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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,242
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| WORKING ON SON'S CAR WITH A POWER GRINDER AND IT SLIPPED AND TOOK SKIN OFF FINGER AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| RT EYE FB-WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Ladders |
| PT. WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER CARRYING A GRINDER, TRIPPED AND FELL AND THE GRINDER CUT HIS HAND. DIAGNOSIS; LAC. HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT C/O FACE LAC.PT WAS WORKING WITH METAL GRINDER AND METAL FLEW UP INT O FACE. DX COM FACIAL LAC NASAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER FROM ELECTRIC GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. INJURED L. 2ND KNUCKLE WHILE USING GRINDER. DX. AVULSION L. 2ND FIN GER. /KNUCKLE.# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| INJURED SELF WITH PORTABLE GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| POWER GRINDER KICKED UP AND HIT PT'S LIP. DX: LOWER LIP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PATIENT WAS USING A GRINDER AND CAUGHT HIS L HAND WITH IT. DX; L HAND MULTIPLE LACERATIONS, WITH REPAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 29 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT GRINDING MUFFLER ON CAR AND A FB GOT INTO EYE, HAS PAIN. DX: FB IN E YE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 4 CM LACERATION 0F ABDOMEN REPAIRED: GRINDING AND GRINDING WHEEL CAME OFF AND HIT HIM IN ABDOMEN THIS AM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 2 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION: LAST NIGHT WAS USING CAR BUFFER, BUFFING OUT SEMI-TRUCK, BUFFER CAME BACK AND STRUCK FOREHEAD, NOT COMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATION ARM 3 CM; SMALL RETAINED FOREIGN BODY: CUTTING DISC ON *** G RINDER, DISC BROKE, CUT R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 36 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 |
| PT USING A GRINDER ON METAL AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT E YE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 36 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, Screwdrivers |
| CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY O.S.: USING HAND HELD ELECTRIC GRINDER GRINDING SCREWDRIVER, SOMETHING FLEW INTO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| DROPPED A GRINDER DX. KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 30 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: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AND CAUGHT L FINGER IN GRINDER DX: LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER C/O PAINLEFT I NDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND CUT WRIST AT HOME 5CM LAC LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS GRINDING WITH POWER BLADE AND FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO EYE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 50 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 USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT SOME METAL IN RT EYE C/O PAIN BU RNING REDNESS AND FB SENSATION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PATIENT WAS IN HIS SHOP, GRINDING ON SOME METAL, THE GRINDER SLIPPED AN D CUT HIS FINGER. DX; 2.5 CM LACERATION TO L FOURTH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT LOWER LEG WITH PORTABLE POWER GRINDER WHILE CUTTING BOLTS AT HOME. DX: LACERATION LOWER LEG, HISTORY OF SELF MUTILATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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