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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 103
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER SLIPPING AND FALLING ON GRINDER W HEEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER TO CUT STEEL AND THE STEEL KICKE D BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A GRINDER WHEN THE WHEEL FLEW OFF STRIKING RIGHT HA ND OPEN FRACTURE TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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