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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,059
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire |
| C/O WORSENING HAND PAIN, SWELLING&REDNESS AFTER SUSTAINED PUCTURE WOUND TO HAND ON A WIRE FEW DAYS AGO>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS CLEANING HOUSE AND LAC HAND ON WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire, Clothing accessories |
| 44 YOM WIRE WENT THROUGH GLOVE AND PUNCTURED HAND PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 27 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, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS EMPTYING THE GARBAGE AND THERE WAS A METAL WIRE THAT ACCIDENTALL Y WENT THRU HAND. DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PALM PW-INJURED ON A RUSTY WIRE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PW TO HAND FROM A PIECE OF WIRE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PT AT HOME FELL PUNCTURING HAND ON A METAL WIRE/ DX PUNCTURE WOUN D .25 R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT CUT LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF UNSPECIFIED WIRE AT HOME LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| CUT HAND ON WIRE, DX; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PW R HAND ON WIRE DX; PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH WIRE AND SUSTAINED HAND AND PINKY PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PT CUT HAND WITH WIRE-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND |
| 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: 06/17/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Wire, Illegal drugs |
| REPORTS WAS DOING CONSTRUCTION, TOUCHED AN ELECTRIC WIRE BURNING HAND, THEN WENT TO DO COCAINE&ETOH, THEN CAME TO ER FOR EVA>>ELECTRIC BURN/ |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| PLAYING WITH WIRE AND CUT HAND. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Wire |
| ACCIDENTALLY HAND TOUCHED AN EXPOSED WIRE >>ELECTRICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| INJURED HAND WITH A PIECE OF WIRE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT DX LT HAND LACERATION - S/P PT C/O "I CUT NY HAND ON SOME WIRE" WHILE WALKING ON SIDEWALK.LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LAC TO HAND FROM A PEICE OF WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wire |
| PT POKED IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A WIRE FIVE WEEKS AGO CONTINUED PAIN IN HAND AND UP ARM FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wire |
| PICKED UP A PIECE OF WIRE, STUCK HAND. DX HAND PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LACERATED HAND ON WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| LACERATION LT.HAND.PT.REFERS CUT HAND WITH WIRE. |
| 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: 01/30/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wire |
| PT STATES CUT HAND ON WIRE AT HOME DX: DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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