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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,635
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| 41YOM WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND USING A GRINDER ON STEELAND SOMETH ING STILL WENT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| 27YOM CORNEAL ABRASION GRINDING METAL AT HOME HAD PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR O N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 32YOM WORKING AT HOME GRINDING METAL WITH A POWER GRINDER WHEN METAL WE NT INTO EYE, FB R CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 46 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE PAIN - REPORTS WOR KING ON HIS CAR AT HOME & USING A POWER GRINDER - DEBRIS FLEW IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 27 YOWM WAS USING POWER GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 49YOM A FRIEND WAS GRINDING METAL&PT WAS BYSTANDER&LATER DEVEL >>EYE FB SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 35YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2010 | Age: 43 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 43YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER GETTING A FOREIGN BODY TO LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 32YOM USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO LEFT EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 44 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 44YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER, GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 43YOM WAS WORKING ON AN OLD CAR AND USING A GRINDER AND WELDER GOT SOM ETHING IN R EYE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION DX- CORNEAL F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 33YOM INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER TO GRIND METAL, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE / RUST RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 28 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 28YOM WAS AT HOME USING A GRINDER TO GRIND SOME METAL, GOT A FB IN RT EYE WITH RUST RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 39 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 39YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 26YOM GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 35YOM GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN RI GHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 29 YOM-WHILE GRINDING & SHARPENING A BLADE @ HOME A PC OF METAL GOT IN R EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION/FB REMOVED * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 31YOF GRINDING THE POLE OF HER SAILBOAT WITH A POWER GRINDER NO PROTEC TIVE EYEWEAR AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2010 | Age: 48 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 48YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED EYE, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2010 | 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 49 Y/O/M GOT SOMETHING IN EYE GRINDING METAL AT HOME DX/ RIGHT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2010 | Age: 45 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 45YOM AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER POSS FB L EYE/ DX L EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2010 | Age: 27 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 27YOM AT HOME USING A GRINDER POSS FB L EYE/ DX ABRASIONS L EYE WITH FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | Age: 42 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| F.B. LT EYE, UNABLE TO REMOVE @ THIS TIME: 42YOM IN HIS GARAGE USING A GRINDING WHEEL, MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING IN L EYE, REDNESS, WATERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 40 Y/O/M GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX// FB RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 28YOM GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY WITHOUT PROTECTIOVE EYEWEAR GOT A FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2010 | Age: 37 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 37YOM WAS AT HOME USING A METAL GRINDER WITH OUT PROTECTION GETTING METAL SHAVING IN EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 31 YO M GRINDING ON MOTORCYCLE, TOOK SAFETY GLASSES OFF TO CHECK, SOMEO NE WALKED BY KNOCKED PT, METAL WENT IN EYE. DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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