Accidents - Manual filing or sanding tools - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,043
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	39
6-15 years old:	123
16-25 years old:	325
26-50 years old:	991
50+ years old:	563

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,007	Eyeball:	339
Hand:	164	Lower Trunk:	94
Upper Arm:	77	Upper Trunk:	69
Upper Leg:	68	Head:	61
Wrist:	39	Knee:	39
Lower Arm:	33	Shoulder:	16
Face:	16	Foot:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
MVC-FELL OFF TRUCK WHILE SANDING, HIT FACE WITH LOC DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 71 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
71 YOM GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SANDER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CAUGHT HAND IN SANDER DX: R HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2003	Age: 78 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
R 4TH FING LAC/78YOM USING BELT SANDER AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT PEELING SK IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 26 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
EYE HIT WITH F.B. WHILE USING SANDER DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 23 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
SANDING WROUGHT IRON F B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
INJURED W/ SANDER IN WOODSHOP @ SCHOOL. AVULSION OF NAIL RIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Floors or flooring materials
PT C/O REDNESS AND DISCOMFORT TO RT EYE AFTER SANDING FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
45 YOWF GOT R 4TH FINGER IN SANDER. DX. AVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 67 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
RT THUMB LACERATION-CUT THUMB WHILE USING A SANDER, SUSTAINING A 3CM AV ULSION LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 15 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
TOOK PIECE OUT OF FINGER W/SANDER AT SCHOOL DX: L THUMB 2.5 CM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	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
PIECE OF METAL IN EYE AFTER USING BELT SANDER CORNEAL F B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 49 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 SUS LACERATION TO FINGER BY A SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
73 Y.O. W MALE W/FINGERNAIL AVULSION. PT INJ SELF W/BELT SANDER @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
RT EYE PAIN , GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHEN IN CONSTRUCTION AREA W / SANDI NG GOING ON. D; FOREIGN BODY RT EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 16 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 FINGER USING A SANDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT C/O INJURY TO ARM WITH METAL SANDING TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
60YOF-LACERATION UPPER ARM-CUT ON WIRE FROM SANDING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 80 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 HAND IN SANDER-LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 47 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: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Knives with replaceable blades
47YOM-AVULSION LEFT 3RD FINGER TIP=SLICED OFF WITH BOX CUTTER WHILE CUT TING SAND PAPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 47 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
DX:R THUMB LAC. SANDER FELL ON HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
DX: L 3RD FINGER CONTUSION. TUBBED FINGER AGAINST SANDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT RECEIVED ABRASSION TO EYE DUE TO SANDING FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT SANDING WOOD AT HOME AND GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER. D:FOREIGN BODY, FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT DOING SANDBLASTING & IS CONCERNED SHE MAY HAVE INHALED FUMES. ACUTE CHEST PAIN, MOST LIKELY MUSCULOSKELETAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT PLAYING WITH SANDER LACERATED KNEE, LACERATION L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 C/O LOWER BACK PAIN SINCE AFTER LIFTING A SANDER WITH A FRIEND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT COMPLAINT OF WRIST PAIN WITH SANDING AT HOME, ACUTE R WRIST PAIN SEC ONDARY TO TENOSYNOVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PATIENT CUT THIGH WITH SANDPAPER. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LAC R THUMB; SANDING PAINT ON CAR WHEN HAND HIT EDGE HARD CAUSING LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 61 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 FINGER WITH A WOOD FILE DX: THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 35 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
DX:FB R EYE. WAS SANDING ON HIS BOAT WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP FROM SANDING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
DX:PUNCTURE WOUND. JAMMED A MARBLE FILE INTO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 24 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
THUMB LAC-CUT ON SANDER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 62 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
CAUGHT IN A BELT SANDER AND HAS A SKIN FLAP LAC AT HOME. DX. LAC L RIN G FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 37 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
FB LEFT EYE, PT INJURED EYE WHEN USING SANDPAPER AND GOT A FRAGMENT INT O EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 36 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: Manual filing or sanding tools, Stairs or steps
PT STATES HE INJURED BACK WHILE CARRYING FLOOR SANDER UP THE STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LAC TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON SANDER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/12/2003	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: Manual filing or sanding tools
OBJECT FLEW IN EYE WHILE HE WAS SANDBLASTING HOUSE DX FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT CUT R MIDDLE FINGER ON SANDER AT SCHOOL, ABRASION R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2003	Age: 43 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, Ceilings and walls
LT EYE FB REMOVAL-AT HOME-FB WHILE SANDING WALLPAPER GLUE OFF WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY FINGER SANDING WOOD, ACUTE L 3RD FINGER IN FECTION CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 43 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A SANDING BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2003	Age: 41 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
WAS SANDING WOOD & GOT SLIVER OF WOOD IN FINGER. ACUTE RMF SPLINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Doors
HAND FB-AT HOME-SHE WAS SANDING EDGE OF A DOOR-FB OF WOOD STUCK IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 43 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: Puncture
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LT FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND-SANDING W/ A SANDER-SOMETHING HIT HIS ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 21 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. USING A SANDING MACHINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
RT SHOULDER PAIN-AT HOME-SINCE SANDING FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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