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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 895
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 59 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 CUT HIS THUMB ON GRINDER WHEEL AT HOME LAC LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2006 | Age: 62 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 USING A GRINDER AT HOME WHEEL SPINNING TOO FAST AND FELL OFF INTO LE FT FOOT LACERATION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2006 | Age: 81 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, Swings or swing sets |
| USING POWER GRINDER TO TAKE DOWN SWING SET AT HOME AND GRINDER KICKED B ACK AND LACERATED FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 66 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 HOM AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWE R ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2006 | Age: 57 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 |
| DX RIGHT FINGER LACERATION: INJURED FINGER ON POWER METAL GRINDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2006 | 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 |
| LACERATES FINGER ON PORTABLE GRINDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 71 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX F INGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2006 | 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 |
| PT USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME, LAC RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2006 | Age: 68 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 POWER GRINDER, LACERATED RT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOM CUT WITH ANGLE GRINDER LAC R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 68 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 |
| PATIENT CUT BY GRINDER AT HIS HOUSE. DX: 1 1/2 INCH LACERATION OF LT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATES FOREARM WITH *** 12" GRINDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | 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 |
| GRINDING WHEEL CAME OFF MACHINE AND CUT ARM. DX: LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 55 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 AR UNSTATED LOCALE GRINDING POSS FB IN LEFT EYE HAD BEEN WEARING SAF ETY GOGGLES DX FB L CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2006 | Age: 63 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 DROPPED A METAL GRINDER ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 69 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AT HIME, LAC RT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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