Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,654
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	93
16-25 years old:	241
26-50 years old:	2,496
50+ years old:	816

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,813	Finger:	737
Hand:	432	Knee:	241
Lower Arm:	205	Lower Leg:	105
Face:	69	Wrist:	16
Mouth:	16	Lower Trunk:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT WORKING UNDER A CAR WITH A GRINDER, SOMETHING FELL INTO RT EYE, FB E YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
2.5 CM. KNEE LAC-A GRINDER KICKED BACK & HIT KNEE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 43 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GRINDING BOLT ON GRINDING WHEEL @ HOME & LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FB R EYE REMOVED; PT WAS GRINDING WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING FLEW IN TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 42 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
WAS GRINDING METAL LAST NIGHT, C/O SOMETHING IN EYE, DX; FB DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN CORNEA L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT SUST LACERATION TO HAND FROM GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Tree stands
USING POWER GRINDER ON DEER STAND DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING WOOD AT HOME WHEN SHE TURNED THE POWER ON THE BLADE FLE W OFF STRIKING HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CAUGHT FINGER IN ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME. DX; OPEN TUFT FRACTURE FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Eye protection devices
PT WAS USING A GRINDER EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH SAFETY GOGGLES NOW WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 28 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
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE . DX; F.B. RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT STATED USING GRINDER UNERNEATH A CAR, A PIECE OF METAL WENT THRU EYE , SUSTAINED" LT EYE FB,PIECE OF METAL" WAS REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LUMBAR STR. PT WAS RUNNING A FLOOR BUFFER AND FELT POP IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING A TIRE OFF A RIM, WHEN GRINDER SLIPPED&CUT HAND SUSTAIN ED" RT HAND LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER "SURFACE GRINDER" AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LO WER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2004	Age: 29 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
USING WIRE GRINDER AT HOME, PIECE OF WIRE BROKE OFF AND STUCK IN EYE. DX ; FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Eye protection devices
33YOM AT UNKNOWN LOCALE GRINDING METAL WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES DX/FB R EYE (RUST PARTICLES)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT FACE ON GRINDER AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, NOW SWELLING. DX: CELLULITIS F ACE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HOLDING BUFFING WHEEL OVER BOAT, TWISTED LT FOREARM. ACUTE LT FOREARM S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 42 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
FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 42 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
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AGAINST ALUMINUM AT HOME GOT SOME ALUMINUM DUS T IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 35 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, House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WAS USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME; GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. FOREIGN BODY, RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FINGER AVULSION, FINGERS HIT ELECTRIC GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 46 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
DX RIGHT THUMB LACERATION: INJURED THUMB ON BLADE GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HURT HAND ON ELECTRIC GRINDER DX L HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
15 YOM USING GRINDER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 78 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
78YOM@ HOME WHILE GRINDING FOREIGN BODY L EYE DX: L EYE FOREIGN (RUSTY METAL FRAGMENT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 60 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
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE . DX; F.B. RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT GRINDING METAL WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BOD Y EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 55 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
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
33YOM AT HOME R KNEE LAC ON DIE GRINDER DX/2CM DEEP LAC R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 38 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.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER. DX; LAC.L.INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 34 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, Knives
GRINDING KNIFE AT HOME, GOT METAL IN EYE. DX; FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT FOREARM WITH POWER GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDER WHEEL CAME OFF POWER GRINDER DX. CALF LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Extension cords
USING GRINDER W/EXTENSION CORD THAT HAD FRAYED END, HE GRABBED CORD THAT HAD 110VOLTS DX:BURN TO HAND HELD FOR OBSERVATION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATION OF LEG, GRINDER FELL OUT OF HANDS AND HIT LOWER LEGS, USING GRINDER AT HOME, IT GOT OUT OF HANDS AND DROPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 32 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 CUT LEFT THUMB ON A POWER GRINDER AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 30 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
GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME. DX; FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATED HAND W/ CONCRETE GRINDER DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 30 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
USING ELECTRIC GRINDER WHEN IT CAME UNPLUGGED; HE WENT TO PLUG IT BACK IN WHEN "IT GOT AWAY FROM ME" LACERATING FINGER, PLACE NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 30 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
GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GOT FB IN EYE 3 DAYS AGO. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 32 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
CUT MIDDLE FINGER ON ANGLE GRINDER DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 22 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
PT WAS AT HOME YESTERDAY USING A POWER GRINDER ON HIS CAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2004	Age: 39 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 WHEN HE LACERATED HIT RT INDEX FINGER ON AN AIR GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DX LACERATION UPPER LIP: WORKING WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER AT HOME, IT BUCKED BACK AND HIT MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 24 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
PT USING A GRINDER ON A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 52 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
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A METAL SHAVING IN RIGHT EYE ABRAS ION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Pipes
ABRASIONS BACK, ARMS, POWER GRINDER STRUCK LOWER FOREARMS WHILE USING GRINDER TO CUT PIPE, GRINDER KICKED BACK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 22 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
PT WAS GRINDING THE TAILPIPE OF HIS CAR WHEN A SPARK OF METAL FLEW INTO LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2004	Age: 37 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
PT. WAS USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME, GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE - FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND INTO A POWER GRINDER CAUSING AN AVU LSION INJURY TO HIS LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DEEP ABRASION HAND ON BENCH GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 26 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
USING POWER GRINDER TO GRIND METAL AT HOME WHEN GOT FB IN L EYE DX FB L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2004	Age: 62 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
PT WAS USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME ON THURSDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF MET AL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING STEEL ON A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME CUT RT HAND ON WHEEL RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FB R EYE; GRINDING METAL - HAD FACE SHIELD ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATED HAND IN GRINDER 2 WEEKS AGO AT HOME, SUTURES OUT 4 DAYS AGO, NOW PAIN AND SWELLING. DX: HAND INFECTION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	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, Toolboxes or tool kits
PT REMOVING PAINT FROM TOOL BOX WITH GRINDER DX: FB IN LT EYE MULTIPLE CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 36 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
GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CUT ARM ON AIR GRINDER, WHEEL BROKE. DX R ARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT L KNEE W/ A GRINDER DX LAC TO L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
38 YO BM - SPRAINED AT THUMB - RUNNING A BUFFER & INJURED THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 53 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
PT GRINDING METAL IN GARAGE YESTERDAY, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 55 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 THUMB WITH GRINDER AT HOME. DX; LACERATION THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER STRUCK LEFT KNEE WITH A POWER GRINDER LACERATION KNE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Day wear
PT USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN HE DROPPED IT AND IT WENT THROUGH HIS JEA NS INTO HIS RIGHT KNEE LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 19 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
GOT FB IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME. DX; FB EYE, CORNEAL ABRASI ON, RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT WRIST WITH POWER GRINDER DX. WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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