Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,439
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	14
16-25 years old:	727
26-50 years old:	2,114
50+ years old:	1,577

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,562	Finger:	1,492
Hand:	337	Face:	225
Wrist:	222	Lower Arm:	181
Upper Leg:	90	Lower Trunk:	80
Shoulder:	75	Elbow:	71
Pubic Region:	71	Lower Leg:	29

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A METAL GRINDER, GOT METAL SHAVINGS IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 31 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, Pipes
EYE INJURY FROM GRINDING A METAL PIPE. DX-ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 37 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 RECIEVED LACERATION OVER RIGHT EYE WHEN GRINDER WHEEL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK FACE, LACERATION ABOVER RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 58 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 STANDING NEXT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS USING A GRINDER AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 16 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
PT WAS AT SCHOOL USING A POWER GRINDER, CAUSING AN AVULSION INJURY TO L T 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 35 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
35 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN EYE AFTER USING ROTARY POLISHER ON METAL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 62 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER LACERATED LT UPPER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 17 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 WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 42 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 FINGER WITH GRINDER POWER TOOL, DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 77 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
77 Y/O INJURED FINGERS ON AN ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME. DX-LAC. LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT FRIENDS HOME USINGA GRINDER INJ L WRIST/ DX L WRIST 3CM DEEP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 73 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
C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER GRINDING IRON AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODIES EMBEDDED IN RT AND LT CORNEA EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 73 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
PT WAS USING A METAL GRINDER AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER, LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
REPORTS WAS TRYING TO GRIND A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS WORK/WOOD SHOP&A PA RTICLE FLEW INTO EYE>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 25 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
USING A GRINDER LAST NIGHT ON METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING IN EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 42 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
WAS USING GRINDER TO GRIND METAL AND PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE DX- F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	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
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE INJ L FINGER ON A HIGH SPEED GRINDER/ DX 2CM DEEP LAC L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING GRINDER AND BROKE AND HIT SHOULDER-CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 57 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, Lawn mowers
F.B. R EYE W/REMOVAL: CORNEAL ABRASION: SHARPENING MOWER BLADES,WEARING GLASSES, USING *** ROTARY GRINDER, F.B. EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 SUS LACERATION TO THIGH AFTER GRINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND CUTTING THIGH%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 58 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
PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF GRINDING WHEEL INTO EYE,IRRITATING/ITCHY. FB R T EYE, ACUTE RT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
21 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT FRIENDS HOUSE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 42 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACUTE 2 CM LAC. L MIDDLE & L RING FINGER'S WITH REPAIR:USING GRINDER, PICKING A BOLT, DISC SLIPPED, LACERATING 3RD & 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 79 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 SUATINED A LACERATION TO HAND WHILE USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 39 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
BILATERAL FINGER INJURIES FROM USING A GRINDING DISC AND CUTTING FINGERS. DX-BILATERAL LONG FINGER LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	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
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON METAL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 76 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 POWER GRINDER, IT KICKED BACK CAUSING A LACERATI ON TO RT EYEBROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDING WHEEL, SAID THAT IT "EXPLODED" CA USING A RT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 09/04/2008	Age: 70 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 WAS GRINDING SOMETHING ALUMINUM, THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE OFF AND BOUNCED OFF A PT'S WRIST, CAUSING LAC. DX: LACERATION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 19 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 AT HOME WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.
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: 08/23/2008	Age: 41 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, Eye protection devices
PT WITH FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT EYE PT STATES WAS USING GRINDER AND WAS W EARING EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WITH FRACTURE TO LEFT 3RD FINGER AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 69 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
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST AFTER GETTING CUT WITH GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 26 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
C/O FINGER PAIN, GRABBED AN ELECTRIC GRINDER, ONSET FINGER PAIN, CAUGHT FINGER IN GRINDER. DX-LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 62 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
WAS USING A BENCH GRINDER. ACCIDENTALLY CUT RT. INDEX FINGER. LACERATI ON, RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
