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Accidents - Manual filing or sanding tools - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 447
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:166Eyeball:103
Foot:73Upper Trunk:59
Hand:44

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/19/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 09/10/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/10/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 09/06/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 08/19/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: 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: 08/03/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 08/01/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/22/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 06/20/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 06/06/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 05/31/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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

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