Accidents - Wire - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,691
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	368	Hand:	362
Lower Arm:	327	Foot:	275
Face:	204	Eyeball:	192
Upper Arm:	189	Head:	133
Upper Trunk:	91	Shoulder:	86
Wrist:	86	Lower Leg:	76
All Of Body:	69	Lower Trunk:	65
Internal:	58	Elbow:	34
Toe:	32	Ear:	17
Knee:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
RIGHT HIP CONT. PT TRIPPED OVER A SPEAKER WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION (LT EYE) - DUE TO PIECE OF WIRE YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PATIENT CUT HER RING FINGER ON WIRE AT HOME. DX-LACERATION FINGER, 1CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
RT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT WAS CLEANING OUT GARAGE AND TRIPPED OVER WIRE AND FELL ON SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: REWIRING LAST PM AT HOME, EXPOSED WIRE FELL INTO RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
POLED HIMSELF INEYE WITH PIECE OF WIRE/ LT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PT FELL OVER WIRES IN BASEMENT AT HOME INJURING CHEST DX: RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE / FELL DX: HEAD CONCUSSION / HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire, Ceilings and walls
PT IS 81 YRS OLD OUTSIDE CLEANNING AND TRIPPED ON A WIRE , FELL AND HI T FOREHEAD AGAIST DRYWALL DX FRONTAL SKULL FX, FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Wire
WORKING W/ WIRE WHICH STUCK HIM IN EYE. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2004	Age: 78 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: Wire
PT WORKING IN GARDEN, LACERATED HAND ON PIECE OF WIRE FEW DAYS AGO-IS N OW SWOLLEN, RED. ADMITTED FOR IV ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND STRAINED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC FINGER ON A COPPER WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED OVER WIRE; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PATIENT CUT THUMB ON WIRE. DX: 4 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 72 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: Wire
72 YOM CUT HAND WITH WIRE LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire, Floors or flooring materials
56 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER CABLE WIRE AND FELL TO FLOORLOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE FOREHEAD LACERATION LEFT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire, Electrical outlets or receptacles
NOT TAKING HER PSYCH MEDS, HUSBAND STATES SHE WAS TRYING TO PUT WIRES I NTO ELECTRICAL SOCKET/ PSYCHOSIS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
51 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PUNCTURE TO FOOT WHEN GOT PEICE OF WIRE STUCK IN FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE WOUND.PT.REFERS WHILE WALKING PASSED BY A PIECE METAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT ON WIRE - LACERATION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
POKED FINGER WITH WIRE L W O T
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
OPEN FRACTURE LEFT THUMB.PT DROPPED A BOLT OF WIRE ON HAND AND INJURED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED ON CABLE AND FELL, CONTUSION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
PULLING A PIECE OF WIRE IN YARD DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC RIGHT TIB FIB. PT TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURED R HAND W/DIRTY WIRE, RED/SWOLLEN DX: PW HAND, LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT FINGER ON METAL WIRE DX: L 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING A WIRE THAT WAS ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SHOU LDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
PICKED UP A ROSE BUSH THAT WAS WRAPPED WITH WIRE POKED WITH SOMETHING SHARP A FEW DAYS AGO DX: R FOREARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
PT STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE DX: FB LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT SUST ABRASION TO ELBOW WITH RUSTY WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 74 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: Wire
TRIPPED OVER CABLE- FELL MINOR HEAD CONTUSION LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT CUT TO RT EAR TODAY WITH A WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE - FRACTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
85 YO FEMALE GOT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WIRES AT SHOWBOAT FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Wire
HAND CRUSH INJURY-HAND CAUGHT FOR 1 HOUR IN COIL OF REINFORCEMENT WIRE- @ NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
FX NASAL BONE, VIA EMS, PT STS TRIPPED OVER A WIRE & SUST INJURY AT THE SCHOOL, C/O SEVERE PAIN, SOME BLEEDING, SEPTAL DEFORMITY, KNEES, NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
FX R HUMERUS NECK - LOST BALANCE WHEN FEET GOT TANGLED IN WIRES
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
BUFFING WIRE IN A METAL ART SUDIO, WIRE WAS CAUGHT AROUND THUMB TWISTIN G DX FX/ DISLOCATION OF THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE AND FELL ONTO CHEST CONTUSING CHEST AND FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Fences or fence posts
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A FENCE AND STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE IN HIS EYE AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL LACERATION & ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT DX LT EYE ABRASION - S/P TRAUMA,STRUCK IN LT EYE BY METAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
TRIP OVER WIRE, HIT HEAD ON CEMENT FACIAL ABRASION, KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STUCK HAND ON METAL WIRE YESTERDAY. ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED ON A WIRE AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Wire
INGESTION OF FB, VIA EMS, PT STS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF WIRE AT HOME, C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN, CONSTIPATION, FB LOCATED IN THE RECTUM., MILD PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE / FELL DX: R HUMERUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
CAUGHT FOOT IN WIRE & FELL DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED ON WIRE; FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
GREAT TOE LAC-@ HOME-TWISTED FOOT & CUT IT ON WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT L HAND LACERATION CUTTING WIRE FROM BAIL OFHAY. DX: LACERATION TO HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT GOT STUCK WITH CABLE WIRE TO RT HAND TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
TRIPPED AND FELL OVER SOME WIRES SPRAINING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire, Bathtubs or showers
PUNCTURE FOREARM WITH RUSTY WIRE, WHILE DEMOING SHOWER CELLULITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT C/O INJURY TO RT HAND W/A WIRE AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED ON WIRE AND FELL - HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
FELL ON SOME WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT STEPPED ON WIRE LAST NIGHT, PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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