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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 181
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 26 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND A PIECE OF THE BLADE BROKE OFF WEN T INTO LOWER ARM FB ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 76 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 |
| PATIENT CUT FOREARM ON GRINDER AT HOME. DX; 4 CM LACERATION TO LEFT F OREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | 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 |
| PT HAS 3 LACERATIONS ON L FOREARM FROM CINDER GRINDER DX LACERATION L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| WAS USING A POWER GRINDER AND HAS LAC WITH RUPTURED TENDONS OPEN FX O F ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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