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Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - 50+ years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,658
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:563Hand:247
Finger:212Lower Arm:142
Knee:104Upper Leg:93
Lower Leg:70Face:70
Upper Arm:70Wrist:68
Lower Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/10/2010Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
77YOM SUSTAINED A THIGH LACERATION AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2010Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
75 YOM-WAS GRINDING METAL TODAY & FELT A PC GO INTO EYE-C/O IRRITATION & FB SENSATION DX CORNEAL FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
64 YOM-C/O POSS PC OF CAST IRON IN EYE FROM GRINDING DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
60YOM HAS LAC TO (R) HAND BY GRINDER DX;# LAC (R) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATION HAND - 53 YO MALE CUT THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND TON IGHT WHILE USING A POWER GRINDER IN HIS WORKSHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2010Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
68YOM USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME, CUT HIS WRIST ON THE GRINDER WHEEL. DX. LARGE LAC. WRIST. ADMITTED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/29/2010Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
62YOM,LACERATION TO FINGER/LEFT THUMB S/P CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL ON A METAL GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
74YOM USING A GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME/FARM AND IT EXPLODED HITTING HIMIN THE FACE..LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
57YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM CUTTING RIGHT THIGH RIGHT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
54 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND THE BLADE BROKE LACERATING PT ON THE ABDOMEN BELOW THE UMBILICUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
72Y/OM WORKING WITH GRINDER AT HOME WHEEL CAME OFF CUT LOWER LEG DX LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
52YOM WORKING ON HIS PICK UP TRUCK AT HOME WITH A POWER GRINDER HIT RIG HT KNEE WITH THE GRINDER LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2010Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
67 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME - ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND. LACERATION, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Saws
53 YOM-PT LACERATED L FOREARM ON A GRINDER/SAW WHILE CUTTING MASONRY @ HOME DX LAC L FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
57YOM GRINDING BOAT AT HOME AND A PIECE OF *** WENT INTO RIGHT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2010Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
55YOM WAS AT HOME USING A POWER GRINDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
58YOM USING A POWER GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE A PIECE WEN T INTO RIGHT UPPER ARM LACERATION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
74YOM, LACERATION TO L FOREARM WITH GRINDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2010Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CORNEAL AB-65YOM USING A POWER GRINDER GRINDING METAL AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS EYE AT HOME. NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
52 YOM-PT WAS GRINDING METAL & BELIEVES HE GOT METAL IN L EYE DX SUBSONJ HEMORREHAGE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
60YOM WAS USING A GRINDING WHEEL AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE, FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
56YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO R EYE DX- CORNEA L ABRA, F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
KNEE LAC-61YOM IN THE GARAGE USING A HAND HELD GRINDER AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED CAUSING LAC AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
53YOWM PT GRINDING ON CAR YEST AND FELT SOMETHING LAND IN EYE. DX. FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
53YOM CUT LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON A ELECTRIC GRINDER, LACERATION TO BOTH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2010Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
75YOM USING A GRINDER AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
56YOM USING A METAL GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK STRUCK IN RIGHT KNEE LA CERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
52 YOM-LAC TO 3RD FINGER W/GRINDER @ HOME DX LAC R FINGER # 3 *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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