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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 507
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 |
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