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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 211
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. WAS USING ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME, THINKS HE MAY HAVE SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DIAGNOSIS; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT WAS USING A POWER GRINDER ON THE FOOTPEDAL OF A THREE WHEELED ATV WH EN SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL ON A HOUSEBOAT, SUBSTAINED A PIECE IN EYE. DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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