Accidents - Wire - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,019
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	233	Ankle:	149
Face:	148	Lower Arm:	145
Lower Trunk:	104	Wrist:	102
Lower Leg:	30	Hand:	30
Eyeball:	30	Foot:	29
Upper Leg:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WAS PULLING A WIRE WITH PLIER&ACCIDDNTALLY STRUCK SELF ONTO CHIN >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PATIENT WAS RUNING FULL SPEED AND RAN INTO CABLE WIRE. DX; CONTUSION TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
WALKING HOME FROM ***, FELL OFF OF CURB AND ON TO A RUSTY WIRE.DX LACER ATION R ARM/SPRAIN L ANKLE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRES TWISTED ANKLE FRACTURE LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
25 YOM PRESENTS WITH A WIRE FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 21 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
PT WAS STRUCK IN EYE W/WIRE. DX: R CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PIECE OF WIRE THRU L THIGH DX; THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS PUTTING A WIRE IN DUMPSTER - WIRE HIT HER ON THE CHIN. LACERATION O F CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
R ARM CONT/17YOM RAN INTO TELEPHONE POLE GUIDE WIRE AT 5:30P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
24 YO PREGNANT FEMALE TRIPPED ONA WIRE AND FELL LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
21YOM ACCIDENTLY STRUCK FACE ON MESH WIRING,SUSTAINED A CUT BETWEEN EYES;FACIAL LACERATION,1.5-CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STUCK A WIRE IN FINGER SEVERAL DAYS AGO, NO TREATMENT, C/O FINGER PAIN. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Knives
PT CUT FINGER WITH A KNIFE WHILE SLICING A PIECE OF COPPER WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF COPPER WIRING LACE RATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 22 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: Laceration
Product: Wire
DX LWBS: LAC R CALF TRIPPED OVER WIRE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
2 DAYS AGO , ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ONTO A COPPER WIRE THAT WENT THRU FOO T, NOW WITH DISCHARGE>> PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC TO WRIST WHEN STRUCK ON A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LACERATED FOREARM ON A PIECE OF WIRE. DX LACERATION L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire, Power lawn mowers
ANKLE AB-HIT BY A WIRE THAT WAS THROWN BY A LAWN MOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A WIRE AT HOME INJURING WRIST DX: SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT CUT FINGER ON WIRE AT SCHOOL TODAY DX/ RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
C/O TRAUMATIC NECK PAIN, RAN INTO WIRE LASTNIGHT IN THE DARK. DX-CONTUSION FOOT, ABRASIONS NECK AND ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PW TO RIGHT HAND. PT WAS WORKING WITH A PIECE OF WIRE AND STUCK HIMSELF IN HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT HAS A SCRATCH ON ABD FORM A RUSTY WIRE DX- ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LACERATED FINGER WITH WIRE CASING#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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