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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 224
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 19 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 |
| INJURED USING PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | 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 |
| SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 36 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-USING A POWER GRINDER-SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE @HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| EPISDONITIS RT EYE WITH FOREIGN BODY- GRINDING WHEEL CAM OFF OF A POWER GRINDER AND HIT PATIENT ON THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | 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 |
| GRINDING ON A GEAR BOX(I DON'T KNOW A CODE FOR IT)WITH A HAND HELD GRIN DER,NO SAFETY GLASSES. FORIEGN BODY WITH RUST RING R CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 46 YOM POLISHING METAL W/ GRINDER PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE F'BDY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 68 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 USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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