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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,187
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT HAD A FULL THICKNESS LACERATION TO FOREARM FROM AN INDUSTRIAL GRINDE R. D: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WAS GRINDING, FOUND PASSED OUT ON FLOOR, WAS EITHER ELETROCUTED(FRAYED CORD)OR STRUCK BY GRINDER IN FOREHEAD/BHT W/LOC, FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 22 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 |
| GRINDING METAL WITH POWERED GRINDER WHEN PT GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE; FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Pipes |
| PATIENT HAD BEEN GRINDING METAL PIPE AT HOME DX: BILATERAL IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS/PAINFUL/RED/FB SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOW ER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT USING AN ELECTRIC HANDHELD GRINDER WHEN IT SLIPPED NAD INJURED LEG A ND ARM. D:LACERATION, SHIN, FOREARM ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT CUT FINGER ON GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME DX: DEEP SKIN AVULSION TO RIGHT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FIFTH FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PATIENT WORKING ON CAR USING POWER GRINDER, SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HTTING LOWER LEG; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2007 | Age: 18 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 |
| PATIENT WAS GRINDING STEEL AT HOME DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 20 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 |
| USING A CAR BUFFER AND SOMETHIN FLEW INTO EYE DX- FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER AT SCHOOL. KNEE ACCIDEN TALLY WAS CUT BY GRINDER. LACERATION, LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| R CPRNEAL ABRASION; GRINGING METQAL IN ART CLASS @ SCHOOL WHEN NOTED FB SENSATION.ONLY HAD GOGGLES ON PART WAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT USING A POWER BUFFER ON CAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Welding equipment |
| 18 YOM METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING WELDING MATERIALS AT COLLEGE/FB INEY E(RESOLVED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2007 | Age: 17 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 |
| LACERATES HAND WHEN A GRINDER KICKED BACK INTO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 USING A GRINDER A FEW DAYS AGO AND GOT SOME METAL DUST IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WITH AVULSION TO LEFT #2 FINGER AFTER CATCHING IT IN A DISC GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A GRINDER, GOT METAL IN EYE CAUSING A CONTEAL ABRA IONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | Age: 16 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.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & HIT HAND. DX; LAC.R T.HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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