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Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,480
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:1,444Finger:471
Hand:214Upper Leg:146
Knee:142Ankle:30
Lower Leg:15Face:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
44 YOM USING GRINDER GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2006Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS AT HOME, WORKING WITH A POWER RINDER, LACERATED LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND THE GRINDER BLADE SHATTERED AND A PIECE O F THE BLADE CUT HIS LEG DX// LAC RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GOT METAL IN EYE AT HOME YESTERDAY HE WAS GRINDING METAL DX// FB LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER ON HIS CAR, WHEN IT SLIPPED/ LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS USING GRINDER AT HOME, CAUSED 3CM LACERATION TO RT. INDEX FINGER -SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
WEARING SAFTY GLASSES, STRUCK ON THE FACE BY METAL CUT OFF A WHEEL OF G RIDNER, ?DYE GRINDER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, WHILE USING METAL GRINDER, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC L KNEE; USING A GRINDER @ HOME WHEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT STATES WAS GRINDING AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYE UNABLE TO OPE N EYE NOW DUE TO SEVERE PAIN FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
34 YOM, GRINDING PIECE OF METAL, HAD FORIEN OBJECT IN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL, COMPLAINED OF LEFT EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT ACCIDENTALLY GOT CIRCULAR GRINDER TOO CLOSE TO FINGER AT HOME DX: R 5TH DIGIT OPEN FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/26/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
PT GRINDING METAL WITH POWER GRINDER WHEN GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. WAS WEA RING GOGGLES. D: FOREIGN BODY, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT F.B. IN EYE. DX; F.B. L.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB IN OS WHILE USING GRINDER AT HONE DX: FB L EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY WHEN A PIECE OF CONCRETE WENT INTO LEFT EYE C HEMICAL IRRITATION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS USING ELECTRIC GRINDER AND THE DISC SLIPPED. DX: LACERATION THI GH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
47YOM GRINDIGN METAL WENT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME WAS GRINDING FB EYE DX CONJUNCTIVIS L EYE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
L CORNEAL ABRASION; GRINDING METAL OF CAR @ HOME, WAS WEARING SAFETY GL ASSES BUT PIECE OF METAL BOUNCED INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WORKING ON CAR AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GRINDER DX: LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT IN HIS GARAGE AT HOME USING AN AUTOMATED GRONDER FRACTURED LEFT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
37YOM GRINDING FB R EYE CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS CUT W/POWER GRINDER 2 DAYS AGO. DX: L ANKLE CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2006Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING METAL, A PIECE FLEW INTO EYE " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
L CORNEAL ABRASION/FB; USING ANGLE GRINDER @ HOME - WORKING ON CAR. WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BUT WAS SHOWERED BY MATERIAL FROM CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT FB IN RT EYE DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC/ABRAS L KNEE; GRINDER METAL -GRINDER :KICKED BACK" INTO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
32YOM GRINDING BRAKES @ HOME FB EYE DX FB CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT RESTORING A CLASSIC CAR AND THE GRINDER BROKE APART SUSTAINED AN ABR ASION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING,METAL FLEW IN EYE F.B. RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE A RASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME CUTTING STEEL WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER WHEN FELT SOMETHING STRI KE EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & HIT HAND. DX; RT.HA ND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT C/O AVULSION PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN GRINDER MACHINERY DX: INDEX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/13/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Floors or flooring materials
USING A GRINDING MACHINE -GRINDING FLOORS LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER W/ FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A POWER GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING GRINDER AT HOME GRINDER KICKED BACK AND CUT HAND 4CM LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2006Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FINGER CAUGHT IN A METAL GRINDER " LAC "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks
GOT FB IN EYE GRINDING OFF LOCK TO STORAGE SHED WHILE WEARING SAFETY G LASSES. DX: FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER WHEEL AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
PT AT HOME USING GRINDER ON METAL WITH SAFETY GOGGLES ON DX DX CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE ( PIECE OF METAL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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