Accidents - Portable power drills and accessories - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,924
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	75
6-15 years old:	144
16-25 years old:	419
26-50 years old:	1,641
50+ years old:	643

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,079	Hand:	501
Wrist:	233	Lower Leg:	175
Foot:	168	Lower Arm:	157
Toe:	137	Face:	75
Upper Leg:	75	Ankle:	70
All Of Body:	70	Mouth:	70
Eyeball:	69	Shoulder:	37

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 32 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: Portable power drills and accessories
HAND CT-USING A DRILL AND HIT A NAIL,IT SPUN AROUND AND HE SMASHED HAND ON THE WOOD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 48 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 POWER DRILL AND HIT HAND LACERATION HAND #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
SOFT TISSUE INJ L WRIST: USING ELECTRIC HILTI DRILL, BREAKING CONCRETE @ FRIEND'S HOUSE TODAY, TRIPPED, LANDING ON HAND, L HAND & WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Ladders
TOE SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA-35 Y/O M-DRILL/ BATTERY FELL OFF LADDER HITTING TOE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 4 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, Clothing accessories
WAS HOLDING PORTABLE DRILL WHILE WEARING GLOVES AND TWISTED FINGER FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 18 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 CUT (R) THUMB ON A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS ON A DRILL DX;# LAC (R) THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 69 years	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
DX PUNCTURE WD - R FOOT: MAK'G A SHELF FOR HIS SPEAKERS; BAREFOOT, US'G BATTERY POWERED DRILL. DROP'G DRILL ON R FOOT. DRILL BIT PUNCTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 22 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
22YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER FROM DRILL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	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
PT INJURED (L) PALM WITH A PORTABLE POWER DRILL DX;* PUNCTURE WOUND (L) PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
LIP LAC-DRILLING A HOLE IN THE WALL,DRILL HIT A KNOT,SLIPPED AND HIT PT IN THE MOUTH AT FRIENDS HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE USING A DRILL IT SLIPPED HITTING L LOWER ARM/ DX FB L FOREARM (POSS WOOD SPLINTER)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 59 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: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DX R HAND PAIN: US'G A POWER TOOL-SCREW DRIVER-HIGH TORQUE SET'G GO'G THRU METAL; BIT SNAGEED IN METAL; DRILL KICKED/TORQUED INTO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 48 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
48 YOM, USING POWER DRILL, DRILL LOCKED UP, HEARD POP IN WRIST, SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 57 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
WAS INJURED WHILE USING A PORTABLE ELECTRIC DRILL AT HOME. LACERATION, LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT AT HOME HIT R ANKLE WITH POWER DRILL BIT/ DX PUNCTURE WOUND R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DROPPED CORDLESS DRILL ON FOOT CONTUSION FOOT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 35 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS DIGGING HOLES IN HIS YARD WITH AN AUGER AND HIT A ROOT FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
41 YO M CELLULITIS TO THIGH DROPPED DRILL ON IT 1 WEEK AGO CUT FROM DRI LL BIT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FINGER SKIN AVULSION-HIT FINGER W/A DRILL WHILE BUILDING A DECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PUT DRILL BIT THROUGH LOWER LEG AT HOME LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
BURNS TO FINGERS-WAS CLEANING GARAGE,PLUGGED IN A OLD DRILL AND GOT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
RAN DRILL BIT INTO FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 38 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 WAS USING AN ELECTRICAL DRILL BIT AND ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURED LT THUMB DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT DROPPED DRILL ON (L) BIG TOE DX;# FX (L) GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2009	Age: 39 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 LAC FINGER WITH A 3/8" DRILL BIT, USING A DRILL GUN DX;* FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
22 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYELID GOT SOMETHING IN EYELID WHILE DRILLING A T HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS DRILLING HOLES W/*** AUGER AND IT FELL ON LEG. DX: R TIB/FIB FX .
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PATIENT C/O PAIN & SWELLING TO RT 2ND TOE, INJURY SUSTAINED YESTERDAY EVENING, WALKED INTO MOTOR DRILL. DX-TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PUNCTURE LOWER LEG - 29 YO MALE PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT SHIN - SUSTAINED WHEN USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT LAC LT 2ND DIGIT USING A CORDLESS DRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT HAD A PORT. POWERDRILL DROP 2 STORIES & HIT ON (L) CLAVICLE, IN STRE ET DX;; NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Clothing accessories
DRILL SLIPPED & GLOVE CAUGHT IN DRILL BIT INJURED HANDCONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 45 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 SUFFERED LACERATION TO BACK OF HAND WHEN PT PULLED IT BACK UNDER A DRILL BIT, DRILL NOT ON. DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
62 YOM WAS USING A SCREW GUN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND HAD BIT GO INTO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, NOW HAS CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DX FX DISTAL RADIUS/FX DISTAL ULNA: CUTS TO THUMB & FOREARM, W US'G POWER DRILL WHEN "IT KCIKED BACK"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
16Y/O,M,DRILL BIT WENT THROUGH THUMB AT SCHOOL, PUNCTURE WOUND R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
RAN INTO CORDLESS DRILL CASE AT HOME, HAS CONTUSION TO SMALL TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
14YOF IN JEWELRY CLASS AT SCHOOL USING A HAND DRILL,DRILLED RIGHT INTO RT THUMB,BIT WAS EMBEDDED IN THUMB;PUNCTURE WOUND,FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	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
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND DRILLED A HOLE IN FINGER PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 25 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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS AT HOME DRILLING CONCRETE WITH A POWER DRILL, GOT A PIECE OF CONCRETE IN LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 51 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
PT WAS USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND WIRE GOT WRAPPED AROUND FINGER DX: FRACTURED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 32 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, Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
PT WAS AT HOME USING A PORTABLE DRILL TO PUT UP MINI BLINDS, PUNCTURED LT THUMB NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	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
42Y/O,M,USING A PISTOL DRILL AT HOME, DRILL ROTATED HAND, HAND INJURY, COMMINUTED FX R 4TH METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	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: Portable power drills and accessories
PT USING DRILL-SLIPPED -CUT FINGER LEFT INDEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
52 Y/O GOT LEG CAUGHT IN FENCE POST AUGER. DX-FX FIBULA AND TIBIA, LARGE LAC KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/16/2009	Age: 50 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
PT WAS USING ELECTRIC DRILL AND IT SLIPPED AND STUCK IN TO PALM. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
C/O A WEEK HISTORY OF WRIST PAIN THAT STARTED AFTER USING AN ELECTRIC D RILL>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DRILLING SCREW & DRILL BIT SKATED INTO THUMB. PUNCTURE WOUND, ABRASION - THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
DRILLING AND TWISTED WRIST. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PT WAS USING AN POWER AUGER AND WAS HIT IN RIGHT FOOT AND LEFT HAND, CONTUSION TO BOTH FOOT AND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
15 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER USING POWER DRILL THAT JUMPED DRILL BIT HIT FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Portable power drills and accessories
PATIENT HURT WHEN DRILL GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING STRIKE AT HOME. STATESR ECEIVED A ELECTRIC SHOCK. DX:ELECTRIC SHOCK TO RT LOWER ARM/NUMBNESS/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable power drills and accessories, Fishing
SPRAIN FOREARM - 51 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT ARM PAIN - WAS ICE FISHI NG JUST PTA AND WHILE USING AN AUGER THE STRAP CAUGHT ARM & TWISTED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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