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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 559
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT AT HOME USING A PIPE WRENCH INJ L RING FINGER/ DX CONTUSION L HAND 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN USING A PIPE CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING A WRENCH .IT SLIPPED INJURED THUMB ...CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CRUSHED (R) MIDDLE FINGER WHEN CHANGING A TIRE AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED ---CONTUSION (R) MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 53 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 |
| FINGER SMASHED BY WRENCH/ OPEN FX LT 5TH FINGER WITH NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 56 YOF WAS USING PAIR OF RUSTY PLIERS AND PINCHED LEFT RING FINGER SUST AINING AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 55 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, Wire |
| WAS USING A PLIERS TO BEND A WIRE - PLIERS SLIPPED - CUT FINGER. LACERA TION, RIGHT 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 74 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 |
| LEFT FINGER LAC, PT WAS USING PLIERS WHEN IT SLIPPED AND INJURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 60 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 |
| RT INDEX FINGER LAC.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND LACERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX OPEN R 5TH PROXIMAL PHALANX FX: S/P BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA FROM WRENCH & SPRING; FLEW UP & HIT PT IN L SIDE OF HEAD & LAC TO PINKY F |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Artificial flowers or plants |
| CUT FINGER WITH WIRE CUTTERS WHILE TRIMMING ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AT SHOP LAC LT INDEX * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 52 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 WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE ENGINE BLOCK SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT HIT THUMB WITH WRENCH 2 WEEKS AGO AND NAIL HAS BEEN LOOSE AND PAINFU L SINCE. D: FINGERNAIL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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