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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 265
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 25 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 WAS USING POWER ANGLE GRINDER W/4" DISK BLADED CHAINSAW ATTATCHMENT & IT HIT HAND. DX: INDEX LAC 5.5 CM W/TENDON, #3 LAC 5 CM, #4 LAC 2 C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 20 YO WM - DX" AVULSION LACERATION L THUMB - ELECTRICAL GRINDER BRUSHED THE TIP OF DIGIT REMOVING SKIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 23 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 |
| LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER, CUT FINGER ON AN ANGLE GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL DURING SHOP AND WAS USING GRINDER AND CUT HIS RIGHT TH UMB. D: LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB / S/P REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| HIT FINGER WITH GRINDER DX. FINGER ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CAUGHT FINGER ON GRINDER/SKIN AND PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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