Accidents - Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers - 16-25 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,591
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,694	Finger:	323
Lower Leg:	160	Face:	80
Knee:	76	Foot:	71
Lower Arm:	69	Upper Leg:	69
Hand:	46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
RT CORNEAL ABRASION: USING GRINDER IN GARAGE AT HOME, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
HIT FINGER WITH GRINDER/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LAC TO L HAND ON GRINDER AT SCHOOL DX; HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING AT HOME YESTERDAY WITHOUT GLASSES RT CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
DROPPED GRINDER ON FOOT CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT HURT HIMSELF WORKING ON A GRINDER AT UNCLES HOUSE. D: RIGHT KNEE W OUND REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Ice skating
SHARPENING ICE SKATES AND HAND SLIPPED ON GRINDING WHEEL HAS LAC TO (R ) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW I N EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
CORNEAL ABRASION OF RIGHT EYE - PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE AT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WHILE GRINDING METAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 20 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME, FOREIGN BODY IN EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WALKING BY A METAL GRINDER THAT WAS ON & BRUSHED FINGER AGAINST IT, SUSTAINING A LAC; LACERATION OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 21 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH METAL FRAGMENT IN LEFT EYE - PT REPORTS HE WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE WENT INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GOT METAL SCRAPPINGS IN R EYE FROM GRINDING DX FB REMOVED FROM R EYE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
CUT FINGER AT TRADE SCHOOL WHILE USING A MILLING MACHING LACERATION FI NGER DP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
STATES GOT METAL FB IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME. DX CORNEAL ABR ASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 20 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
20 YOM CUT LOWER LEG ON GRINDER LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25YOM WAS HOME USING A GRINDER,ACCIDENTLY CUT THIGH; THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT STS SLIVER OF GRINDING WHEEL LODGED UNDER L 3RD FINGERNAIL DX FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING METAL, FB TO R EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
18 YO M CONTUSION TO EYELID AFTER GINDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL ON CAR. DX: L EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
17Y/O,M,WORKING ON CAR WITH HAND HELD METAL GRINDER, LAC. L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
20YMC C/O EYE IRRITATION AFTER GRINDING ON A MUFFLER CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 24 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GOT SOMETIHNG IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT CAUGHT HAND ON GRINDER. DX: 6 CM R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
METAL SHAVING FROM GRINDING IN EYE/ FB LT CORNEA,ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
20YOM USING A GRINDER WHEEL WITH HIS FATHER ACCIDENTLY CUT FOREARM; FOREARM LACERATION,6 DEEP SUTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
USING GRINDER TO GRIND METAL, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX FB CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT HAD A FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING WITHOUT GOGGLES, METAL MAY HAVE GOTTEN INEYE/ FB REMOVED RT E YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 17 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE - SAFETY GLAS SES DX- F/B TO (R) EYE WITH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
16 YOM @ SCHOOL RECEIVED LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL, FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 22 YEAR OLD MALE WAS GRINDING METAL LAST NIGHT AND A PIECE GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE - FOREIGN BODY NOTED IN CENTER OF EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YO MALE WAS USING METAL GRINDER WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GLASSES AT HOME AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE - ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING SOMETHING HIT HIS GLASSES AND INJ LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY---REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
18 YO M- USING GRINDER A SPOON,SCHOOL-HIT KNEE WITH GRINGER-KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE GRINDING ON A TRUCK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB SENSATION RT EYE, HAD BEEN GRINDING/ FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE FLEW IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRFASI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 24 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
AT HOME PT GRINDING ON METAL TODAY,NOW EYE RED,SCRATCHING SENSATION DX METALLIC IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT STATES CUT FINGER ON GRINDER TOOL AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON GRINDER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT STATES A PC OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE GRINDING, DX: REMOVAL CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LACERATION FINGER - 20 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH 2.5 CM OPEN WOUND OF THE R IGHT THUMB - CUT WHEN USING A GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE WITH RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB SENSTATION WHILE GRINDING METAL/ FB OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
C/O PT STATES WAS GRINDING METAL AND A PIECE FLEW IN EYE DX F.O,B IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment
PT WAS WATCHING FATHER WELD AND GRINDING METAL THEN 6 HRS LATER DEVELOP ED SEVERE EYE PAIN RADIATION BURNS FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
AT HOME GRINDING METAL,POSS FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE,C/O PAIN TO RIGHT EYE(METAL),DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
FB SENSATION L EYE; GRINDING/DOING BODY WORK ON CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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