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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,903
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 39 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 |
| FACIAL FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A RATCHET AND IT SLIPPED AND HIT PT IN THE FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Chains |
| PULLING WRENCH WITH CHAIN WHILE CAMPING, WRENCH FLEW OFF HITTING FACE. DX; PERIORBITAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT WORKING ON HIS CAR WITH FRIENDS WHEN GOT POKED UNDER EYE WITH PAIR O F PLIERS. D: FACE LACERATION, LACRIMAL SAC LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | 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 |
| PT HIT SELF IN NOSE WITH PLYERS DX: NASAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | 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 LACERATION TO NOSE: PT WORKING UNDER CAR, DROPPED WRENCH AND IT HIT NOSE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 61 Y.O. B MALE W/FACIAL CONTUSION. PT INJ WHILE FIXING A SEED SPREADER W/A WRENCH @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 55 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 |
| 55 YO M PULLING HARD ON WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED HIT IN FACE LAC EYEBROW/FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 22 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 WAS ACCID HIT IN FACE W/WRENCH. DX: 3 CM STELLATE LAC L CHEEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 29 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 |
| CHEEK FACIAL LAC/29YOM AT HOME WAS WORKING ON CAR WITH FRIENDS. FRIEND SLIPPED WITH PLIERS STRIKING PT IN FACE. KNOCKED HIM ONTO BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 48 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 |
| CONTUSION FACE - 48 YOM HIT HIMSELF ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE WITH A LUG WR ENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 29 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 |
| FOREHEAD LAC-HIT HIMSELF W/ NEEDLENOSE PLIERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 40 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 |
| FOREHEAD CONTUSION AND ABRASION, REMOVING GAS TANK FROM VEHICLE, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 37 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 |
| 37 YOM HIT SELF IN FACE WITH PLIERSLACERATION FACIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| LEFT MANDIBLE CONT. PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND HIT FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| YANKED WRENCH AND HIT HIMSELF IN FACE-DX- R PERIORBITAL CONTUSION, 2 SM ALL PERIORAL LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 33 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 |
| WORKING UNDERNEATH HIS CAR AND ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED CRESAENT WRENCH ON FACE FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20 YOM WAS HIT IN FACE ACCIDENTALLY BY A WRENCH WHILE FIXING HIS CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Doors |
| PT C/O HEAD INJURY. PT HIT SELF WITH WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON DOOR. DX L AC TO FOREHEAD PERIORBITAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 SUS LACERATION TO FOREHEAD BY A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT WAS HIT BY WIRE CUTTER. DX: CONT L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 53 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 CAR, STRUCK BY LARGE WRENCH/ FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2003 | Age: 39 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 SLIPPED PULLING ON WRENCH. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO EYELID FROM RATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | 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 |
| HIT SELF WITH RATCHET DX: R EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2003 | Age: 24 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 FACIAL LACERATION: HIT CHIN ON WRENCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT'S WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT FACE. DX: CONT JAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 51 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, Lawn mowers |
| WORKING ON LAWNMOWER SLIPPED - WRENCH HIT HIM LACERATION RIGHT EYEBROW 1 1/2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2003 | Age: 28 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 |
| FIXING CAR, HIT SELF IN HEAD W/ WRENCH. LAC RT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 55 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, Lawn mowers |
| PT HIT SELF IN FACE WITH WRENCH WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE LAWNMOWER BLADE DX: LAC LT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| WORKING UNDER THE HOOD OF A TRUCK, WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND STRUC K PT IN R FH. DX. CONT/HEMATOMA HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2003 | Age: 22 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 |
| LEFT FOREHEAD ABRASION/CONTUSION.PT WAS WORKING UNDER A CAR WITH A WREN CH AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND INJURED FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT WORKING ON 4-WHEELER AND WRENCH FLEW OUT OF PT HAND HITTING HIM IN T HE FACE ABOVE R EYE. DX LAC ABOVE R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2003 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2 YO M BROTHER THREW NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS AT HIM. DX FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 33 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 |
| PLIERS SLIPPED, HIT FACE DX. FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 30 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 |
| FACIAL LACERATION.PT WAS WORKING ON A CAR AND USING A WRENCH AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND LACERATED FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | Age: 34 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 34YOWM-LACERATION FOREHEAD-HIT BY SOCKET WRENCH-SLIPPED WHILE TIGHTING BOLT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 27 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 |
| LAC FOREHEAD; WRENCH HIT FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 30 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: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PUNCTURED WOUND R UPPER EYELID - PLIERS SLIPPED AND HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION EYEBROW - 50 YOM HAS LACERATION OVER RIGHT EYEBROW, HIT WITH RATCHET WRENCH ABOUT 1 HR AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2003 | Age: 56 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PULLING WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED OFF BOLT DX. FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT AT HOME WORKING WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS WHEN THEY SLIPPED STRUCK SELF ACROSS THE FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2003 | Age: 43 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 HIT IN EYELID WITH SOCKET WRENCH, L INFRAORBITAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | 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 |
| FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT WAS WORKING UNDER A CAR WITH A WRENCH AND WRENCH FELL AND HIT PT IN FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2003 | Age: 24 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 |
| FACIAL CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A WRENCH ON FACE WHILE WORKING ON A CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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