Penetrating Head Injury from Angle Grinder at Workplace: Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract

A 21-year-old male presented to the emergency department with head injury while working with an electric angle grinder. Angle grinders, used to cut stone, metal, and concrete, consist of high-speed revolving metal or carbon discs that can cause high-velocity penetrating injuries. This patient had large right frontal lobe hematoma with foreign body besides compound comminuted depressed fracture of the right frontal bone. Penetrating injuries from broken disc of an angle grinder are very sparsely reported.

Keywords

angle grinder - penetrating - depressed fracture

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