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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 704
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 42 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 |
| CUT FINGER WITH GRINDER POWER TOOL, DX; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| ACUTE 2 CM LAC. L MIDDLE & L RING FINGER'S WITH REPAIR:USING GRINDER, PICKING A BOLT, DISC SLIPPED, LACERATING 3RD & 4TH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| BILATERAL FINGER INJURIES FROM USING A GRINDING DISC AND CUTTING FINGERS. DX-BILATERAL LONG FINGER LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 31 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 ON METAL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| C/O FINGER PAIN, GRABBED AN ELECTRIC GRINDER, ONSET FINGER PAIN, CAUGHT FINGER IN GRINDER. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| L INDEX FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION: GETTING READY TO USE *** GRINDER AT HOME, FINGER TIP CUT THRU DISTAL TUFT INCLUDING NAILBED,4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 35 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 SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AND SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 33 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS AT HOME, USING A METAL GRINDER, LACERATED RT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER WHEEL OF GRINDER CAME OFF STRIKING PT CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 49 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 WITH LACERATION TO LEFT #5 FINGER AFTER USING GRINDER AND FINGER SLI PPED CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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