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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,084
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2007 | Age: 29 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 USING AN ALLEN WRENCH AT HOME, LACERATED RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 50 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: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| R HAND CONT;POSSIBLE FX/50YOM STS DROPPED WRENCH ON R HAND FRIDAY AND A WOKE THIS AM WITH R HAND THROBBING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT DROPPED WRENCH ON RIGHT HAND, RIGHT HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23Y/O,M,INJURED L HAND WITH A WRENCH AT HOME, LAC. L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2007 | Age: 37 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 CUT HAND AT HOME WHILE USING WRENCH LACERATION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT BY WRENCH FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 81 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, Pipes |
| PT AT HOME UING A PIPE WRENCH ON A PIPE SLIPPED INJ R HAND/ DX LAC R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| USING WRENCH, SLIPPED & HIT HAND ON WALL DX HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 47 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 |
| C/O PT STATES WRENCHED SLIPPED AND CUT HAND DX RT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 79 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| OLD LACERATION HAND: AT HOME HOLDING WRENCH IN HAND CHANGING BED ON TRUCK, SON TURNED WRENCH, LACERATION L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 39 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT RESULTING IN DEEP LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Bicycles or accessories |
| DX CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND: TIGHTENING BOLT ON BIKE WITH WRENCH, IT SLIPPED AND HIT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 50 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 |
| PAT SUS LACERATION TO HAND, HIT WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STUCK WRENCH IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 46 YO USING WRENCH TURNING A BOLT INJURED HAND FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING NEEDLE-NOSED PLIERS @ HOME, CUT HAND DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH TO FIX A PIPE, HIT HAND CAUSING A RT HAND HEMATOMA, AND ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 64 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, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT CUTTING HOLE IN WALL, WRENCH JERKED BACK AND HIT HIS HAND. DX-LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH PLIERS AT HOME HAND INJURY LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 72 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 INJ SELF @ HOME WITH BOAT WRENCH CUT LT HAND DX L HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 17 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 PAIN AFTER USING TORQUE WRENCH FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 55 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 |
| USING WRENCH AT HOME SUST LAC TO R HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED DX R HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 20 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| FX R DISTAL METACARPAL; WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE WOKRING ON TRUCK @ HOME, H AND HIT FLYWHEEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 33 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 INJURED HAND ON WRENCH AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 56 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: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Wire |
| PT WAS CUTTING HEAVY WIRE WITH WIRE CUTTERS-LEFT HAND-??POSSIBLE CARPEL TUNNEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 43 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| WORKING ON CAR WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED HIT HAND ON CAR DX- HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | 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, Lawn mowers |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: TIGHTENING BLADE TO LAWN MOWER WITH WRENCH, INJURED HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 73 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 |
| ABRASION HAND WHILE WORKING WITH A WRENCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 52 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 INJURED HAND WITH PLIERS AT HOME DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 31 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT STABBED SELF WITH ALLAN WRENCH, PUNCURE WOUND IN LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| WRENCH SLIPPED,STRUCK CAR PART HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT SLIPPED WITH WRENCH AND HIT HAND ON TRUCK DX: RT HAND INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 19 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'S WRENCH SLIPPED. DX: L HAND LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 51 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 |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON RUSTY PLIERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2007 | Age: 75 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 |
| 75 YO INJURED HAND ON WRENCH LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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 CUT HAND ON WIRE PLIERS WHILE CUTTING FLOWERS. DX. HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | 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 |
| MC FX-HIT A PIPE WRENCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 33 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, Snow skiing |
| CUT WITH PLIERS WHILE TAKING OFF GRIP TO SKI POLE 2 CM HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND CONTUSION: IN SHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL, WRENCH SLIPPED, HIT 2ND KNUCKLE OFF METAL ENGINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND FENDER,CHANGING TIRE CRUSH INJURY RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 28 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, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| C/O PT WAS CUTTING A LOCK WITH BOLT CUTTER AND CUT HAND DX RT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| TIGHTENING LUG NUTS ON TIRE WRENCH SNAPPED AND PT FELL BACK ONTO HAND/ FX RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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