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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 170
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 70 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT WAS USING GRINDER AND IT THREW HER INTO BRIC K WALL AT HOME. DX: 5 CM LACERATION TO SCALP, CONTUSION TO FACE, NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 36 YOM USING BENCH GRINDER AT HOME WHEN A HOOK FROM IT SWUNG LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. DX-HEMATOMA SCALP, ABRASIONS SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| FELL AND HIT RIGHT EYE AREA ON A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX COMPLEX HEAD LAC/CONJ HEMORRHAGE: ABRASION X 2HRS DUE TO GRINDING ACC W WORK'G ON MOTORCYCLE, SOMETHING BROKE HIT FACE/EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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