Accidents - Portable power drills and accessories - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,615
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	71
16-25 years old:	268
26-50 years old:	1,474
50+ years old:	800

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	975	Hand:	673
Eyeball:	173	Lower Arm:	159
Upper Leg:	117	Face:	88
Wrist:	86	Lower Trunk:	79
Upper Trunk:	71	Lower Leg:	71
Foot:	71	Head:	30
Upper Arm:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND MISSED HIS TARGET SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO LEFT HAND WITH THE DRILL BIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
50 YOM DROPPED HAND DRILL ON R HAND FX R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT CUT BASE OF LEFT THUMB WITH ELECTRIC DRILL BIT, PUNCTURE WOUND OF LEFT THUMB, CLEANED AND DRESSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
USING ELECTRIC HAND DRILL HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
SPRAIN & CONTUS R THUMB; @ HOME DOING BATHROOM REPAIR, USING DRILL WHIC H TURNED OUTWARD, FLEW OUT OF HAND HYPEREXTENDING THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
32 YOM, USING A POWER DRILL YESTERDAY WHEN IT SLIPPED OND THE DRILL BIT WENT INTO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER DX: PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME INTO METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS VISITING BOYFRIEND AT WORK AND GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH POWER DRILL LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM FROM A DRILL BIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HIT SWITCH ON ELECTRIC DRILL WHILE PUTTING IN DRILL BIT PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT LAC LT HAND USING A POWER DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, House repair or construction materials
28 Y/O M INJURED (L) WRIST WHILE DRILLING PIECE OF METAL WITH DRILL AT HOME DX: LACERATION (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PUNCTURE FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH PUNCTURE TO LEFT INDEX FINGER - HAD BEEN USING CORDLESS POWER DRILL AND ACCIDENT HIT FINGER WITH DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY HAD DRILL BIT GO THROUGH ARM DX LT LOWER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL; AND THE BIT WENT INTO RIGHT LOWER ARM PW ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
USING POWER DRILL, RT HAND AND WRIST TWISTED AROUND/ SPIRAL FX RT 4TH METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2006	Age: 49 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS DIGGING A HOLE WITH A GAS AUGER. NOT WORK RELATED -UNEMPLOYED D X. RIB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Cabinet or door hardware
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 53 YOF WAS DRILLING WOOD LAST NIGHT TO INSTALL HARDW ARE AND POSSIBLY GOT METAL SHAVINGS IN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
LACERATION CHIN - 52 YOM STRUCK ON CHIN BY ELECTRIC DRILL SUSTAINING LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HAND LAC-CUT ON AUGER HANDLE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Fans
PT PUTTING IN A CEILING FAN USING A POWER DRILL AND WENT THROUHG LEFT T HUMB PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
FRACTURE HAND - 42 YOM WAS DRILLING AND DRILL BILL GRABBED AND STOPPED SPINNING BUT DRILL KEPT MOVING, C/O PAIN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PORTABLE DRILL BATTERY FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD DX: HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Batteries
PT STATES PT DROPPED BATTERY FROM PORTABLE DRILL CAUSING PAIN DX:SUB ACUTE MENTAL STATUS FLARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
ACCIDENTLY DRILLED INTO LT HAND WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HIT HAND ON AUGER CAUSING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Day wear
PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME 10 DAYS AGO AND IT CAUGHT ON HER PAN TS WHICH CAUSED AN ABRASION AND IT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
LACERATES FINGER ON AN AUGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND STRUCK LEFT FIFTH FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
CUT HAND ON A POWER DRILL. DX. L DISTAL PHALANX FX. L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT CUT LEG W/ DRILL. DX: L THIGH LAC 6 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING POWER DRILL AT HOME, DRILL BIT WENT INTO FINGER, PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
CUT HAND / PINIKIE ON ELECTRIC DRILL FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
SPRAIN WRIST - 31 YOM WAS USING A POWER DRILL WHEN IT KICKED BACK CAUSI NG INJURY TO LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
LACERATION HAND - 24 YOM LACERATED LEFT HAND WITH A PORTABLE POWER DRIL L WHEN IT SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT HAND W/A AN ELECTRIC DRILL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Alcohol
PT USING A POWER DRILL WHILE INTOXICATED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF THE FOOT FROM A DROPPED PORTABLE POWER DRILL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	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: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Decorative yard equipment
BUILDING BIRDHOUSE USING A DRILL THAT WENT INTO HAND "HAND PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A DRILL BIT FROM AN ELECTRIC DRILL. DX. FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
USING CORDLESS DRILL TO DRILL METAL, METAL SLIPPED AND CUT HAND/ LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DRILLING INTO STONE AT HOME WHEN THE DRILL SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT INJURED FINGER WHILE DRILLING WITH A CORDLESS DRILL. DX: PUNCTURE WO UND RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
INJURE THUMB WITH ELECTRIC DRILL PUNCTURE THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 79 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: Portable power drills and accessories
CAUGHT FINGER IN POWER DRILL AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PUNCTURE WOUND HAND - 42 YOM SUSTAINED A PUNTURE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT HAN D FROM A ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WORKING IN GARAGE WITH A POWER DRILL AND FELT A SNAP IN LOWER BACK S TRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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