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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 783
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT ON HEAD BY WRENCH DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| "MY HEAD WAS HIT BY A RATCHET WHILE DOING A MOVIE WITH A FRIEND FOR FILM CLASS" DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 97YOM-ABRASION TOP HEAD-USING PAIR OF PLIERS-DROPPED ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY PLIERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX CONTUSION TO HEAD: WRENCH FELL AND STRUCK HEAD AT HOME WHILE WORKING ON CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT SUFFERED DIRECT BLOW WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS AT GRANDPARENTS HOME; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HEAD CONT. PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING PAIR OF PLIERS, C/O HEADAC HES, PAIN, DENIES VISUAL OR DIZZINESS, PERIORBITAL HEMATOMA, NO BONY D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| A HEAVY WRENCH FELL ON HEAD FROM A 10FT HEIGHT DX: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT HIT SELF ON HEAD WITH RATCHET WHILE WORKING ON CAR AT HOME. D: SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 59 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY WRENCH LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH WRENCH BY SISTER DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON CAR DX: LACERATION TO HEA D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT ON HEAD BY WRENCH BY ANOTHER CHILD DX CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| TRYING TO GET INTO HOUSE USING PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED HIT SELF IN HEAD W W RENCH SUST L.O.C. DX CONCUSSION 2 DEG BLUNT HEAD INJ CERV STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Other ball sports |
| LAC TO L SIDE OF FOREHEAD.STRUCK SELF W/ WIRE CUTTERS WHEN BALL HIT ELBOW.DX 2.5CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| MOM STATES OLDER CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND HIT PATIENT ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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