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Accidents - Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers - 16-25 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,004
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:1,364Finger:910
Hand:280Face:153
Knee:134Shoulder:76
Toe:68Lower Trunk:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23 YOM WORKS WITH A GRINDER AND THINKS PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. DX: RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY, METAL EMBEDDED INTO THE GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YO M WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN WIND BLEW METAL IN EYE. SEEN FIRST AT U RGENT CARE. DX:FOREIGN BODY, EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
20YOM GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
16YOM LAC RT KNEE WHILE BUFFERING RUSTY METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LACERATED HAND, 1.5 CM W/ EXTENSOR TENDON LAC: 18YOM CUT TOP OF R HAND ON TABLE GRINDER @ SCHOOL, 1.5 CM LAC EXTENSOR TENDON LONG FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
18YOM LACERATION TO SHOULDER CUT WITH GRINDER WHILE CUTTING EXHAUST ON HIS CAR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
17 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY IN DAD'S WORKSHOP W/O SAFETY GOGGLES YESTERDAY. DX: L EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23YOM LAC FINGER ON GRINDING WHEEL AT SCOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19 YOM LACERATED HIS KNEE WITH A GRINDER. DX: LACERATION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19 Y/O BM CAUGTH FINGER ON A GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
23YOM-CORNEAL AB-SHARD OF METAL WHILE USING A GRINDER-WEARING GOGGLES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
22 Y/O MALE CUT FINGER ON A GRINDER HE WAS USING AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 Y/O W/M RECEIVED ABRASION TO EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL ON CAR AT HOME .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment
24YOM WAS DOING BOTH WELDING & GRINDING WITHOUT ANY PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR, SUSTAINED KERATITIS & LT HAND LACERATION FROM FROM GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23YOM CUT FINGER FROM A GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON HIS CAR DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Go-carts
18YOM USING GRINDER ON GOCART AND FB TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19 YOF FX A TOE BY DROPPING A BENCH GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL IS STUCK IN RIGHT EYE C/O PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY, RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 20 YO MALE STATES HE WAS USING A GRINDER YESTERDAY A ND NOW HIS RIGHT EYE IS PAINFUL AND RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
17YOM LACERATION TO THUMB CUT WITH GRINDER WHILE GRINDING EXHAUST ON CA R AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
18 YOM SUSTAINED A FOREIGN BODY IN AN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 YR OLD MALE LAC THUMB ON A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDER CUT THROUGH HAND WHILE CLEANING A PIECE OF PIPE. LACERATION HAN D, LEFT. 18 YOM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23YOM LT EYE PAIN, WAS GRINDING/ CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
22YOM LAC 1ST DIGIT ON WHEEL GRINDER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
24YOM-CORNEAL FB-GOT METAL DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
DX FB EYE, R, S/P REMOVAL: 23YOM R EYE METALLIC FB F GRINDING METAL ON METAL WEAR' EYE PROTECTION. R EYE PN, BLURRY VISON, & RED W/ DRAINAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21YOM CUT KNUCKLE ON GRINDING WHEEL DX- HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
18 YOM, CUT FINGER ON GRINDER, FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23 YOM DX FOREIGN BODY IN LT EYE - AS PATIENT WAS GRINDING METAL, FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 Y/O M INJ HAND USING GRINDER ABR HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Lawn mowers
23YOM CORNEAL ABRASION GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME WHILE GRINDING MOWE R BLADE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
17YOF WAS GRINDING METAL WITH A FLAP WHEEL, SPARK FLEW IN EYE, HAD SAFE TY GLASSES ON TOP OF HEAD, HAS METAL IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION, FB REMOV
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YO M GRINDING METAL GOT SOME IN EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19YOM GOT HIT IN EYE WITH PICE OF METAL GRINDING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
24 Y/O MALE GRINDING METAL AND WAS WEARING GOGGLES SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 YOM CUT HAND ON GRINDER. DX: R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
METALLIC F.B. R CORNEA: 16YOF GRINDING METAL COUPLE DAYS AGO, NOT USING EYE PROTECTION, FELT SOMETHING IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
20 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19YOM AT SCHOOL GRINDING OBJECT, C/O FB SENSATION RT EYE/ FB RT EYE, CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LACERATION FINGER - 18 YO MALE SUSTAINED A CUT TO LEFT INDEX FINGER WHE N USING A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LUMBAR STRAIN-18YOM-PAIN SINCE BUFFING HIS CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
DX LAC L HAND, INDEX FINGER, PIP JOINT/LAC REPAIR, SIMPLE L INDEX FINGER, PIP JT/TETANUS IMM: 25YOM L HAND INDEX F CUT W ANGLE GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 Y/O M GOT FOREIGN BODY IN RT EYE WHEN GRINDING METAL WITH GRINDER AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY RT EYE. REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
24YOM CUT FINGER ON GRINDER/ FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 YOM INJURED HANDS WHILE USING A GRINDER DX: HAND ABRASIONS BILATERALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21YOM LACERATION TO FACE LYING ON BACK USING A GRINDER GRINDER KICKED B ACK HITTING PT IN THE FACE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
16YOM HIT HAND W METAL GRINDER WHILE AT SHOP IN SCHOOL, SUSTAINED LACER ATION TO TOP OF HAND DX: LACERATION TO R HAND, PROBABLE TENDON INJUR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/23/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
16 YOM INJURED FINGERS ON WHEEL GRINDER. DX-LEFT 2ND,3RD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23 YOM, FB TO EYE, WAS GRINDING STEEL, HAS EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
22 YOM, USING HAND HELD GRINDER IT KICKED BACK, FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Pipes
DX CORNEAL INJ: 24YOM W/PN TO R EYE AFTER FACE SHOWERED W SPARKS F BE' NEAR FRIEND CUT' METAL PIPE WITH GRINDER; W WEAR' SAFTEY GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
21 Y/O/M GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT METAL IN EYE DX/ FB LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23 YOM C/O EYE PAIN AND REDNESS SINCE WORKING WITH METAL GRINDER AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYEBALL, CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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