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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,077
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. CAUGHT L THUMB IN GRINDER AT HOME. DX. LAC L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| RT INDEX FINGER ABRASION.PT INJURED FINGER ON A BUFFER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS USING A GRINDER TRYING TO CUT A TIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS USING A ELECTRIC GRINDER, AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PATIENT CUT FINGER WITH A GRINDER AT HOME. DX: LACERATION RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 49 Y/O M C/O INJURY LEFT INDEX FINGER - CAUGHT IN GRINDER. DX: LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS USING POWER ANGLE GRINDER W/4" DISK BLADED CHAINSAW ATTATCHMENT & IT HIT HAND. DX: INDEX LAC 5.5 CM W/TENDON, #3 LAC 5 CM, #4 LAC 2 C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 20 YO WM - DX" AVULSION LACERATION L THUMB - ELECTRICAL GRINDER BRUSHED THE TIP OF DIGIT REMOVING SKIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WORKING ON HIS BOAT AT HOME WITH A POWER GRINDER SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 23 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER, CUT FINGER ON AN ANGLE GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 DURING SHOP AND WAS USING GRINDER AND CUT HIS RIGHT TH UMB. D: LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB / S/P REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 37 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| FINGER LAC FROM POWER WORKSHOP GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 15 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 |
| AVULSION FINGER - VICTIM STATES HE WAS RUNNING A GRINDER AT SCHOOL AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON RUNNING GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LEFT 3RD FINGER AVULSION. PT WAS AT TRADE SCHOOL AND WAS USING A GRINDE R IN SHOP AND HIT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 54 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LAC R RING FINGER - CUT FINGER ON GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| HIT FINGER WITH GRINDER DX. FINGER ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A GRINDER ON PIECE OF METAL AT HOME, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RT 5TH FINGER, FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| STATES HE GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN STEEL GRINDER AT HOME, WORKING ON THE FARM. 3CM LCERATION RT LITTLE FINGER-1LAYER. DO NOT CONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Drills |
| LT INDEX FINGER LAC-@ HOME-USING A GRINDING WHEEL ON A DRILL & ROT OTILLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| RT FINGER #1 CAUGHT IN GRINDER @ SCHOOL DX: CONTUSION RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CAUGHT FINGER ON GRINDER/SKIN AND PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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