Accidents - Manual filing or sanding tools - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,022
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	120
16-25 years old:	416
26-50 years old:	915
50+ years old:	569

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,042	Eyeball:	541
Hand:	140	Shoulder:	78
Upper Trunk:	68	Lower Leg:	68
All Of Body:	34	Foot:	16
Elbow:	15	Lower Trunk:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDING WITH METAL YESTERDAY AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS EYE. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 29 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: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDING WOOD TODAY AND GOT WOOD IN HER HAND. DX FOREIGN BODY HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT WAS USING SANDER AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: FOREIG N BODY TO RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
14YOM-LACERATION LEFT THUMB-CUT ON SANDER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDING IN WOODSHOP AND CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Floors or flooring materials
RT HAND CT-AT HOME-SANDING FLOORS-HAND HIT A RADIATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT L HAND ON ORBIT SANDER, WHILE AT HOME. DX. LAC L HAND/SMALL FINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT L INDEX FINGER ON SANDER AT HOME DX L INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WAS USING A SANDER AT HOME AND LACERATED HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A SANDER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Doors
LT EYE FB-SANDING A DOOR-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 40 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH FILE WHILE DRUNK LAST NIGHT. D:OPEN FRACT URE, 4TH FINGER. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT FINGER ON BELT SANDER - PARTIAL AMPUTATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT REPORTS DROPPING SANDER ON FOOT (LIMITED INFO IN CHARTING, TYPE OF ACCIDENT UNK) DX:FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS SANDING BOAT AT MARINA W/MASK ON AND INHALED PAINT DUST THROUGH MASK. DX: PAINT DUST INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
PATIENT SANDING GLASS WHILE MAKING GLASS SCULPTURE. GLASS GOT INTO EYE. D: CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
RT ELBOW STRAIN.PT WAS USING A SANDER AND ELBOW BEGAN TO SWELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER DX: R 3RD FINGER FX / NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT THUMB W/A SANDER THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT DX MUSCLE STRAIN LOWER BACK - S/P LIFTED A SANDING MACHINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT HIT LT LEG ON SHARP EDGE OF METAL FILE AT HOME DX: LAC LEFT LEG +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
HURT FINGER WHILE SANDING DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
FOREIGN BODY FINGER - 14 YOM WAS SANDING A BOARD AND GOT A SPLINTER UND ERNEATH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGERNAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
USING FLAT SANDER NOW HAND HURTS DX CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
WAS SANDING METAL, FEELS LIKE PIECES OF METAL IN BOTH EYES. DX: CONJUCT IVITIS, BOTH EYES, NO FOREIGN BODIES FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, House repair or construction materials
INJURED THUMB ON RASP FILE WHILE CLEANING BRICKS AT HOME. DX: HEMATOMA THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT, WITH HISTORY OF SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS, DISLOCATED SHOULDER WHI LE USING SANDER WHICH PULLED ON ARM. D: SHOULDER DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 49 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
RT EYE FB-AT HOME-WHILE SANDING ON AN AUTOMOBILE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT GOT METAL IN EYE WHEN SANDING ALUMINIUM AT HOME YESTERDAY,HAS F B SENSATION, SEEN IN ORTHO CLINIC FOR FB REMOVAL, SENT TO ED; EYE ABRAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
WAS SANDING CAR, NOW HAS LEFT EYE PAIN. DX: CORNEAL ULCER, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
STRAIN UPPER BACK - PATIENT STATES ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHILE SANDI NG OVER THE WEEKEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	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: Manual filing or sanding tools
CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN BELT SANDERLACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
IN SHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL, SANDING PIECE OF WOOD ON ROUND SANDER, THUMB S LIPPED, SANDER CUT FINGERNAIL. PARTIAL THUMB NAIL AVULSION, SKIN AVULS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WAS USING A BELT SANDER GOT FINGER CAUGHT ON SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT L 4TH DIGIT ON A PIECE OF SANDPAPAER. LAC TO L 4TH DIGIT $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION FOR A MONTH. THINKS IT STARTED WHEN SANDING BEAMS. D: PIQUECULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
FOREIGN BODY EYE - VICTIM WHO WAS SANDING AUTO BODIES GOT BODY FILLER I N RIGHT EYE - PRESENTS WITH PHOTOPHOBIA & TENDERNESS IN THAT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT INJURED FINGER SANDING AND STAINING, CELLULITIS R 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LAC L MIDDLE FINGER, CUT ON SANDING MACHINE, SANDING A SPROCKET. DX. L AC L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDING PIECE OF WOOD AND GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER. FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
INJURY TO R 5TH FINGER WITH A BELT SANDER 30 MIN AT HOME-DX-ACUTE 5TH PHALYNGEAL TUFT FRACTURE WITHNAIL AVULSION, NAIL BED LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WAS SANDING WOOD LAST EVE. DX: FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
32YOWM-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE-AFTER SANDING STEEL-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
WAS SANDING WITH HIS FATHER THINKS GOT SOME SANDING MATERIAL IN EYE DX: ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT DX LT FINGER AND NAIL PARTIAL AMPUTATION - S/P CRUSHING FINGER IN SANDING MACHINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 31 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT SANDING METAL WHEN HE FELT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY WITH ABRASION AND RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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