Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,903
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	191
16-25 years old:	734
26-50 years old:	3,318
50+ years old:	1,658

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	2,646	Finger:	1,353
Hand:	681	Lower Arm:	351
Upper Leg:	157	Face:	146
Wrist:	137	Knee:	104
Foot:	87	Lower Leg:	70
Upper Arm:	70	Mouth:	63
Toe:	16	Lower Trunk:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2010	Age: 22 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
22YOWM LAC TO L 5TH FINGER, GRINDING STEEL AND THE MACHINE KICKED BACK AND CUT FINGER AT HOME. DX. LAC L 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2010	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
77YOM SUSTAINED A THIGH LACERATION AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2010	Age: 29 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
29YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND USING A GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2010	Age: 37 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
37 YOM WAS HIT IN THE THIGH W/POWER GRINDER. DX: R THIGH LAC 6 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2010	Age: 41 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
41YOM WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND USING A GRINDER ON STEELAND SOMETH ING STILL WENT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
75 YOM-WAS GRINDING METAL TODAY & FELT A PC GO INTO EYE-C/O IRRITATION & FB SENSATION DX CORNEAL FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2010	Age: 46 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
46 YOM-WAS GRINDING METAL & GRINDER SLIPPED & LACERATED BASE OF THUMB-A LSO ABRASION TO FOREARM DX THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/11/2010	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 YOM, CUT FINGER ON GRINDER, FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2010	Age: 23 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
23 YOM-WHILE USING A WIRE WHEEL GRINDING METAL YEST IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
12 YOF CAUGHT FINGER IN A GRINDER DURING CLASS. DX: OPEN FX R INDEX FINGER TIP, NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2010	Age: 64 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
64 YOM-C/O POSS PC OF CAST IRON IN EYE FROM GRINDING DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2010	Age: 60 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
60YOM HAS LAC TO (R) HAND BY GRINDER DX;# LAC (R) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2010	Age: 29 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
29YOM USING A POWER GRINDER AND IT KICKED BACK SUSTAINED A FINGER LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WRIST LAC-33YOM RUNNING A GRINDER AND IT KICKED BACK AND HIT WRIST AT HIS MOM'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2010	Age: 53 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
LACERATION HAND - 53 YO MALE CUT THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND TON IGHT WHILE USING A POWER GRINDER IN HIS WORKSHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2010	Age: 32 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
32YOM HAS (L) FOREARM LAC FROM A GRINDER DX;* (L) FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2010	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
25YOM USING A POWER GRINDER ON METAL AND SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 27 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
27YOM CORNEAL ABRASION GRINDING METAL AT HOME HAD PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR O N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2010	Age: 68 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
68YOM USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME, CUT HIS WRIST ON THE GRINDER WHEEL. DX. LARGE LAC. WRIST. ADMITTED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/11/2010	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
32YOM WORKING AT HOME GRINDING METAL WITH A POWER GRINDER WHEN METAL WE NT INTO EYE, FB R CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2010	Age: 46 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
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 46 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE PAIN - REPORTS WOR KING ON HIS CAR AT HOME & USING A POWER GRINDER - DEBRIS FLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2010	Age: 62 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
62YOM,LACERATION TO FINGER/LEFT THUMB S/P CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL ON A METAL GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 74 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
74YOM USING A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME/FARM AND IT EXPLODED HITTING HIMIN THE FACE..LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	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
32YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CAUGHT IN BENCH GRINDER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2010	Age: 27 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
27 YOWM WAS USING POWER GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2010	Age: 49 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
49YOM A FRIEND WAS GRINDING METAL&PT WAS BYSTANDER&LATER DEVEL >>EYE FB SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2010	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
24YOM CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON A GRINDER, LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 35 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
35YOM 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: 08/17/2010	Age: 44 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
44 YOM MULTIPLE LAC'S FROM GRINDING WHEEL; + LAC BOTH HANDS DX##: LAC BILAT HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2010	Age: 43 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
43YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER GETTING A FOREIGN BODY TO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2010	Age: 15 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
15YOM WAS AT HOME UISNG A GRINDER TO GRIND METAL GETTING A PIECE IN EYE CAUSING A RT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2010	Age: 32 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
32YOM USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO LEFT EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
57YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM CUTTING RIGHT THIGH RIGHT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
54 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND THE BLADE BROKE LACERATING PT ON THE ABDOMEN BELOW THE UMBILICUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2010	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
44YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER, GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 72 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
72Y/OM WORKING WITH GRINDER AT HOME WHEEL CAME OFF CUT LOWER LEG DX LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2010	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
47 YR OLD MALE WAS BENCH GRINDING AND FINGER CAUGHT AND PULLED INTO IT WITH CRUSH/,AC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2010	Age: 52 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
52YOM WORKING ON HIS PICK UP TRUCK AT HOME WITH A POWER GRINDER HIT RIG HT KNEE WITH THE GRINDER LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DX LAC FOOT- COMPLICATED/LAC REPAIR: 15YOBM DROP' POWER TOOL GRINDER ONTO R FOOT, LAC TO MIDDLE 3 TOES. BLDG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 17 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
17 Y/O MALE WORKING WITH A METAL GRINDER & A PART OF THE WHEEL BROKE OFF & STRIKE HIM IN FACE & SHOULDER AT FRIENDS HOUSE DX: LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 67 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
67 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME - ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND. LACERATION, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2010	Age: 43 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, Eye protection devices
3 CM SIMPLE HAND LAC: 43YOM CUTTING STEEL W/ HI SPEED GRINDER, WHEEL CAUGHT, KICKED BACK, LACERATING L HAND,GOGGLES WERE ON, 3 CM, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
27 YOM LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2010	Age: 43 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
43YOM WAS WORKING ON AN OLD CAR AND USING A GRINDER AND WELDER GOT SOM ETHING IN R EYE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION DX- CORNEAL F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2010	Age: 31 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
31 YOM, CUTTING BUMPER OFF WITH GRINDER AT HOME, FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2010	Age: 40 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
40YROLDMALE HAS LACERATION TO HAND AFTER CUTTING IT ON A WORKSHOP POWER GRINDER @ HOME PTA DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2010	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
33YOM INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER TO GRIND METAL, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE / RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 39 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
39 YOM WAS USING AN ANGLE GRINDER - ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER. LACERATION , RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2010	Age: 28 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
28YOM WAS AT HOME USING A GRINDER TO GRIND SOME METAL, GOT A FB IN RT EYE WITH RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2010	Age: 34 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
34YOM AT HOME METAL BRUSH GRINDING FB L ARM/ DX FB L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2010	Age: 53 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, Saws
53 YOM-PT LACERATED L FOREARM ON A GRINDER/SAW WHILE CUTTING MASONRY @ HOME DX LAC L FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
26YOM WAS OPERATING A GRINDER, CUTTING METAL, PUT DOWN GRINDER, IT TURNED ON, JUMPED UP & HIT PT ON LEG. DX - LT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 28 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
28 YOM HURT FINGER ON GRINDING WHEEL , FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 20 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
20 YO M CUT FINGER AND NAIL OPEN WHILE USING AN ANGLE GRINDER. LPTMS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
10YOF WAS AT HOME, DROPPED A BENCH GRINDER ON FOOT CAUSING A RT RT FOOT CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
ABRASION HAND - 34 YO MALE REPORTS USING A GRINDER AND IT KICKED BACK O N HIM - ALSO RIGHT WRIST PAIN - POWER GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 57 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
57YOM GRINDING BOAT AT HOME AND A PIECE OF *** WENT INTO RIGHT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	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-PT HAS FB SENSATION TO R EYE-METAL FROM GRINDING DX CORNEAL FB REMOVED *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
31YO WHITE MALE USING METAL GRINDER & CUT L THIGHT, WITH LARGE LACERATION TO L THIGH, NLOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2010	Age: 20 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
20YOM- PT WAS USING A GRINDER ON HIS G-MA'S CAR SLIPPED CUTTING FOREARM DX FOREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 22 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
22 YO M WORKING ON TRUCK, HIT IN LIP WITH GRINDER.DX LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2010	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
39YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2010	Age: 26 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
26YOM GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2010	Age: 36 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
36YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON GRINDER AT SCHOOL , PT IS A STUDENT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 37 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 WAS USING A GRINDER AND IT POPPED BACK ON HIM LACERATION L FOREARM 37YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 55 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
55YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
58YOM USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE A PIECE WEN T INTO RIGHT UPPER ARM LACERATION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 40 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
40YOM WAS AT HOME, WAS USING A POWER GRINDER, LACERATED LT INDEX FINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
74YOM, LACERATION TO L FOREARM WITH GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 35 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
