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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 640
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2004 | 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 |
| L SCLERAL ABRAS; STATES "WAS GRINDING ON PANEL 2 DAYS AGO" (NO MENTION IN CHART OF WORK-RELATED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2004 | 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 |
| PT WAS USING GRINDER UNDER CAR.DX: CORNEAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS BUFFING CAR AND GRINDER KICKED BACK SOMETHING. DX: 9 CM FOREHEAD LAC, CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FOREHEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2004 | Age: 28 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 |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH A GRINDER AND SLIPPED. DX; LACERATION OF L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| L EYEBROW LAC/29YOM AT HOME WAS HIT ON THE FACE BY POWER BUFFER HANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT. WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME, HIT HIS FINGER ON IT CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CUT WRIST ON POWER GRINDER AT HOME. DX: LACERATION WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT-PRESENTED WITH LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE FROM GRINDER SLIPPING AND STR IKING HIM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 32 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 |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN GRINDER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT. WAS USING A GRINDER, GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 47 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 |
| SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE FROM PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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