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We present a series of two penetrating head injuries associated with improper use of angle grinder, which resulted in shattering of disc into high velocity missiles with reference to management and prevention. One of those hit on the forehead of the operator and the other on the occipital region of the co-worker at a distance of fi ve meters. The pathophysiological consequence of penetrating head injuries depends on the kinetic energy and trajectory of the object. In the nearby healthcare center the impacted broken disc was removed without realising the consequences and the wound was packed. As the conscious level declined in both, they were referred. CT brain revealed fracture in skull and changes in the brain in both. Expeditious removal of the penetrating foreign body and focal debridement of the scalp, skull, dura, and involved parenchyma and Watertight dural closure were carried out. The most important thing is not to remove the impacted foreign body at the site of accident. Craniectomy around the foreign body, debridement and removal of foreign body without zigzag motion are needed. Removal should be done following original direction of projectile injury. The neurological sequelae following the non missile penetrating head injuries are determined by the severity and location of initial injury as well as the rapidity of the exploration and fastidious debridement.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/0976-3147.63098","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,5,18]],"date-time":"2010-05-18T09:15:33Z","timestamp":1274174133000},"page":"26-29","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Penetrating head injury from angle grinder: A cautionary tale"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"01","author":[{"given":"S","family":"Senthilkumaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Accident, Emergency and Critical care Medicine, Trichy, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"N","family":"Balamurgan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosciences, Trichy, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"K","family":"Arthanari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trichy, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P","family":"Thirumalaikolundusubramanian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chennai Medical College and Research Centre, Trichy, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"10894","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-1","first-page":"475","volume-title":"Angle grinder injuries","author":"Back","year":"2000","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-2","first-page":"501","volume-title":"Occupational and rural accidents","author":"Knapp","year":"1966","journal-title":"Arch Environ Health"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-3","first-page":"801","volume-title":"Early predictors of mortality in penetrating compared with closed brain injury","author":"Peek-Asa","year":"2001","journal-title":"Brain Inj"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-4","first-page":"414","volume-title":"Penetrating craniocerebral injury caused by a metal rod: An unusual case report","author":"Regev","year":"1990","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-5","first-page":"117","volume-title":"Penetrating craniocerebral injury from an underwater fishing harpoon","author":"Lopez","year":"2000","journal-title":"Childs Nerv Syst"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-6","first-page":"331","volume-title":"Transorbital penetrating cerebral injury with a ceramic stone: Report of an interesting case","author":"Satyarthee","year":"2009","journal-title":"Neurol India","ISSN":"https:\/\/id.crossref.org\/issn\/0028-3886","issn-type":"print"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-7","first-page":"496","volume-title":"Work-related penetrating head trauma caused by industrial grinder tool","author":"Abdoli","year":"2009","journal-title":"Arch Iran Med"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-8","first-page":"472","volume-title":"Ballistics for the neurosurgeon","author":"Jandial","year":"2008","journal-title":"Neurosurgery"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-9","first-page":"e238","volume-title":"Unusual mode of firearm injury from the recoiled rear end of gun barrel","author":"Agrawal","year":"2008","journal-title":"Singapore Med J"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0976-3147.63098-10","unstructured":"Aarabi B. 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