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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,392
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS CUTTING WIRE WHEN LACERATED FINGER. D: FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS WALKING ON A SIDE WALK WHEN HER FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON A WIRE CAUSIN G HER TO FALL AND LAND ON HER LOWER ARM. DX. ARM SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| CUTTING 9 GAUGE WIRE AT HOME AT 1745, END OF WIRE HIT PATIENT IN RIGHT EYE. DX CONTUSION OF RIGHT EYE GLOBE, LACERATION RIGHT EYELID. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Wire |
| PT TOUCHED ELECTRICAL WIRES DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| 20 Y.O. B MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT INJ WHEN HE GRABBED A WIRE. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| LT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-WALKING BAREFOOT-STEPPED ON RUSTY WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| STEPPED ON A RUSTY WIRE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND L FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire |
| 16 YO MALE 'S YOUNGER BROTHER STUCK WIRE IN LEFT EAR PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| CUT FINGER ON A METAL WIRE DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wire |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AT THE PARK DX: RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire, Beds or bedframes |
| HANGING WIRE ABOCE BED WHEN MISTEPPED AND FELL STRADDLING METAL BED RAI L SUSTAINING LAC TO BAGINAL AREA DX LAC LABIA 4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| CUT FINGER ON A PEICE OF WIRE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION 2 1/2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LAC R FOOT - KICKED WIRED WHEN WALKING BAREFOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PT, WHO HAD JUST CUT WIRE, POKED IN EYE WITH THIN METAL WIRE. D: CONJUN CTIVAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire, Knives |
| FOREHEAD LAC-@ HOME-WAS STRIPPING A WIRE W/A KNIFE & HIT FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PT STEPPED ON CABLE WIRE AT BEACH. DX: PW L FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT CUT W/A WIRE IN SMALL FINGER YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS CUTTING CABLE WIRE 4 DAYS AGO AND NOW FEELS LIKE FOREIGN OBJECT IS IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WALKING TO A DUMPSTER TO THROW OUT TRASH WHILE BAREFOOT STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE WENT INTO RIGHT FOT PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire, Footwear |
| PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT. STEPPED ON CABLE THAT PUNCTURED HIS SNEAKER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PATIENT PUNCTURE UPPER TRUNK DOING WIRE REPAR ON HIS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| CUT R 2ND DIGIT AT KNUCKLE ON METAL WIRE, LAC TO R 2ND DIGIT KNUCKLES. DX. LAC R INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wire |
| HEAVY WIRE FELL ON LEG TUES DX SHIN HEMATOMA AND ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PT SCRAPED FINGER ON METAL WIRE. NEEDS TETANUS SHOT. D:ABRASION, FINGER . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| CUT HAND ON WIRE LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wire, Tools |
| PERFORATED CORNEA WITH WIRE - WIRE FROM GRINDING WHEEL FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/07/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wire |
| 17 YO F TRIPPED OVER WIRE. DX L ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wire |
| TRIPPED OVER WIRE DX. HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LAC TO FINGER FROM WIRE WHEN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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