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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 223
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. WAS USING A GRINDER AT HIS HOME, IT KICKED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. LACERATION CHEST WITH ARTERIAL BLEED, 6 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT HIT IN CHEST WHILE USING A POWER GRINDER THAT EXPLODED DX-CONTUSION OF L PECTORALIS MAJOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING ANGLED POWER GRINGER WHEN IT BROKE AND END FLEW OFF HITTING PT IN CHESTWALL. DX LAC ANT. CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/1998 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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