Accidents - Wire - 6-15 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,239
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	303	Foot:	256
Face:	155	Lower Leg:	94
Neck:	92	Hand:	83
Upper Leg:	78	Toe:	68
Ankle:	33	Shoulder:	16
Head:	16	Eyeball:	16
Wrist:	12	Knee:	6
All Of Body:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT RAN INTO WIRE AT SCHOOL. DX: FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
PATIENT STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE INTO THE RIGHT THIRD DIGIT AT SCHOOL. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT 3RD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PW THROUGH R THUMB W/METAL ROD (SMALL WIRE) DX: THUMB PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE (R) 2ND FINGER, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A PIECE OF WIRE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, NO SWELLING OR FB INBEDDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PW RT CHEEK.PT PUNCTURED CHEEK ON SOME WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PATIENT CUT FOOT ON METAL WIRE AT HOME, OR CUT FOOT ON GLASS LAST NIGHT ; FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
HEAD PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT SELF W/A PIECE OF WIRE WHILE PLAYING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT LEG ON SHARP WIRE WHILE PLAYING WITH FRIEND DX: L THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
WHILE RUNNING AT FOOTBALL GAME RAN TO A WIRE DX CONTUSIONS TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LT FOOT LAC-TRIPPED OVER A WIRE-CUT FOOT-@ CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
STEPPED ON A WIRE DX: R FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire, Fences or fence posts
PULLED THUMB IN WIRE WHILE TRYING TO CROSS FENCE. DX L THUMB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PATIENT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AND STEPPED ON WIRE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LACERATION PERIOCULAR AREA - 8 YOM WAS CLIMBING A TREE AT CAMP AND LACE RATED HIS RIGHT EYEBROW ON A WIRE THAT WAS STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT RAN INTO METAL WIRE AT TENNIS CAMP TODAY - ABRS/LAC TO NECK R
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
FB TO R SIDE OF FACE, WIRE DX: METAL FB NEAR EYELID-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM RT HEEL-WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
15YOF LACERATED R THIGH ON PIECE OF WIRE. DX: LACERATION, R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Industrial		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE WHILE WALKING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION SITE, FELL TO GROUND DX: SPRAINED LEFT TOE, CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wire
CHOKED WITH WIRE BY INTRUDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
HIT HAND WITH WIRE DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND INJURED WRIST. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
SLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN HILL, RT ANKLE CAUGHT IN WIRE. DX; CONT RT LOWER EXTERMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
PATIENT STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE WHEN BAREFOOT AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, SW ELLING, SEEN BY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, SENT TO ED: FOOT CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Bicycles or accessories
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO NECK AFTER RIDING BIKE AND GOT WIRE CAU GHT ACROSS NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
15 YO BM - LAC. L EYEBROW - ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO WIRE CABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT LAC LEG ON WIRE DX 7CM LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Artificial Christmas trees
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION OF RT FOOT PLANTAR S/P STEPPING ON WIRE FROM ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STATES WIRE FROM MAKEUP CASE PUNCTURED L FOOT. DX. L PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 14 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: Wire
CUT FINGER ON A WIRE FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
STEP ON WIRE & IT STRUCK PT'S LEG LEG CONTUSION & ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY STUCK IN THE EYE WITH WIRE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Wire
ELECTRICAL BURN ANKLE - 8 YOF HIT RIGHT ANKLE ON LIVE WIRE AT A FAST FO OD RESTAURANT TONIGHT, 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN NOTED OUTER ASPECT R ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PW LT FOOT FROM RUSTY WIRE. DX; PW LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT KNEE WITH WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
STUCK A PEICE OF WIRE IN FINGER LEFT INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT CUT RIGHT WRIST WITH METAL WIRE - LACERATION 5 CM. D: LACERATION R IGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH PIECE OF WIRE OR WOOD AT ROSEMONT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT HAND ON WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
SHOULDER STRAIN - 11 YOF WAS RUNNING IN HALLWAY AND CAUGHT LEFT ARM IN CABLE WIRE, FELL BACKWARDS, C/O PAIN LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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