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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 363
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 42 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, Clothing accessories |
| LAC R THUMB/42YOM USING GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME, WEARING GLASSES, AND WHEEL CAUGHT GLOVE CUTTING THROUGH AND LACERATING THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 36 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 AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers |
| PATIENT CUT THUMB ON GRINDER WHILE SHARPENING LAWNMOWER BLADE. DX: FRACTURE LEFT THUMB & 3 INCH LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| RIGHT 1ST FINGER LAC. HURT FINGER ON ELECTRIC WOODWORKING GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| WHILE USING ANGLE GRINDER AT HOME SLIPPED W GRINDER CUTTING L FINGER S, GUARD WAS IN PLACE ON GRINDER DX AVULSION L INDEX FINGER, L LONG F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 36 YO M GRINDING AUTOMOBILE PARTS WITH POWER GRINDER. DX METALLIC FOREI GN BODIES IN R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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