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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,149
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 48YOM HIT IN EYE W/WRENCH DX 2CM L EYE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME WHEN A WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM UNDER THE EYE. DX-LEFT FACE LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH PIPE WRENCH - FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HEAVY PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED,HIT FACE.DX 3CM LAC OF FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX RIGHT CHEEK ABRASION: LOOSENING BOLT WITH RATCHET, HIT SELF IN CHEEK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 38 YOM WORKING ON CAR DROPPED WRENCH HIT EYE, GREASE WENT INTO EYE. DX UPPERLID ABRASION, FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lawn mowers |
| LAC TO FH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON LAWNMOWER. DX. LAC FH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CHIN LACERATION - WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT CHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION FACE - 44 YOM WORKING ON *** TRAILER W/ LARGE CRESCENT WRE NCH, TIGHTENING DOWN BOLT, WRENCH BROKE FREE STRIKING FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WRENCH SLIPPED DX. FACIAL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STRUCK IN HEAD BY WRENCH THROWN BY HER BROTHER DX: LACERATIONS AROUND EYE- EYEBROW AND EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes |
| A PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND STRUCK PATIENT IN FOREHEAD, LACERATI NG HIS FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STATES WAS WORKING ON CAR, PLIERS SLIPPED AND HIT PT ON L EYEBROW. DX. LAC FACIAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT CHANGING THE TIRE OF HIS CAR WITH A LUG WRENCH AND THE WRENCH SLIPPE D STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 20YOM WORKING ON OWN CAR, WRENCH CAME BACK AND HIT IN RT EYE AREA DX: LACERATION TO EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 27 YOM THREW SOCKET IT BOUNCED BACK AND HIT CHINDX LACERATION CHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT LOWER JAW FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND WRENCH HIT PT IN FACE A ND INJURED JAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON CAR, WRENCH HIT FOREHEAD W/LAC. DX. LAC FH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON TRUCK, WRENCH HIT PT ABOVE MOUTH W/LAC. DX. LAC FACIAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 54 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION R EYELID - WRENCH SLIPPED WHEN WORKING ON CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT CAME IN TO ED WITH A LACERATION TO EYEBROW AFTER BEING HIT BY A WRENCH. DX: LACERATION FACIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON HIS CAR AND HIT HIS CHEEK ON A WRENCH. DX FACIAL LAC/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT STRUCK BY WRENCH THROWN BY CHILD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| FOREHEAD LAC/19YOHM HIT FOREHEAD AT 11:45AM WITH A WRENCH WHILE WORK-IN G ON HIS CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING ON HIS PICKUP AT HOME, WRENCH FELL HITTING HISNOSE. DX-ACUTE NASAL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT USING A WRENCH AT HOME WHEN IT SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE LACE RATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX CHIN LACERATIONS: HIT IN CHIN AFTER RATCHET SLIPPED WHILE TRYINGTO CHANGE TUBBING ON TIRE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX ABRASION UNDER MOUTH: DROPPED SOCKET WRENCH, IT STRUCK FACEAT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STRUCK NOSE WITH WRENCH NASAL BONE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS USING A WRENCH & IT SLIPPED OFF METAL PART HE WAS USING IT ONCAU SING HIM TO STRIKE HIMSELF IN FACE WITH WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT SELF IN FACE WITH WRENCHDX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT R FOREHEAD WITH WRENCH. FOREHEAD LAC $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH PLIERS AT GRANDFATHERS BY COUSIN, ACUTE MINOR FACIA L LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT HIT CHIN WITH PLIERS. D: CHIN LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Wheeled riding toys, unpowered |
| LACERATION LEFT EYELID, STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH A WRENCH WHILE PLAYING WITH IT AND A TOY RIDING TRACTOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH ON A TRUCK AND WRENCH SLIPPE D AND HIT AND LACERATED PTS FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WRENCHED SLIPPED DX. FACIAL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A WRENCH HANDLE LACERATION F ACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 31 YOM HIT SELF W/ MONKEY WRENCH FX FACIAL BONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| NOSE CT-A RATCHET OFF A STRAP HIT PT IN THE NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT BY A LUG WRENCH WHILE HELPING DAD. DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT USING WRENCH AT HOME, IT SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE FACE, CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 5 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT IN HEAD ACCIDENTALLY W/WRENCH 20 MINS PTA. DX. 1 CM R FOREHEAD LACE RATIN. MINOR HEAD INJ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX RIGHT EYEBROW LACERATION: DROPPED WRENCH WHILE AT HOME, ONTO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| FACE LAC FROM WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CHILD HIT HIMSELF IN FACE WITH PLYERS DX: FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 40 Y/O C/O LAC TO FOREHEAD - WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT IN FOREHEAD. DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION: DROPPED WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON CAR, HIT IN FACE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 26 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO EYELID FROM A WRENCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WRENCH SLIPPED, HIT FACE DX. EYEBROW LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Art supplies or equipment |
| HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD WITH WRENCH WHEN COVERING ART WORK WITH CANVAS WHILE IN SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING RATCHETT WRENCH AT HOME AND IT SLIPPED AND HE HIT SELF ON FO REHEAD WITH IT, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|