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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,280
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2009 | Age: 53 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 |
| 53YOM USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 57 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 |
| INJURY TO L HAND & L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING GRINDER @ HOME DX LAC L INDEX FINGER * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT WAS PLAYING AROUND W/BATTERY OPERATED POWER GRINDER AND CAUGHT FINGER AT FOOTBALL GAME. DX: L INDEX LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| ACC CUT FINGER ON A METAL CUTTER VS GRINDRE, ?MECH,+BLD CTR'D >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 3 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 |
| 3Y/O,M,CUT THUMB ON GRINDER, GRINDER POWER OFF BUT STILL SPINNING, LAC. L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 33 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 |
| USING GRINDER ON WOOD AT HM GRINDER HAD BEEN MODIFIED 4 INCREASED POWER W SOME KIND OF CHAIN SAW COMPONENT GRNDR GOT AWAY FRM HIM D LAC R FNGRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 30 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 |
| 30YOM USING AN ANGLE GRINDER AT HOME - LACERATION RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2009 | Age: 69 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 |
| SUSTAINED LAC TO R 2ND FINGER FROM GRINDING WHEEL DX R # 2 FINGER LAC * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 37 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, Vises or workshop clamps |
| 37YOM USING A POWER GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS BEING HELD IN A VISE AT HOME AND THE GRINDER KICKED BACK SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATIO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | 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 |
| 32 YOM, CUT FINGER ON GRINDER WHEEL AT HOME, FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| @ THE SHOP CLASS ACC GOT FINGER CAUGHT INTO A GRINDER >>SKIN AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 72 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 |
| ACUTE 2 CM THUMB LAC.: 1 CM FINGER LAC.; DROPPED *** HAND GRINDER, TRIED TO CATCH IT, LACERATED THUMB, INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 34 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, Saws |
| WHILE GRINDING A BOLT W A SAW THE GRINDING DISC EXPLODED DX L 2ND FINGER LAC * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 42 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 GRINDER AT HOKME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FI NGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 60 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 |
| THUMB LACERATION REPAIRED: USING *** STEEL GRINDER @ HOME, ACCIDENT.SLI PPED AND CUT TOP OF THUMB WITH GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 25 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 A POWER GRINDER AT HOME, LACERATED LT 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 7 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 PLAYING IN GARAGE AT HOME. BROTHER PUSHED BUTTON ON POWER METAL/WOOD GRINDER, CAUGHT PTS L INDEX FINGER. AVUL DORSAL FINGER. DX FINGER AVULS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2009 | Age: 71 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 AT HOME USING A GRINDER INJ L FINGER/ DX L INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2009 | Age: 68 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 |
| PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND LACERATED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX: LACER ATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 56 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 LACERATED L INDEX FINGER ON A GRINDER AT HOME DX LACERATION L Y 2ND FINGER ********** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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