Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,287
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	77
6-15 years old:	68
16-25 years old:	727
26-50 years old:	1,906
50+ years old:	507

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	2,115	Finger:	363
Lower Arm:	257	Hand:	139
Face:	77	Neck:	77
Lower Leg:	69	Knee:	69
Elbow:	61	Upper Trunk:	55

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FOREI GN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A HAND GRINDER AT HOME WHICH GOT AWAY FROM HIM SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 42 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, Clothing accessories
LAC R THUMB/42YOM USING GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME, WEARING GLASSES, AND WHEEL CAUGHT GLOVE CUTTING THROUGH AND LACERATING THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME YESTERDAY ON A PIECE OF METAL GOT A PI ECE OF ,METAL IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF ALUMINUM IN RIGHT EYE A BRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DAD GRINDING METAL @ HOME W/GRINDER, CHILD PICKED UP AIR HOSE & BLEW DU ST & METAL SHAVINGS INTO EYES, NO FB SEEN IN ER. DX CONJUNCT S/P FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PATIENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO BUFF HIS CAR, WAS STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY THE BUFFER. DX-CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON A PIECE OF ALUMINUM YESTERDAY GORT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDER SPUN METAL PIECE AROUND AND INJURED HAND AT HOME. DX; ABRASIO N HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers
PT GRINDING ON A LAWN MOWER EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF M ETAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT CUT CHEST AND CHIN ON GRINDER PT HAS LACERATIONS ON CHEST AND CHIN C HIN CHEST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GOT FB IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HAND LAC FROM ELECTRIC GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, House repair or construction materials
63 YOMC WAS USING A METAL GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON THE HOUSE AND FELT THAT HE'D GOTTEN SOMETHING IN HIS EYE/ FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 28 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
R CORNEAL ABRAS/FB; GRINDING METAL WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC R KNEE WHEN USING GRINDER @ HOME & IT KICKED BACK ONTO HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
59YOM FB EYE AT HOME GRINDING METAL DX/FB EYE METAL DUST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME TWO DAYS AGO GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING ON CAR AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GLASSES, GOT METAL IN EYE. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER AT HOME WHEN I GOT AWAY FROM HIM SUSTAI NED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE ABRA SION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON METAL AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT IN TO LEFT LOWER ARM FOREIGN BODY ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 36 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GOT METAL IN EYE. HAD SAFETY CLASSES ON. DX NS .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE PAIN; WAS GRINDING, WAS WEARING GOGGLES, WAS NEAR DAD WEL DING UNPROTECTED FOR A FEW SECONDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 31 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
L EYE CORNEAL ABRAS/31YOM 3 DAYS AGO AT BROTHER IN LAWS HOUSE, WAS GRIN DING METAL, WEARING SUNGLASSES WHEN PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE ABRA SION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A METAL SHAVING IN LEFT EYE FOREIG N BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME YESTERDAY GOTR A FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIG HT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
35 Y/O M INJURED LT EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers
PATIENT CUT THUMB ON GRINDER WHILE SHARPENING LAWNMOWER BLADE. DX: FRACTURE LEFT THUMB & 3 INCH LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER GOT A METAL SHAVING IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Floors or flooring materials
RIGHT CORNEAL ABARASION. GRINDING LINOLEUM WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER AT HOMW WITHOUT ANY PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR GOT A PIECE O F METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EEY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT. WAS USING A GRINDER AT HIS HOME - FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING ON METAL WHEN A PIECE CAME OFF AND HIT IN THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON STEEL AT HOME WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED SUST AINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
RIGHT 1ST FINGER LAC. HURT FINGER ON ELECTRIC WOODWORKING GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN THE WHEEL FLEW OFF STR IKING HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
AT WELDING SCHOOL, USING CUTTING WHEEL ON DYE GRINDER CUTTING METAL, WHEEL FLEW OFF AND HIT PATIENT IN NECK. DX LACERATION OF NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER "DREMMEL" GRINDING ON METAL GOT A METAL SHAVING IN RI GHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 41 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WORKING ON A FRIENDS CAR WITH A GRINGER AND GRINDER WAS THROWN BACK AND LAC. LT. FOREARM. DX. 6 CM LAC. FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL IN GARAGE AND GOT SOME IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE OFF A ND WETN INTO LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 44 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Wire
44 YOM USING GRINDER A PIECE OF WIRE WENT INTO EYE FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
56YOM GRINDING AT HOME FB EYE DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WHILE USING ANGLE GRINDER AT HOME SLIPPED W GRINDER CUTTING L FINGER S, GUARD WAS IN PLACE ON GRINDER DX AVULSION L INDEX FINGER, L LONG F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GOT FB IN LT EYE WHILE USING GRINDING WHEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
SOMETHING IN EYE AFTER USING GRINDER AT HOME. DX: FB EYE WITH RUST RI NG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT FOREARM ON A DEFECTIVE BUFFER RIGHT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
36 YO M GRINDING AUTOMOBILE PARTS WITH POWER GRINDER. DX METALLIC FOREI GN BODIES IN R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PRESENTING MULTIPLES LACERATION TO LT .FOREARM WITH A POLISH ACCIDEDNTA LLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON METAL WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Knives
USING GRINDER TO SHARPEN KNIFE, GOT FB IN EYE . WEARING GOGGLES. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.