Accidents - Manual filing or sanding tools - Year 2008

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

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	103
16-25 years old:	306
26-50 years old:	1,185
50+ years old:	447

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	939	Finger:	551
Hand:	224	Mouth:	87
Foot:	73	Upper Trunk:	59
Lower Trunk:	59	Lower Leg:	15
Toe:	15	Lower Arm:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WITH ABRASION TO EYE, WAS SANDING SOMETHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
STEPPED ON METAL FILE, CUT L 5TH TOE DX: TOE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	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
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON SANDER AT SCHOOL DURING SHOP CLASS DX: 2.5 CM L ACERATION TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chain saws
FILING CHAIN SAW IN THE WIND, HAS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE, NO FO REIGN BODY NOTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
44 YOF CUT LEFT THUMB WITH SANDER YESTERDAY LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Knives with replaceable blades
PT GOT A BOX CUTTER AND SOME SAND PAPER AND TRIED TO REMOVE A *** FROM LOWER LEG AND IT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHILE SANDING YESTERDAY >>EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
FINGER INFECTION-PAIN SINCE SANDING OVER THE WEEKEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CAUGHT FINGER IN A SANDER AT SCHOOL. DX ABRASION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 43 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
PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WHILE SANDING METAL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT FILING DOWN METAL 2 DAYS AGO AND GOT SHAVING IN EYE. CONTINUED PAIN. LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Handrails, railings or banisters
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION AFTER ?SOMETHING FLEW IN TO EYE WHILE SANDING A RAILING>> CORNEAL ABR/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
HAND CELLULITIS-INJURED WHILE SANDING-AREA INFECTED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	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: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Handrails, railings or banisters
SANDING THE RAILING @ HOME&SUSTAINED A ?METAL SLIVER INTO HAND >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
REPORTS GRADUAL ONSET OF RASH ON FOREARMS/CHEST&BACK THAT STARTED AFTER ?SANDING THE ROOF>>CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT FOOT A WEEK AGO ON HAND SANDER, NOW RED AND SWOLLEN/ ABRASION RT FO OT W/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	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 WOOD AND WOOD SLIVER EMBEDDED IN R RING FINGER. DX FB#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 39 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 YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY--EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
76YOM WAS IN HIS CELLAR,TRIPPED OVER A SANDBLASTER STRIKING RIBS; RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT WAS FLAT FILING ON METAL STEEL GOT IN TO R EYEBALL CAUSING ABRASION TO R EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 29 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS SANDING FLOOR AT FRIEND'S AND GOT SOMETHING IN IT. DX: L EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 39 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
AT HOME SANDING AND GRINDING HAVING EYE IRRITATION DX FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
30 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE PAINTING AND SANDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chain saws
SHARPENING CHAINSAW WITH FILE, CUT FINGER. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
52YMC USING A SANDER SLIPPED AND EDGE OF SANDER CAUGHT FINGER/AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WAS SANDING WOOD & GOT A SPLINTER IN THUMB DX REMOVAL WOODEN FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
CUT FINGER ON SANDER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 53 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
HIT HAND WITH SANDER/HAND ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 65 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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
REPORTS PAINT DUST INTO EYE AFTERE SANDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT >> CHEMICAL CONJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
REPORTS SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FOREING BODY SENSATION WHILE SANDING >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
LUMBER STRAIN. LIFTING HEAVY FILES. LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
F/B R 2ND FINGER. WAS CLEANING A FILE & STH WENT INSIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	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: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chains
PT WAS FILING A CHAIN AND GOT FB IN EYE. DX: METALLIC FB IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
17YMC CUT HAND ON SANDER A WEEK AGO NOW HAND IS RED WOUND INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
HAND FB-GOT SPLINTER WHILE SANDING WOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 19 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
SANDING METAL GOT A SHAVING IN EYE NOT WEARING GOGGLES FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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&MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHINGINTO EYE, NOW WITH REDNESS&IRRIT ATION >> CORNEAL ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 22 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: Manual filing or sanding tools
22 YO M LACERATION TO LIPS FROM SANDPAPER THAT CAME OFF PALM SANDER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 45 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
FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA-WAS WORKING SANDING METAL AND FELT A PIECE FLY INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
IN WOOD CLASS - SANDING A PIECE OF WOOD AND HAND SLIPPED. DX SPLINTER HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
SANDING METAL, DUST IN EYE DX: WELDER'S RETINOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual filing or sanding tools
PT CAUGHT HAND ON SANDER SPRAIN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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