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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,337
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT C/O RIB AFTER LEANING ON A WRENCH WHEN DOING SOME WORK AT HOME DX:RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ACCIDENTLY WITH A LUG WRENCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING WIRE CUTTER, ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED FINGER AT HOME. DX. LAC L MIDD LE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2006 | Age: 53 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT CONTUSION AND THUMB SPRAIN: CAUGHT RT THUMB IN A RATCHET BINDER YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/27/2006 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT CUT FINGER WITH A BOLT CUTTER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT DROPPED A WRENCH ON FOOT, HAVING FOOT PAIN. DX-CONTUSIONTOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2006 | Age: 52 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Tables |
| 52YOF CHEST CONT WALL HIT ON WIRE CUTTERS SLIPPED END OF WIRE CUTTERS ON TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts |
| WAS USING A WRENCH ON A TRUCK AT HOME; HURT SHOULDER. RT. SHOULDER SPR AIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PULLING PLIERS THAT SLIPPED/FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 66 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 |
| LACERATED HAND ON A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 78 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 |
| HIT RIGHT HAND WITH A WRENCH. DX: ABRASION AND CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT DROPPED A WRENCH ON FOOT DX: RT FOOT AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 75YOM WRENCH PARK LAC L FORARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT MASHED FINGER WITH WRENCH AT HOME. DX: LACERATION RT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 70 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 |
| ? CHIP FX, CONT & LAC L HAND/70YOM AT HOME WORKING ON ENGINE WITH WRENC H WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT BANGED RT THUMB WHILE USING A WRENCH DX: RT 1ST DIGIT FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT PULLED ON A "BREAKER BAR" 1.5 WEEKS AGO AND HAD BACK PAIN WHICH RESO LVED. RETURNED TODAY AFTER STANDING ON CONCRETE. D:PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 76 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING TO THE FLOOR AFTER PL IERS LET GO AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lawn mowers |
| WAS USING A WRENCH TO CHANGE BLADES ON A LAWN MOWER; CUT HAND. ABRASION OF RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT HAND WITH A BOLT CUTTER. DX. 2 CM L 3RD FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT WAS HELPING FRIEND AND A WRENCH FELL ON ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT HAD PAIN AFTER TIGHTENING A NUT WITH A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 63 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, Workshop furnishings |
| PT WAS USING A WRENCH AT HOME, SLIPPED AND HIT HAND ON BENCH DX: RT HAND CONTUSION, LT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING IN SHOP - CUT ON PIECE OF METAL WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED 2.5 CM LACERATION 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 64 Y/O W/M RECEIVED SHOULDER PAIN WHEN AT HOME PICKING UP WRENCHES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION TO HER LT RING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 53 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 |
| L HAND LAC/53YOM ABOUT 15 MIN AGO CUT L PALM WITH WIRE CUTTERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2006 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes |
| BANGING ON PIPE WITH WRENCH AND HIT FACE WITH IT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER BY STRIKING IT WITH A WRENCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 59 YOM LACERATION FINGER USING PLIERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| TURNING A WRENCH AND FELT POP IN ARM SPRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes |
| PT CRUSHED LT MIDDLE FINGER BEWTEEN PIPE AND WRENCH DX: FX LT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Luggage |
| THUMB LAC-CUT ON PLIERS WHILE WORKING ON A SUITCASE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2006 | Age: 77 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 |
| HIT HAND WITH A WRENCH AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT CUT FINGER ON FENCE PULLER PLIERS AT HOME. DX: RT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RT SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT USING A PAIR OF PLIERS TO PULL A NAIL OUT OF HER TIRE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 54 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| INJURED HAND WITH A WRENCH TRYING TO TAKE BATTERY OUT OF CAR DX: R HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT INDEX AND THIRD FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH WHILE WORKIN G ON A CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND LACERATED FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| TWO SWOLLEN AND RED AREAS ON LOWER LEG INJURED BY A PLIER AT HOME ONE WEEK AGO. DX: RECENT SUPERFICIAL LACERATION AND ABRASION TO LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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