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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,832
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2005 | Age: 51 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LAC L HAND - CUT HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX RIGHT HAND CONTUSION: SLIPPED WHILE USING WRENCH, IT HIT HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS WHEN THEY SLIPPED HE ST RUCK THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON THE CAR ENGINE CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WORKING ON CAR AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO USING WRENCH, WRENCH CAME OFF AND PT HIT RT HAND, CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT DOING HOME PLUMBING AND USING PLIERS WHEN AND NUMBNESS AND WEAKNESS IN HAND/ARM. D: HAND WEAKNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS USING WRENCH AT HOME, IT SLIPPED HITTING KNUCKLE. DX. LAC L HAN D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING A WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HAND ON METAL OBJECT LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2005 | Age: 73 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT HAND ON BOLT CUTTER " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STRUCK HAND WITH WRENCH AT COUSIN'S HOME. SPRAIN RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A WRENCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2005 | Age: 26 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND SLIPPED WHILE USING PLIERS LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| ACUTE CRUSH INJURY TO L HAND: WHILE BENDING TO PICK UP WRENCH, HUSBAND RAN OVER LT HAND WITH AUTO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WORKING WITH A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED STRAINED RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| R HAND CELLULITIS - WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Saws |
| PT WAS CHANGING A SAW BLADE AND THE WRENCH SHE WAS USING KICKED BACK AN D CUT HER HAND/ LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION HAND - 22 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND FX-HIT WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON BOAT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 22 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AT HOME, PT SLIPPED AND HIT HAND WITH WRENCH, BRO KE SKIN AND HAS PAIN. DX: LACERACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT HAND ON METAL WRENCH/ CONTUSION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HURT HAND. DX: 2 CM LACERATION TO LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2005 | Age: 26 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WOUND RT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE USING A WRENCH CUT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LEFT HAND CELLULITIS. PT INJURED HAND WHEN A WRENCH SLIPPED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STRUCK R HAND WITH LOG WRENCH. DX R HAND BOXER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Power sanders |
| HIT HAND ON SPANNER WRENCH WHILE CHARGING DISK ON SANDER DX CONT/HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS CHANGING ALTERNATOR ON CAR WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED. DX. HAND FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 2CM HAND LAC-ON BOAT IN RIVER-CUT ON WRENCH WHILE LOOKING @ BOAT ENGINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| STRAIN R HAND; WORKING ON MOTORCYCLE @ HOME, TURNING BOLT WITH WRENCEH & FELT HAND POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 64 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A SOCKET WRENCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT HAND - WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON CAR DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH,HIT HIS BOAT-METACARPAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND INJURED HA ND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON CAR ENGINE AT HOME, WRENCH SLIPPED, HIT HAND DX: L HAND STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2005 | Age: 26 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT LACERATED HAND/FINGERS WITH WRENCH. D: HAND LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX RIGHT HAND CONTUSION: WRENCH FELL AND HIT HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 22 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON CAR W/ WRENCH, SLIPPED & HIT KNUCKLE ON CAR. ACUTE CT RT HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PW TO HAND WHEN USING A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Hammers |
| WAS HOLDING PLYERS THAT SLIPPED WHEN SOMEONE HIT WITH SLEDGEHAMMER, DX; LACERATION TO PALM OF R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LAC R KNUCKLE, CUT W/WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON A CAR. DX. LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2005 | Age: 73 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND ON BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT CUT HAND BY A NEEDLE NOSE PLIER, SUSTAINED "HAND PUNCTURE WOUND" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WHILE CHANING TIRES, PT STRUCK HAND WITH PLIERS, CONTUSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT'S WRENCH SLIPPED OFF SCREW AND HE HIT WALL. DX: R FIFTH METACARPAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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