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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 236
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN PAINT COMPRESSOR MOTOR WHILE DAD WAS PAINTING. DX: R MIDDLE TIP AVULSION W/NAIL BED LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| PT WAS CLEANING AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYER AND HIT TRIGGER. DX: HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION L INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| CUT THUMB ON A PAINT SCRAPER WHILE CLEANING IT. LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| USING HIGH PRESSURE PAINT GUN, PUNCTURE WOUND INDEX FINGER L HAND. DX; HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION INJURY TO LT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| PT CLEANING A PAINT SPRAYER AT HOME SUSTAINED A HIGH PRESSURE LACERATIO N TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT WAS POWER PAINTING AND INJECTED PAINT INTO LEFT INDEX FINGER.DX -CRUSH INJURY LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Painting equipment, powered |
| CUT FINGERS ON PAINT MACHINE DX: CRUSH INJURY FINGERS 2-4. SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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