER W/POWER TOOL AT HOME. DX. LAC R SMALL FING ER, PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION R 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT WAS USING A ROUTER AT HOME AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER IT. D X. LAC FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers, Golf |
| WORKING ON GOLF CLUB WITH ROUTER AT HOME, CUT FINGER. DX; LACERATION F INGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON ROUTER WHILE WOODWORKING -@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power routers |
| PARTIAL AMPUTATION LT INDEX FINGER FROM POWER ROUTER @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power routers |
| PATIENT WAS USING ROUTER AT HOME WHEN HE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE TIP OF THE RIGHT THUMB WHEN HE SLIPPED USING MACHINE. DX-RT THUMB INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| ROUTER BLADE SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON CABINET DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT USING A POWER ROUTER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT SUSTAINED FINGER INJURY ON A ROUTER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 23 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 routers |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A ROUTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT USING ROUTER AT HOME HAD LAC TO R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power routers |
| PT @ FRIENDS HOUSE HAD LAC TO L THUMB FROM USING A ROUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power routers |
| CUTTING WOOD WITH ROUTER & CUT FINGERS. DX OPEN FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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