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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,475
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 3CM FINGER LAC-CUT ON WIRE CUTTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 36 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN X 3 DAYS. HX OF RUPTURED DISC. ALSO SMASHED FINGE R WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED. D: ABRASION, FINGER; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| R THUMB INJ/45YOM WAS PULLING WRENCH AT HOME AND HIT THUMB ON PIECE OF METAL. C/O PAIN IN THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE PT WAS WORKING ON CAR. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND L ACERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION: WRENCH FELL AND HIT FINGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT 4TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON A CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT FINGER WHILE USING WRENCH " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX RIGHT THUMB LACERATION: CUT THUMB WITH WIRE CUTTERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WAS WORKING ON CAR; WRENCH SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT THUMB. LACERATION OF R IGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT FINGER ON WRENCH. '' LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 48 YR OLD MALE CAUGHT FINGER IN PLIERS LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Ladders |
| FELL DOWN LADDER, CUT THUMB WITH PIPE CUTTERS, DX; LACERATION TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT STUCK NEED NOSE PLIERS IN RIGHT THUMB. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT LOOSENING BOLT IN GARAGE, WRENCH SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Grills |
| LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS FIXING HIS GRILL AT HOME - W RENCH SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT BY WRENCH @ HOME DX R THUMB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 48 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| R SUB-UNGUAL HEMATOMA TO THUMB/48YOM STRUCK R THUMB WITH A WRENCH 3 DAY S AGO AND C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR WHEN HE CUT HIS FINGER WITH A WRENCH/ LACERAT ION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND IN JURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT C/O ABRASION TO R INDEX FINGER WHEN USING A WRENCH DX: ABRASION RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| TURNING A WRENCH, HAND SLIPPED & HIT CAR. ACUTE CT 2 & 3 DIGITS LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX LEFT 3RD DIGIT LACERATION: WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 28 YO INJURED FINGER ON WRENCH LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND LAC ERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WORKING ON ROTOR ON CAR AND GOT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER STUCK BETWEEN ROT OR AND WRENCH C/O PAIN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE PT WAS WORKING ON CAR. DX: R THUMB LAC 2 CM, HTN, POPTOSIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT CAUGHT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAN D BETWEEN CAR MOTOR AND WRENCH - WORKING ON CAR AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX LEFT THUMB LACERATION: CUT THUMB ON WRENCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PULLING ON WRENCH - SLIPPED - CUT THUMB ON METAL THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON CAR - WRENCH SLIPPED - HIT FINGER INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF L EFT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM CAR SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT FINGER WITH A WIRE CUTTER DX; L THUMB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 31 YOM WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR & WRENCH SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 50 YO USING A WRENCH THAT SLIPPED LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Drills |
| 42 YO USING WRENCH & DRILL INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER COMPLICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT 3RD FINGER CONTUSION.PT WAS WORKING ON A CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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