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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 816
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/18/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | 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 GRINDING WOOD AT HOME WHEN SHE TURNED THE POWER ON THE BLADE FLE W OFF STRIKING HAND LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER "SURFACE GRINDER" AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LO WER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 78 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 |
| 78YOM@ HOME WHILE GRINDING FOREIGN BODY L EYE DX: L EYE FOREIGN (RUSTY METAL FRAGMENT) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 60 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.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE . DX; F.B. RT.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 55 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 GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2004 | Age: 77 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 |
| HIT FOREARM WITH POWER GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2004 | 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATION OF LEG, GRINDER FELL OUT OF HANDS AND HIT LOWER LEGS, USING GRINDER AT HOME, IT GOT OUT OF HANDS AND DROPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2004 | Age: 66 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 |
| LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN A GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| DX LACERATION UPPER LIP: WORKING WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME, IT BUCKED BACK AND HIT MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2004 | Age: 52 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 RIGHT EYE ABRAS ION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2004 | Age: 62 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 POWER GRINDER AT HOME ON THURSDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF MET AL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 51 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 |
| FB R EYE; GRINDING METAL - HAD FACE SHIELD ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | 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 GRINDING METAL IN GARAGE YESTERDAY, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2004 | Age: 55 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 THUMB WITH GRINDER AT HOME. DX; LACERATION THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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