Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,320
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	30
16-25 years old:	913
26-50 years old:	2,480
50+ years old:	895

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,872	Finger:	1,235
Lower Arm:	443	Knee:	229
Hand:	214	Upper Leg:	162
Face:	86	Lower Leg:	30
Ankle:	30	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 44 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
44 YOM USING GRINDER GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 AT HOME, WORKING WITH A POWER RINDER, LACERATED LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND THE GRINDER BLADE SHATTERED AND A PIECE O F THE BLADE CUT HIS LEG DX// LAC RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	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
PT GOT METAL IN EYE AT HOME YESTERDAY HE WAS GRINDING METAL DX// FB LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 50 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS WORKING WITH A POWER GRINDER ON HIS CAR, WHEN IT SLIPPED/ LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	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
PT WAS USING GRINDER AT HOME, CAUSED 3CM LACERATION TO RT. INDEX FINGER -SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT SCHOOL IN WOOD SHOP CLASS CUT TIP OF FINGER ON POWER GRINDER / DX ACUTE DISTAL R 3RD DIGIT AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
WEARING SAFTY GLASSES, STRUCK ON THE FACE BY METAL CUT OFF A WHEEL OF G RIDNER, ?DYE GRINDER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	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
PT GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, WHILE USING METAL GRINDER, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 34 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
LAC L KNEE; USING A GRINDER @ HOME WHEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON HIS CAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 25 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
CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY AND RUST RING: AT HOME GRINDING WITH ELECTRIC PORTABLE GRINDER, SOMETHING IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 21 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
21 YOM GRINDING METAL PARTS, HAD FOREIGN OBJECT IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	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
PT STATES WAS GRINDING AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYE UNABLE TO OPE N EYE NOW DUE TO SEVERE PAIN FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 23 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
PT AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER FB IN R EYE / DX ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 17 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
USING POWER GRINDER AND FINGER SLIPPED INTO GRINDER FINGER LACERATION/A VULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 34 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
34 YOM, GRINDING PIECE OF METAL, HAD FORIEN OBJECT IN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 59 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 HIS THUMB ON GRINDER WHEEL AT HOME LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.L.5TH.FINGER AT SCHOOL WHEN USING A BUFFER & HIT FINGER TIP. DX; L.5TH.FINGER TIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL, COMPLAINED OF LEFT EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 50 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
PT ACCIDENTALLY GOT CIRCULAR GRINDER TOO CLOSE TO FINGER AT HOME DX: R 5TH DIGIT OPEN FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER AT HOME WHEEL SPINNING TOO FAST AND FELL OFF INTO LE FT FOOT LACERATION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 81 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, Swings or swing sets
USING POWER GRINDER TO TAKE DOWN SWING SET AT HOME AND GRINDER KICKED B ACK AND LACERATED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 66 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
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOM AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 57 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 FINGER LACERATION: INJURED FINGER ON POWER METAL GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 26 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, Eye protection devices
PT GRINDING METAL WITH POWER GRINDER WHEN GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. WAS WEA RING GOGGLES. D: FOREIGN BODY, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	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
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT F.B. IN EYE. DX; F.B. L.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 24 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
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE USING A POWER GRINDER FB R EYE / DX R EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB IN OS WHILE USING GRINDER AT HONE DX: FB L EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY WHEN A PIECE OF CONCRETE WENT INTO LEFT EYE C HEMICAL IRRITATION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 51 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
LACERATES FINGER ON PORTABLE GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS USING ELECTRIC GRINDER AND THE DISC SLIPPED. DX: LACERATION THI GH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 22 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, Motor vehicles or parts
LACERATION: USING A GRIDER THAT CUT OFF CATALYTIC CONVERTOR OF A CAR, GRINDER KICKED BACK, CUT ARM BETWEEN WRIST AND ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 71 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 BENCH GRINDER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 47 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
47YOM GRINDIGN METAL WENT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 51 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 POWER GRINDER AT HOME, LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2006	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME WAS GRINDING FB EYE DX CONJUNCTIVIS L EYE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 30 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, Motor vehicles or parts
L CORNEAL ABRASION; GRINDING METAL OF CAR @ HOME, WAS WEARING SAFETY GL ASSES BUT PIECE OF METAL BOUNCED INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 14 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
GRINDING METAL C A ROTARY TOOL, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE " FB SENSATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 68 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 USING A POWER GRINDER, LACERATED RT 2ND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
58YOM CUT WITH ANGLE GRINDER LAC R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 44 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WORKING ON CAR AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GRINDER DX: LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 41 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
PT IN HIS GARAGE AT HOME USING AN AUTOMATED GRONDER FRACTURED LEFT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 68 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
PATIENT CUT BY GRINDER AT HIS HOUSE. DX: 1 1/2 INCH LACERATION OF LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
37YOM GRINDING FB R EYE CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS CUT W/POWER GRINDER 2 DAYS AGO. DX: L ANKLE CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 52 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
LACERATES FOREARM WITH *** 12" GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 19 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
PT CUT LT FOREARM BY METAL GRINDER AT HOME LT FOREARM LAC, LT FOREARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 42 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
GRINDING METAL, A PIECE FLEW INTO EYE " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 39 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
L CORNEAL ABRASION/FB; USING ANGLE GRINDER @ HOME - WORKING ON CAR. WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BUT WAS SHOWERED BY MATERIAL FROM CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 19 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.1ST.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & SLIPPED & HIT THUMB. DX; LAC.L.THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 40 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT FB IN RT EYE DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LAC/ABRAS L KNEE; GRINDER METAL -GRINDER :KICKED BACK" INTO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CUT L. INDEX FINGER USING BENCH GRINDER AT SCHOOL DX.. LAC. L. INDEX F INGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	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, Motor vehicles or parts
32YOM GRINDING BRAKES @ HOME FB EYE DX FB CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT CUT LEFT THIRD FINGER ON A GRINDING MACHINE LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT RESTORING A CLASSIC CAR AND THE GRINDER BROKE APART SUSTAINED AN ABR ASION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING WHEEL CAME OFF MACHINE AND CUT ARM. DX: LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 40 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
GRINDING,METAL FLEW IN EYE F.B. RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 38 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE A RASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 55 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 AR UNSTATED LOCALE GRINDING POSS FB IN LEFT EYE HAD BEEN WEARING SAF ETY GOGGLES DX FB L CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 63 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 DROPPED A METAL GRINDER ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME CUTTING STEEL WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER WHEN FELT SOMETHING STRI KE EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 23 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 A POWER GRINDER; FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & HIT HAND. DX; RT.HA ND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT C/O AVULSION PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN GRINDER MACHINERY DX: INDEX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Floors or flooring materials
USING A GRINDING MACHINE -GRINDING FLOORS LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER W/ FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HIME, LAC RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A POWER GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 50 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 USING GRINDER AT HOME GRINDER KICKED BACK AND CUT HAND 4CM LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 22 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN USING A POWER GRNDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FINGER CAUGHT IN A METAL GRINDER " LAC "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks
GOT FB IN EYE GRINDING OFF LOCK TO STORAGE SHED WHILE WEARING SAFETY G LASSES. DX: FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	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
PT USING A GRINDER WHEEL AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 48 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
PT AT HOME USING GRINDER ON METAL WITH SAFETY GOGGLES ON DX DX CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE ( PIECE OF METAL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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