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Accidents - Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 324
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:69Lower Arm:68
Eyeball:68Upper Leg:68
Wrist:33Finger:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/02/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CUT LT. HAND WHILE USING GRINDING WHEEL DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Other unpowered garden tools
51 YO MALE WAS CLEANING RAKE TINE WITH GRINDER,GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EY E,FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
INJURED USING PORTABLE POWER GRINDER DX. WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers
PT USING ELECTRIC GRINDER ON MOWER AND CUT HIS THIGH. DX LAC R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
68 YOM WAS USING A POWER PORTABLE GRINDER AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT FOR EARM. LACERATION, LEFT LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
HIT WRIST WITH PORTABLE GRINDER DX. WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
INJURED USING A PORTABLE GRINDER DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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