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Accidents - Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:249Eyeball:71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN GRINDER WHEEL AT SCHOOL DX// RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT CUT FINGER ON A GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY OF R EYE GRINDING METAL IN CLASS YESTURDAY WHEN FOREIGN BODY LODGED IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT AT SCHOOL USING GRINDER, HAD ABRAISION TO L SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
USING A GRINDER IN WOODS CLASS AT SCHOOL, INJURED LEFT THUMB SAYS "IT GRINDED OFF PART OF HIS SKIN" DX: FRACTURED LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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