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Accidents - Power saws - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 268
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1999:17
Year 2000:69
Year 2002:15
Year 2004:52
Year 2006:15
Year 2008:14
Year 2009:84

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/21/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power saws
BLUNT ABD TRAUMA-SAW KICKED OUT A BOARD WHICH HIT PT'S ABD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power saws, Ladders
WAS CUTTING A TREE LIMB WITH A SAW WHILE STANDING ON LADDER LIMB KICKED UP STRIKING PT IN CHEST KNOCKING OFF OF LADDER DX- HIP/FOOT/WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/21/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
52 Y/O MALE SUS LACERATION TO ABDOMEN, CUT BY POWER SAW DX ABDOMINAL LACERATION%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power saws
PATIENT WAS STANDING AT THE SIDE OF A SAW WHEN ONE OF THE SPLINTERS SHOT OUT & STABBED HIM IN STOMACH. DX - ABDOMINAL WALL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power saws
PT. REPORTS WHILE USING SAW A BOARD KICKED BACK AND HIT PT IN RLQ. DX. CONT ABDM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power saws
PT LIFTING HEAVY POWER SAW AT HOME, STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/13/2000Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/1999Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power saws
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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