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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 490
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| DX:L LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND. WALKING IN YARD AND PUNCTURE BY WIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire |
| HIT LEG ON A PEICE OF WIRE RIGHT LOWER LEG INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PATIENT CUT HER LEG ON A PIECE OF WIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK WITH WIRE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| COPPER WIRE EMBEDDED IN R LEG DX: METALLIC WIRE (FB) R LEG REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT LACERATED LEG ON RUSTY WIRE AT HOME, LACERATION L LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| F C/O WIRE PUNCTURE IN RT LEG. PT FELL ON WIRE. DX PUNCT. WOUND TO RLE . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| 54 Y.O. B FEMALE W/PW TO LEG. PT GOT A PIECE OF WIRE IN HER LEG WHILE W ORKING OUT IN HER YARD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER LEG WHEN PEICE OF COPPER WIRE WENT INTO LOWER LEG. |
| 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: 04/27/2003 | 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: 04/09/2003 | 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 |
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