Accidents - Other portable or stationary power tools - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,312
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	14
6-15 years old:	19
16-25 years old:	423
26-50 years old:	1,064
50+ years old:	790

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	859	Hand:	473
Face:	257	Lower Trunk:	221
Eyeball:	145	Upper Trunk:	119
Foot:	90	Wrist:	71
Neck:	59	Knee:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
28YO HISP MALE AT HOME CUTTING BLOCK WITH A POWER TOOL AND CUT R HAND DX HAND LACERATION WITH TENDON INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FINGER LAC-CUT ON "BISCUIT JOINER" WHILE DO WOODWORKING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
ACUTE BACK PAIN AFER USING JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT SMASHED FINGER W/JACKHAMMER WHILE USING AT HOME. DX: R FIFTH DIGIT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 24 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: Crushing
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX CRUSH INJ FINGER/LAC MIDDLE FINGER DISTAL PHALANX W SIMPLE CLOSURE/ L 3RD DIGIT CAUGHT IN AIR GUN W WORK'G ON CAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 70 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX LAC HAND: LAC OVER WEB SPACE B/T L THUMB & INDEX FINGER, OCCURRED @ HOME W WORK'G W DREMEL TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT CAME INTO THE ER C/O THUMB INJURY-LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
RIB PAIN AFTER USING JACKHAMMER, HX OF RIB FX 4 MO AGO/ RIB INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
24 YO M CONTUSION TO FACE, SPRAINED WRIST INJURED WHILE USING A JACK HAMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
36YOM WHILE WORKING WITH A POWER TOOL INJURED LEFT LITTLE FINGER; FINGER INJURY,LEFT BEFORE SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FOREHEAD LAC-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS USING A HAMMER AND STRUCK HAND DX RT HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A POWER TOOL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
KNEE STRAIN-TWISTED KNEE WHEN HE TRIPPED ON AIR HOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 47 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT RECIEVED LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER FROM AN SCREW GUN, LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	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: Crushing
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX CELLULITIS HAND: INJ FRIDAY. CRUSH INJ AFTER POWER TOOL KICKED BACK AND SLAMMED HAND AGAINST A BEAM. HAS BEEN GETT'G WORST LAST 3 D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
40 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER JACK HAMMER WHEN GOING TO HOTEL ROOM FRACTURE FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
38 Y/O M INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE USING JACK HAMMER. DX; LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Clothing accessories
PT WAS USING AIR WRENCH WHICH CAUGHT ON GLOVE & SPUN WHILE WORKING ON CAR LAST PM. DX: R 4TH DIGIT DISLOCATION/FX, R 5TH DIGIT FX, HAND CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT ON METAL TAPE MEASURE;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT ON ELECTRIC PLANER/ TISSUE AVULSION LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LIFTED JACK HAMMER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
JACKHAMMER HANDLE TO CHIN, DX; LAC. CHIN, JAW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS CUTTING PLYWOOD LAST NIGHT AND FELT LIKE SOME- THING WAS IN HIS EYE, DOCUMENTED HIGH SPEED MACHINERY USE ONLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 21 YO MALE STATES HE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER ON CONCR ETE AND SUSTAINED FB IN LEFT EYE - WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 51 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX LAC: L THUMB LAC TODAY ON POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT C/O R FOOT RED & SWOLLEN,STS BEEN USING JACKHAMMER-POSS TRAUMATIZED FOOT, DX R FOOT CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DROPPED A JACK HAMMER ON HAND YESTERDAY. DX-CONTUSION AND HEMATOMA HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
35 YO MALE CUT HAND USING A POWER TOOL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 14 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
POWER TOOL INJURY DX: L FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LAC TO HAND, 62 YOM, HAD BLADE FROM HAND HELD POWER TOOL FLY OFF WHEN TURNED ON, CUTTING HAND. PT LEFT AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 68 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS AT HOME, USING A POWER WIRE BRUSH, CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT INJ HAND USING HAMMER DRILL FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS AT HOME USING A DISC CUTTER FOR SHEET METAL, SLIPPED AND CUT LT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DROPPED A JACK HAMMER ON HER FOOT AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
49 YOM GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN POWERED WOOD PLANER; DX: LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX PUNCTURE WD L THUMB: PLAYING WITH FATHER'S TOOL, SHARP POINTED INSTRUMENT AND PUNCTURED L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
50 YO MALE WAS WORKING ON A SELF CLEARING DRAIN AND ELECTRICAL SNAKE SNAPPED - PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 33 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT HIT HAND WITH HAMMER-TWICE-CONTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 59 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DX AVULSION OF FINGER - WORKING WITH JACK HAMMER BLADE ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 53 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT WITH POWER SAW. DX- 1.5 CM LACERATION TIP OF L 3RD FINGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
USING HEAT GUN A HOME WHEN BURNED R HAND DX BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 31 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: Other portable or stationary power tools
L SMALL FINGER LAC. CHEST PAIN AFTER PICKING UP A JACK HAMMER THAT FELL ON THE GROUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
33YOF WAS HOME USING A JACKHAMMER,DEVELOPED NECK PAIN; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT CUT FINGER ON A POWER TOOL AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
*THUMB CAUGHT IN TORC CONVERTER/CRUSH INJURY DISTAL L THUMB W/ OPEN FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS IN WORKSHOP CLASS WHEN HER HAND GOT CAUGHT IN WOODSHOP MACHINE. D: SUPERFICIAL ABRASIONS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
FINGER SKIN AVULSION-HIT FINGER ON POWER TOOL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING ***MER STRAINED UPPER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
RIGHT HAND FINGER TIP AMP. PT CUT FINGERTIPS WHEN USING A PLANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
(R) INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN S POWER TOOL , TOOK OFF TIP OF FINGER DX- FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DX LACERATION NOSE: HIT RIGHT SIDE OF FACE W/TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PATIENT HAD ONSET LOW BACK PAIN 4 DAYS AGO AFTER OPERATING A JACK HAMMER. DX-LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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