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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 642
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT CUT BY SAW; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. WAS USING ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME, THINKS HE MAY HAVE SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DIAGNOSIS; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WORKING ON CAR WITH A GRINDER, IT JAMMED AND HIT PT RT LOWER LEG, LA C LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME DOING SOME RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE BATHROOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 21 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT WAS USING A POWER GRINDER ON THE FOOTPEDAL OF A THREE WHEELED ATV WH EN SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER, RAN IT OVER LT HAND, ABRASIONS LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL ON A HOUSEBOAT, SUBSTAINED A PIECE IN EYE. DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Tables |
| PT WAS IN WOOD SHOP AND WOOD CAME OFF GRINDER HIT TABLE THEN PT'S HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT AT HOME HURT R THUMB ON GRINDER DX LAC THUMB 1CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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