Accidents - Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 502
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	14
16-25 years old:	14
26-50 years old:	338
50+ years old:	135

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	251	Finger:	74
Upper Leg:	71	Lower Trunk:	59
Wrist:	15	Upper Arm:	14
Hand:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL 4-5 DAYS AGO AND HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE SI NCE. NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
EYE FB-DEBRIS FROM GRINDER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 4 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: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS FROM GRINDER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
41YOM AT HOME USING GRINDING WHEEL,IT STARTED FALLING APART,SPUN TOWARDS HIM STRIKING STOMACH; STOMACH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
UPPER ARM LAC-CUT ON A GRINDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
EYE FB-GOT DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
55YOM ACCIDENTLY CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 35 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: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A THIGH FROM A MANUAL GRINDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WRIST AB-HIT WRIST ON GRINDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
BIL HAND ABS-SINCE USING A BUFFER ON METAL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	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: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
EYE FB-DEBRIS WHILE GRINDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	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: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GOT SOMETHING IN L EYE WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME TO GRIND METAL DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A GRINDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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