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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 135
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| CUT CHEST WITH GRINDER CHEST LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS LIFTING A BUFFER AND INJURED UPPER BACK DX: THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT USING GRINDER, DISC CAME OFF STRIKING HIM IN CHEST CAUSING LAC TO CHEST (UPPER TRUNK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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