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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 569
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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: 12/28/2002 | 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: 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: 11/17/2002 | 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: 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: 08/11/2002 | 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: 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: 04/01/2002 | 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: 03/24/2002 | 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 |
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