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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,658
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 77YOM SUSTAINED A THIGH LACERATION AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 75 YOM-WAS GRINDING METAL TODAY & FELT A PC GO INTO EYE-C/O IRRITATION & FB SENSATION DX CORNEAL FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 64 YOM-C/O POSS PC OF CAST IRON IN EYE FROM GRINDING DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60YOM HAS LAC TO (R) HAND BY GRINDER DX;# LAC (R) HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2010 | Age: 53 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 |
| LACERATION HAND - 53 YO MALE CUT THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND TON IGHT WHILE USING A POWER GRINDER IN HIS WORKSHOP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | Age: 68 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 |
| 68YOM USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME, CUT HIS WRIST ON THE GRINDER WHEEL. DX. LARGE LAC. WRIST. ADMITTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 62YOM,LACERATION TO FINGER/LEFT THUMB S/P CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL ON A METAL GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 74YOM USING A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME/FARM AND IT EXPLODED HITTING HIMIN THE FACE..LAC TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 57YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM CUTTING RIGHT THIGH RIGHT THIGH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 54 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND THE BLADE BROKE LACERATING PT ON THE ABDOMEN BELOW THE UMBILICUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 72 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 |
| 72Y/OM WORKING WITH GRINDER AT HOME WHEEL CAME OFF CUT LOWER LEG DX LACERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2010 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52YOM WORKING ON HIS PICK UP TRUCK AT HOME WITH A POWER GRINDER HIT RIG HT KNEE WITH THE GRINDER LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 67 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 |
| 67 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME - ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND. LACERATION, LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Saws |
| 53 YOM-PT LACERATED L FOREARM ON A GRINDER/SAW WHILE CUTTING MASONRY @ HOME DX LAC L FOREARM * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 57YOM GRINDING BOAT AT HOME AND A PIECE OF *** WENT INTO RIGHT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 55 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 |
| 55YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 58YOM USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE A PIECE WEN T INTO RIGHT UPPER ARM LACERATION UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2010 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 74YOM, LACERATION TO L FOREARM WITH GRINDER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-65YOM USING A POWER GRINDER GRINDING METAL AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS EYE AT HOME. NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 52 YOM-PT WAS GRINDING METAL & BELIEVES HE GOT METAL IN L EYE DX SUBSONJ HEMORREHAGE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 60YOM WAS USING A GRINDING WHEEL AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2010 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO R EYE DX- CORNEA L ABRA, F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | 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 |
| KNEE LAC-61YOM IN THE GARAGE USING A HAND HELD GRINDER AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED CAUSING LAC AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | 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 |
| 53YOWM PT GRINDING ON CAR YEST AND FELT SOMETHING LAND IN EYE. DX. FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 53YOM CUT LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON A ELECTRIC GRINDER, LACERATION TO BOTH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 75YOM USING A GRINDER AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2010 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YOM USING A METAL GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK STRUCK IN RIGHT KNEE LA CERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2010 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YOM-LAC TO 3RD FINGER W/GRINDER @ HOME DX LAC R FINGER # 3 * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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