L INDEX FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION: GETTING READY TO USE *** GRINDER AT HOME, FINGER TIP CUT THRU DISTAL TUFT INCLUDING NAILBED,4 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	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
LEFT FINGER LACERATION FROM GRINDER WHEEL. PATIENT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/02/2008	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, Eyeglasses
PT GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY IN HIS HOME BACKYARD WAS WEARING EYEGLASSES BUT NOT PROTECTIVE GOGGLES GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 46 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, Power lawn mowers
PT GRINDING HIS POWER LAWN MOWER BLADE WITH A POWER GRINDER AND A PIOE CE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CUTS TO ABDOMEN AND LEG FROM GRINDING BLADE. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY, ACUTE 6 CM ABDOMEN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 26 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND A PIECE OF THE BLADE BROKE OFF WEN T INTO LOWER ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USED ELECTRIC GRINDER -GRINDING METAL YEST,WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT STILL GOT SOMETHING IN EYE,DX L CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 35 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 27 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: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 79 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 USING A CAR BUFFER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 42 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY GOT A PIECE OF METAL INTO EYE WHILE HIS FRIEND WAS GRINDING MEATL ON A CAR >> FOREING BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
SCULPTOR GRINDING METAL ON GRINDER AND GROUND ALL FOUR FINGERS DOWN PAS T NAIL BED PARTIALLY AMPUTATING THEM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 33 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
PT WAS AT HOME, USING A METAL GRINDER, LACERATED RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 43 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE USING A POWER GRINDER POSS FB R EYE/ DX FB R EYE WITH CONJUNCTVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 3 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, Workshop furnishings
PATIENT INN GARAGE AT HOME, ACCIDENTALLY PULLED HAND TOOL POWER GRINDER DOWN OFF WORK BENCH, FELL ON FINGER; 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 45 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE F B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 61 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
RT FINGER LAC.W/REPAIR: USING ELECTRIC GRINDER TO CUT STEEL,WEARING WOR K GLOVES,HAND SLIPPED,GRINDER CUT THRU GLOVES, ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LT ELBOW LACERATION WITH REPAIR: MULTIPLE LT ELBOW LACERATIONS, USING ELECTRIC GRINDER, WHEEL BROKE OFF, FLEW ONTO ARM, CUTTING BRASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 36 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 AT HOME USING A GRINDER, GOT METAL SHAVINGS IN LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 62 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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	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
PATIENT HURT WHEN USING GRINDER AT HOME DX: RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 76 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
PATIENT CUT FOREARM ON GRINDER AT HOME. DX; 4 CM LACERATION TO LEFT F OREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 TO LEG WHEN USING A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 46 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, Welding equipment
PT AT HOME GRINDING AND WELDING METAL POSS FB R EYE/ DX FB R CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 54 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 PEICE OF METAL FB L EYE/ DX FB L EYE METAL SHAVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 41 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 PIECE OF METAL FROM SHOP GRINDER IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 USING A GRINDING WHEEL, LACERATED LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 85 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 BENCH GRINDER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO INDEX F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	Age: 60 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
PT HAS 3 LACERATIONS ON L FOREARM FROM CINDER GRINDER DX LACERATION L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 27 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
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER WHEEL OF GRINDER CAME OFF STRIKING PT CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 73 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
WAS USING A POWER GRINDER AND HAS LAC WITH RUPTURED TENDONS OPEN FX O F ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WITH LACERATION TO SCROTUM AFTER USING A GRINDER AND PLATE ON GRINDE R CAME OFF STRIKING PT CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 71 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
INJURED HAND ON ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME CONTUSION HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS USING A METAL GRINDER AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
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

Date: 02/01/2008	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, Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER TO CUT METAL CUR TIN ROD,HIT FINGER. DX; L.2ND.FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 47 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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
GOT PIECE OF DEBRIS INTO EYE GRINDING METAL UNDER HIS CAR >>FBR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
SUST'D CUT TO LEG WHILE GRINDING METAL @ HOM, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT INJURED HAND WITH A HIGH SPEED CUT OFF WHEEL IN SCHOOL. DX: 2 CM. HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	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
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT #5 FINGER AFTER USING GRINDER AND FINGER SLI PPED CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 24 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 WAS WORKING WITH A FRINDER AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION. D: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 42 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 POWER GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK CAUSING A LACERATION TO NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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