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Accidents - Awls, chisels or planes - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,589
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:1,029Hand:407
Eyeball:84Wrist:68

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/22/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH WOOD CHISEL WHILE CARVING WOOD. D: FINGER LACE RATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
USING A PLANER, HIT THUMB/ LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
DX LEFT THUMB LACERATION: CUT THUMB WITH WOOD CHISEL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT CUT RIGHT THUMB WHILE USING A WOOD PLANER DX: AVULSION INJURY RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT STRUCK THUMB WITH CHISEL AT HOME. D: SIMPLE LACERATION, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT C/O HAND LAC. PT WAS WORKING WITH WOOD CHISEL AND SLIPPED AND CUT HA ND. DX LAC TO LFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
WHILE WOODWORKING, BOARD WENT BACKWARD, CUT W/ PLANER KNIFE DX: AVULSION LT. INDEX FINGER, LACERATION RT. THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
CUT HAND WITH CHISEL/ LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT GOT SLIVER OF STEEL IN RT HAND WHILE USING CHISEL. ACUTE EARLY CELLU LITIS RT HAND-2ND TO PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
WORKING WITH WOOD CHISEL AT CAMP HAND AND THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Awls, chisels or planes, Sleds
AVULSION TIP OF RT THUMB, USING *** PLANER MAKING RUNNER FOR SLED, USIN G PUSH STICK, SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
CUT SELF WITH PLANER DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON PLANER DX - LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT SEEN FOR ABSCESS/ INJURY POST STAB WOUND FROM AN AWL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT CUT HAND WITH CHISEL AT HOME, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 54 YOM C/O PAIN RIGHT EYE, THINK PIECES OF THE BRICK HE WAS CHISELING GOT INTO HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A WOOD CHISEL DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A WOOD CHISEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT HIT LT WRIST WITH CHISEL; SPRAIN LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PARTIAL AMPUTATION LEFT 3RD FINGER. CUT FINGER ON PLANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
53 YOM SEEN FOR LT THUMB LAC . WAS USING A CHISEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PLANING WOOD, FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE/ R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
LAC FINGER; CUT W/ CHISEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
DX: REMOVAL PADS OF INDEC AND RING FINGER R HAND. USING ELECTRIC PLANER WHEN HAND PULLED INTO PLANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
RUNNIG A PLANER DISTAL TIP AMPUTATION RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
54 YOM CUT USING PLANER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PATIENT CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN A WOOD PLANER AT HOME. DX-TIP AMPUTATION LEFT INDEX FINGER, CRUSH INJURY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
CUT L HAND WITH A CHISEL DX: PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DOCTOR / HAND LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/16/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
58 YOM WORKING W/ CHISEL WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB-DX 1 CM LACERATION TO DORSAL LFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
PT LACERATED HAND WITH CHISEL, LACERATION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
LACERATION FINGER COMPLICATED - 61 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB WITH A CHISEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Awls, chisels or planes
L IND FING LAC/55YOM CUT L IND FINGER AT HOME AT 11:30A WITH WOOD WORKI NG CHISEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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