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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 464
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/29/2002 | 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CUT SELF WITH PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| HOLDING A PLUGGED IN GRINDER UNDER HIS ARM,ACCIDENTLY HIT POWER SWITCH AND CUT ARM. DX 5.5CM LACERATION L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| WAS USING A GRINDER AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRIP HITTING HIS L KNEE 4 CM LACERATION L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| INJURED SELF WITH PORTABLE GRINDER DX. FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PORTABLE GRINDER SLIPPED DX. WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers |
| 73 YOM WAS USING PORTABLE POWER GRINDER TO SHARPEN LAWN MOWER BLADE. C UT LT. 3RD FINGER. LACERATION, LEFT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | 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: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING ANGLED POWER GRINGER WHEN IT BROKE AND END FLEW OFF HITTING PT IN CHESTWALL. DX LAC ANT. CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT USING A POWER GRINDER AT HOME GOT A FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT LACERATED HAND ON GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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