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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 233
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT EYE AFTER SOMETHING CAME BACK OFF GRINDER AN D STRUCK PT. DX LACERATION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 19 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| DX FB EXTERNAL EYE: WORKING ON CAR EXHAUST. USING POWER TOOLS. WEAR'G SAFTEY GOGGLES, W A PIEFE OF METAL BOUCHED OFF LOWER EYE/CK INTO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STRUCK NOSE. DX FACE LACERATION, NOSE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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