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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,267
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 61 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 |
| FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING IN WORKSHOP AT HOME FB RT EYE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 61 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT USING AN ELECTRIC GRINDER AND STRUCK THE HEAD OF A SCREW SHOT INTO L EFT KNEE LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GRINDING DISC FLEW OFF INJURING HAND. DX; FRAC TURE HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER DRILL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2007 | Age: 55 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 C/O LFT HAND LAC WITH GRINDER. DX LAC LFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 56 YO M LACERATION TO WRIST PT WAS USING A GRINDER ACCIDENTIALLY TURNED IT ON WHILE IT WAS RESTING ON HIS WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2007 | Age: 61 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| 61 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER TO WORK ON CAR; DID NOT HAVE PROCTIVE GLASSE S. CORNEAL ABRASION, RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 58 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT AT HOME HAD A POWER GRINDER WHEEL EXPLODE INJ L HAND/ DX SEVERE LAC L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 54 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 |
| PATIENT HURT WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATED KNEE WITH AN ELECTRIC GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 54 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 ON A GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 70 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| EYE FB-GOT METAL SHAVING IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER ON CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 62 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 |
| 62YMC USING ELECTRIC HAND GRINDER GRINDING STEEL GRINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SPUN AROUND CUTTING FOREARM/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 55 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 C/O CUT WRIST ON GRINDER. DX LAC LFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | Age: 68 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 COMES IN WITH BLEEDING TO DORSAL LEFT FOOT AFTER DROPPING A RUNNING GRINDER ON IT. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: INJURED FROM ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 71 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 HAS LAC TO BACK OF L UPPER LEG FROM A POWER HAND-HELD GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 67 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 HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 70 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 FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE AFTER USING GRINDER ON THE DAY BEFORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 55 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 |
| CUT WRIST WITH DIE GRINDER AT HOME. DX: LACERATION WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LAC LOWER LEG USING A HIGH SPEED GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | 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 WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. D X. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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