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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 395
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 51 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| WORKING WITH ANGLE GRINDER, LOST CONTROL OF IT RESULTING IN A DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 68 YOM WAS USING A POWER PORTABLE GRINDER AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT FOR EARM. LACERATION, LEFT LOWER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CUT SELF WITH PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| HOLDING A PLUGGED IN GRINDER UNDER HIS ARM,ACCIDENTLY HIT POWER SWITCH AND CUT ARM. DX 5.5CM LACERATION L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| INJURED SELF WITH PORTABLE GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2001 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2001 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/1997 | Age: 63 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: Fracture |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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