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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 727
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL USING A POWER GRINDER, CAUSING AN AVULSION INJURY TO L T 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| USING A GRINDER LAST NIGHT ON METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING IN EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING GRINDER AND BROKE AND HIT SHOULDER-CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 21 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT FRIENDS HOUSE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| GRINDING METAL AT HOME WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CUTS TO ABDOMEN AND LEG FROM GRINDING BLADE. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY, ACUTE 6 CM ABDOMEN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL USING A GRINDING WHEEL, LACERATED LT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS USING A METAL GRINDER AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| SUST'D CUT TO LEG WHILE GRINDING METAL @ HOM, ?MECH >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT INJURED HAND WITH A HIGH SPEED CUT OFF WHEEL IN SCHOOL. DX: 2 CM. HAND LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A FRINDER AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION. D: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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