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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 213
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND WRENCH DROPPED ON ARM CONTUSION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN TURNING A WRENCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lawn mowers |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN WRENCH WAS USING TO FIX LAWN MOWER SLIPPED AND CUT AR M AT HOME. DX: LACERATION RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STRAINED ARM WHEN USING A WRENCH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 45Y/O,M,USING WRENCH AT HOME, L ARM SNAPPED & DROPPED", MUSCLE/TENDON TEAR L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| L ARM PAIN AFTER HIT W/A WRENCH DX; L FA CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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