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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 565
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 28 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 36 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-USING A POWER GRINDER-SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE @HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 33 YO MALE CUT LEFT HAND ON POWER GRINDER WITH NEW BLADE LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| HIT FOREARM WITH PORTABLE GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATION TO TOP OF L HAND FROM A POWER GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 POWER GRINGER ON PIECE OF METAL AND CUT HIS FINGER. LAC OF L INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 34 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEXF INGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| EPISDONITIS RT EYE WITH FOREIGN BODY- GRINDING WHEEL CAM OFF OF A POWER GRINDER AND HIT PATIENT ON THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| GRINDING ON A GEAR BOX(I DON'T KNOW A CODE FOR IT)WITH A HAND HELD GRIN DER,NO SAFETY GLASSES. FORIEGN BODY WITH RUST RING R CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 44 Y.O. W MALE W/HAND LAC. PT INJ SELF ON AN ELECTRIC GRINDER. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 36 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LACERATION LEFT HAND - WAS USING A DISK GRINDER ON A TRUCK BED AND IT SLIPPED CUTTING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 YOM POLISHING METAL W/ GRINDER PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE F'BDY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 37 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 37 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN HE LACERATED HI S RT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LIFTED BUFFER ONTO BACK OF TRUCK ON SUNDAY. DX. LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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