35YOM GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN RI GHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2010	Age: 29 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
29 YOM-WHILE GRINDING & SHARPENING A BLADE @ HOME A PC OF METAL GOT IN R EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION/FB REMOVED *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2010	Age: 65 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
CORNEAL AB-65YOM USING A POWER GRINDER GRINDING METAL AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS EYE AT HOME. NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2010	Age: 41 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
41YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH THE GRINDING WHE EL OF THE POWER GRINDER CAME OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	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
31YOF GRINDING THE POLE OF HER SAILBOAT WITH A POWER GRINDER NO PROTEC TIVE EYEWEAR AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2010	Age: 48 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
48YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED EYE, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
28YOM USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF INTO FOOT AM PUTATED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
17YOM, GRINDING METAL AT SCHOOL, FEELS FB SENSATION IN EYE, NO CORNEAL FB OR ABRASION SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2010	Age: 49 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
49 Y/O/M GOT SOMETHING IN EYE GRINDING METAL AT HOME DX/ RIGHT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
52 YOM-PT WAS GRINDING METAL & BELIEVES HE GOT METAL IN L EYE DX SUBSONJ HEMORREHAGE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
36YOM WAS AT HOME UISNG AN ANGLE GRINDER IT ACCIDENTLY CAME DOWN CAUSING A NEAR AMPUTAION AND OPEN FX TO LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/28/2010	Age: 45 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
45YOM AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER POSS FB L EYE/ DX L EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2010	Age: 60 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
60YOM WAS USING A GRINDING WHEEL AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2010	Age: 56 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
56YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO R EYE DX- CORNEA L ABRA, F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2010	Age: 61 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
KNEE LAC-61YOM IN THE GARAGE USING A HAND HELD GRINDER AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED CAUSING LAC AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
17YOM, C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FB SENSATION WHILE SUING A METAL GRINDER WHEEL @ SCHOOL>>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2010	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
53YOWM PT GRINDING ON CAR YEST AND FELT SOMETHING LAND IN EYE. DX. FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2010	Age: 27 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
27YOM AT HOME USING A GRINDER POSS FB L EYE/ DX ABRASIONS L EYE WITH FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
14YOM, ACC CUT LT FINGERS ON A GRINDER IN THE SHOP CLASS TODAY >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2010	Age: 42 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
F.B. LT EYE, UNABLE TO REMOVE @ THIS TIME: 42YOM IN HIS GARAGE USING A GRINDING WHEEL, MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING IN L EYE, REDNESS, WATERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2010	Age: 40 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
40 Y/O/M GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX// FB RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2010	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, Pipes
44 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER ON A PIPE AT HOME - GRINDER SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER. LACERATION, RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2010	Age: 23 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
23 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND FEELS LIKE A PIECE OF METAL IS IN EYE/ C ORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/17/2010	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
28YOM GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY WITHOUT PROTECTIOVE EYEWEAR GOT A FB IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2010	Age: 53 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
53YOM CUT LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON A ELECTRIC GRINDER, LACERATION TO BOTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2010	Age: 75 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
75YOM USING A GRINDER AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 46 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
46YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND LACERATED LEFT 3RD DIGIT, LACERATION TO LEFT 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2010	Age: 56 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
56YOM USING A METAL GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK STRUCK IN RIGHT KNEE LA CERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
37YOM WAS AT HOME USING A METAL GRINDER WITH OUT PROTECTION GETTING METAL SHAVING IN EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2010	Age: 38 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
38YO WHITE MALE AT HOME CUT L 2ND-3RD FINGERS USING STONE GRINDER - IT BROKE APART FLUNG METAL & STONE INTO FINGER, DX OPEN FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2010	Age: 20 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
20 YOM WAS CUT ON POWER GRINDER. DX: R HAND LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2010	Age: 52 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
52 YOM-LAC TO 3RD FINGER W/GRINDER @ HOME DX LAC R FINGER # 3 *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2010	Age: 33 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
33YOM WAS CUT BY A GRINDING WHEEL, LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2010	Age: 31 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
31 YO M GRINDING ON MOTORCYCLE, TOOK SAFETY GLASSES OFF TO CHECK, SOMEO NE WALKED BY KNOCKED PT, METAL WENT IN EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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