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Angle grinder injuries: a cause of serious head and neck trauma
Author(s) -
Wongprasartsuk Sarin,
Lowe Robert L,
Cleland Heather J
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123943.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulverizer , head (geology) , head and neck , head trauma , surgery , orthodontics , engineering , mechanical engineering , biology , grinding , paleontology
Over the past 12 months, the Victorian Trauma Centre at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, has dealt with serious head and neck injuries associated with angle grinder use. Three cases are presented, documenting the circumstances and severity of these injuries and subsequent management. Angle grinder injuries are a source of serious morbidity and mortality, much of which is preventable.