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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,093
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 65YOM STRUCK FOREHEAD W TORQUE WRENCH SUST LAC DX R FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2009 | Age: 75 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 |
| 75YOM WORKING ON HIS BOAT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED SUSTAINED A RIGHT HAN D LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | 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 |
| 52 YOM WORKING WITH PLIERS AND SLIPPED LACERATING RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT HAS (R) FOOT PAIN AFTER STOMPING ON SOCKET WRENCH WHILE TRYING TO CH ANGE A TIRE DX;# CONTUSION (R) FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT HAND WHILE USING A WRENCH TRYING TO TAKE EXHAUST PIPE OFF CARLACERA TION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND FX-57 Y/O M-WRENCH HIT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 78 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 FINGER WITH PAIR OF PLIERS AT HOME LACERATION FINGER # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 58 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: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HIT FINGER WITH WRENCH AND NOW IS INFECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | 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 |
| FINGER LAC-55 Y/O M-CUT ON A RATCHET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 65 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 WORKING ON A CAR, WRENCH SLIPPED & CUT (L) HAND DX;* (L) HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND METAL HOUSING/ CONTUSION LT 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CONTUSION TO RIGHT THUMB - HIT THUMB WITH WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON CAR MOTOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2009 | Age: 55 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION FINGER - 55 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CUT TO RIGHT 5TH DIGIT - F INGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND PIECE OF METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT @ HOME JAMMED (R) THUMB ON A WRENCH, HAS INCREASING PAIN DX;# CON TUSION (R) THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | 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 LAC LT HAND ON WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER WHILE USING A WRENCH ON A BOLT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND STAB SOUND-STABBED SELF W/ NEEDLENOSE PLIERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| KNEE PAIN-KNELT DOWN ON A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2009 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands |
| DX LAC HAND/TETANUS IMM: WORK'G ON CAR @ HOME, W PULL'G ON WRENCH W SLIP'D, HAND HIT PULLEY ON ENGINE RESULT'G IN LAC OVER 4TH KNUCKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 55 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: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS BOAT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED SUSTAINED A FINGER F RACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Day wear |
| KNEE LAC-HIT KNEE W/A WRENCH-CUT THROUGH JEANS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 63 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 WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND AFTER WRENCH SLIPPED. DX LACERATION RI GHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| STUCK SELF IN EYEBALL WITH PLIERS ACCIDENTALLY CORNEAL ABRASION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WRENCH SLIPPED LOOSENING BOLT LT 4TH FINGER CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2009 | 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 CUT THUMB ON WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON WATER PUMP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT LIP WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS LACERATION LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2009 | Age: 60 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, Lawn mowers |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS LAWN MOWER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO CUT HAND ON LAWN MOWER BLADE, DX; LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 54 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 |
| THREM WRENCH UP IN AIR TO GET AIRPLANE OUT OF TREE, TRIED TO CATCH THE WRENCH ON WAY DOWN. DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT 2ND & 3RD DIGITS OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | 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 AT HOME USING A METAL CUTTER CUT FINGER ON RHAND/ DX LAC R MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WITH LOWER BACK STRAIN WHILE PULLING ON A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CHEST PRESSURE WHEN PICKING UP WRENCHES ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | 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 |
| GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A BOLT CUTTER LACERATION RIGHT FIFTH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 54 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 54 YOM WHILE WORKING ON CAR STATES RATCHET SLIPPED AND CAUSED LACERATIO N TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, PT LEFT W/O BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME CUTTING WIRE WITH WIRE CUTTERS AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FI NGER DX LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| ^ACCIDENTLY HIT BY A WRENCH TIGHTING A BOLT ON A CAR LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT STATES WAS CHANGIG CAR TIRE AND ACCIDENTL HIT SELF WITHA WRENCH DXF OREHEAD PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/PLIERS. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL TEAR, DOUBLE VISION R EYE, ORBITAL ECCHYMOSIS, TRAUMATIC SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 54 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX LWOBS R THUMB LAC: WRENCH SLIP'D W WORK'G ON HIS CAR |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS USING A PLIERS AND NOW FEELS LIKE FINGER IS "OUT OF JOINT"/ CON TUSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT HIP PAIN 2 WKS, WORKING ON A CAR, TWISTING LUG WRENCH YEST, FELT POP 10/10 PAIN. DX: REFRACTORY PAIN, RT SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DX ELBOW PAIN/ELEVATED BLD PRESSURE: ACUTE ON CHR R ELBOW PN TODAY AFTER CHANG'G TIRE: 4-WAY TIME IRON SLIP'S CAUS'G HYPEREXT OF ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | 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: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT GREAT TOE PARONYCHIA: DROPPED A WRENCH ON TOE (2) DAYS AGO, REDNESS STARTED THIS MORNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 59YO HISP MALE AT HOME WORKING ON OWN TRUCK-USED R SHOULDER TO PULL ON WRENCH-WRIST HIT SOMETHING ON TRUCK,DX LACERATION R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2009 | Age: 61 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 |
| PT HAS BEEN WORKING ALOT AT HOME GRIPPING PLIERS WITH RIGHT HAND NOW HA ND HURTS STRAINED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2009 | Age: 73 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 A WRENCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Sinks |
| RT CLAVICLE FX.PT WAS USING A WRENCH UNDER SINK AND FELT A POP IN SHOU LDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 65 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 |
| PT SLIPPED AND LANDED ON ***S. DX: FACIAL LACS 5 CM. DX: FACIAL LACS 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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