Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,660
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	85
16-25 years old:	1,187
26-50 years old:	2,119
50+ years old:	1,267

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,795	Hand:	742
Finger:	608	Lower Arm:	364
Wrist:	359	Knee:	226
Face:	141	Upper Leg:	112
Lower Leg:	89	Upper Arm:	80
Head:	70	Foot:	70

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 61 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
FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING IN WORKSHOP AT HOME FB RT EYE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	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, Welding equipment
GRINDING, WELDING, WORKING WITH METAL AT HOME. HAS SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 32 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 GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A GRINDER, GRINDER KICKED BACK HITTING FACE CAUSIN G LACERATION TO LT SIDE OF FACE AND UPPER LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2007	Age: 32 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
PT WAS GRINDING METAL WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT HAD A FULL THICKNESS LACERATION TO FOREARM FROM AN INDUSTRIAL GRINDE R. D: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2007	Age: 30 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
PT GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 38 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
FOREIGN OBJECT L EYE, PIECE OF METAL FROM GRINDING WHEEL FLEW INTO EYE. DX. FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT USING AN ELECTRIC GRINDER AND STRUCK THE HEAD OF A SCREW SHOT INTO L EFT KNEE LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GRINDING DISC FLEW OFF INJURING HAND. DX; FRAC TURE HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	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 GOT FB IN LT EYE WHILE USING GRIDING MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT USING A POWER GRINDER HIT A SCREW SCREW HEAD WENT INTO LEFT THIGH LA CERATION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Saws
HURT WRIST WITH GRINDER FITTED WITH SAWBLADE DX WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 55 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
PT C/O LFT HAND LAC WITH GRINDER. DX LAC LFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Floors or flooring materials
WAS GRINDING, FOUND PASSED OUT ON FLOOR, WAS EITHER ELETROCUTED(FRAYED CORD)OR STRUCK BY GRINDER IN FOREHEAD/BHT W/LOC, FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
56 YO M LACERATION TO WRIST PT WAS USING A GRINDER ACCIDENTIALLY TURNED IT ON WHILE IT WAS RESTING ON HIS WRIST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 28 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
PT AT HOME GRINDING ON A TRAILER POSS FB L EYE/ DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2007	Age: 61 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, Motor vehicles or parts
61 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER TO WORK ON CAR; DID NOT HAVE PROCTIVE GLASSE S. CORNEAL ABRASION, RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 22 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 METAL WITH POWERED GRINDER WHEN PT GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE; FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 58 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
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 20 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, Pipes
PATIENT HAD BEEN GRINDING METAL PIPE AT HOME DX: BILATERAL IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS/PAINFUL/RED/FB SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME HAD A POWER GRINDER WHEEL EXPLODE INJ L HAND/ DX SEVERE LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE GRINDER LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
45YOWM WITH LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER CUTTING IT WITH GRIND ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 54 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
PATIENT HURT WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 66 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
LACERATED KNEE WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 54 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 LAC RT HAND ON A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 20 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
PT AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOW ER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 37 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 FB INB EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL AT HOME YESTERDAY DX// FB LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 70 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, Motor vehicles or parts
EYE FB-GOT METAL SHAVING IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER ON CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 62 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
62YMC USING ELECTRIC HAND GRINDER GRINDING STEEL GRINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SPUN AROUND CUTTING FOREARM/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 41 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
PT WAS USING A GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND JAMMED HAND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 49 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, Motor vehicles or parts
49YOWM WITH FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE AFTER WORKING ON CAR MUFFLER WITH GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT C/O CUT WRIST ON GRINDER. DX LAC LFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT COMES IN WITH BLEEDING TO DORSAL LEFT FOOT AFTER DROPPING A RUNNING GRINDER ON IT. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING AN ELECTRIC HANDHELD GRINDER WHEN IT SLIPPED NAD INJURED LEG A ND ARM. D:LACERATION, SHIN, FOREARM ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT CUT FINGER ON GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME DX: DEEP SKIN AVULSION TO RIGHT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 38 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, Motor vehicles or parts
FB R EYE; GRINDING/WORKING ON HIS RACE CAR WHEN EYE IRRITATION NOTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: INJURED FROM ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 26 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
PT AT HOME GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL POSS FB L EYE/ DX FB L EYEY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	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 USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FIFTH FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER LAC 2ND DIGIT R HAND / DX 1.5CM INDEX FINGER AVULSION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WORKING ON CAR USING POWER GRINDER, SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HTTING LOWER LEG; LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.RT.WRIST AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER. DX; 1CM.LAC.RT.WRIS T.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT HAS LAC TO BACK OF L UPPER LEG FROM A POWER HAND-HELD GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 67 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 AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 70 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 WITH FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE AFTER USING GRINDER ON THE DAY BEFORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CUT WRIST WITH DIE GRINDER AT HOME. DX: LACERATION WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WAS GRINDING AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 30 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, Pipes
PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER TO CUT PVC PIPE LACERATED LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC LOWER LEG USING A HIGH SPEED GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 29 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 WITH FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE AFTER USING GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT RECIEVED LACERATION TO UPPER FOREARM FROM GRINDER WHEEL,THAT FLEW OFF AND STRUCK LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 33 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
CUT BY PORTABLE GRINDER @ HOME/LAC THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 18 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
PATIENT WAS GRINDING STEEL AT HOME DX FB L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC TO L 4&5 FINGERS AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN GRINDING WHEEL AT SCHOOL DX: AMPUTATION 5TH FINGER, PART AMP 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2007	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
WAS GRINDING METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE DX- F/B (L) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 32 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 WAS WORKING ON HIS BOAT WITH A POWER GRINDER AND THE GRINDER SLIPP ED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 20 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
USING A CAR BUFFER AND SOMETHIN FLEW INTO EYE DX- FB IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER AT SCHOOL. KNEE ACCIDEN TALLY WAS CUT BY GRINDER. LACERATION, LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		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
R CPRNEAL ABRASION; GRINGING METQAL IN ART CLASS @ SCHOOL WHEN NOTED FB SENSATION.ONLY HAD GOGGLES ON PART WAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 28 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
28 YOM- GRINDING-SOMETHING IN EYE-CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 50 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
PT CAIGHT HAND IN A SURFACE GRINDER AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 47 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
PT USING POWER METAL GRINDER, GOT METAL IN RIGHT EYE, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 16 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 USING A POWER BUFFER ON CAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 30 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
PT WAS USING METAL GRINDER , AND PIECE OF METAL WENT IN RIGHT EYE, FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED FROM RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 29 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, Motor vehicles or parts
29 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO R EYE GRINDING A CAR FENDER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Welding equipment
18 YOM METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING WELDING MATERIALS AT COLLEGE/FB INEY E(RESOLVED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT C/O FINGER INJURY. PT CAUGHT FINGER IN GRINDER. DX INFECTED LFT INDE X FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 17 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
LACERATES HAND WHEN A GRINDER KICKED BACK INTO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 GRINDER A FEW DAYS AGO AND GOT SOME METAL DUST IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 47 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 L KNEE; @ HOME WORKING WITH GRINDER WHICH SLIPPED & STRUCK KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WITH AVULSION TO LEFT #2 FINGER AFTER CATCHING IT IN A DISC GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 21 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A GRINDER, GOT METAL IN EYE CAUSING A CONTEAL ABRA IONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 53 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 HOME AND SUSTAINED A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. D X. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 16 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
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & HIT HAND. DX; LAC.R T.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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