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Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,509
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:904Hand:442
Face:419Mouth:162
Wrist:136Head:78
Upper Trunk:77Lower Arm:69
Eyeball:68Shoulder:39
Neck:33Ankle:30
Ear:30Lower Trunk:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/22/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SLIPPED W/WRENCH. DX: R EAR LAC 2 X 1CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
GOT HIT IN CHEST WITH FALLING WRENCH DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
"MY HEAD WAS HIT BY A RATCHET WHILE DOING A MOVIE WITH A FRIEND FOR FILM CLASS" DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT C/O WORKING ON A CAR EARLIER TODAY PT STAES THAT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUS ING PT'S HAND TO SCRAPE AGAINST PLATIC RT INDEX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT USING A WRENCH AT HOME WHEN IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A CRUSH INJUYRY TO RIGHT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WORKING ON HIS CAR WITH FRIENDS WHEN GOT POKED UNDER EYE WITH PAIR O F PLIERS. D: FACE LACERATION, LACRIMAL SAC LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX CONTUSION TO HEAD: WRENCH FELL AND STRUCK HEAD AT HOME WHILE WORKING ON CAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS USING A WRENCH TO UNDO A LUG NUT ON THE WHEEL OF A CAR AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR L ARM FORCED TO THE FLOOR PUSHING HARD ON L ARM W ITH WRENCH FELT CRUNCH POP IN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
19 YO BM - LAC. R. THUMB - SELF-INFLICTED ACCIDENTALLY WITH WIRE CUTTER S WHICH SLIPPED WHILE PUTTING SCREWS ON RADIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS ACCID HIT IN FACE W/WRENCH. DX: 3 CM STELLATE LAC L CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT. WORKING WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH AT HOME ,WHEN IT STRUCK PT. IN LT. RI NG FINGER CAUSING PAIN. DX. LT. RING FINGER JOINT SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS WORKING ON A DISEL TRUCK WITH A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING H IM TO STRIKE HIS ON ON THE TRUCK. DX. CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON CAR AND PT LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WORKING ON ENGINE, WRENCH SLIPPED AND PT HIT HAND ON ENGINE. FX RT I NDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX LACERATION 3RD DIGIT: CUT FINGER ON WRENCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
3 CM WRIST LACERATION, CAUGHT ON RATCHET STRAP WHILE CHANGING TIRE ON MOTORCYCLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WORKING ON CAR, WRENCH SLIPPED/ LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
25 YOM WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED INJURING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
SUPERFICIAL LT 4TH FINGER LACERATION WITH REPAIR, FOREIGN BODY L 3RD DIGIT W/ REMOVAL, WORKING ON CAR, WRENCH SLIPPED, HAND HIT ROTAR ON CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SEEN FOR LIP LAC AFTER HITTING W/ A WRENCH WHILE FIXING A CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
L CORNEAL ABRAS/23YOM USING WRENCH ON MOTORCYCLE AND SLOMETHING FLEW OF F WRENCH OR BIKE INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
20 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHEN WORKING WITH SPOCKET WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AT HOME. DX; R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH ON A CAR AND IT SLIPPED AND PT LACERATED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FINGER LAC-WORKING ON CAR BRAKES WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED-CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
20 YOM WAS HIT IN FACE ACCIDENTALLY BY A WRENCH WHILE FIXING HIS CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT CUT RT 4TH FINGER ON WIRE CUTTERS; 0.5CM LACERATION RT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS HIT BY WIRE CUTTER. DX: CONT L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
24 Y.O. M W/SPRAINED HAND WHILE USING PLIERS WORKING ON TRUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WAS WORKING ON A CAR, STATED A VICEGRIP FELL ONTO RT FOREARM. C/O PAIN. SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT CUT BY WRENCH; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO EYELID FROM RATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LACERATION RIGHT HAND, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM WHILE WORKING ON HIS TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
HIT SELF WITH RATCHET DX: R EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX FACIAL LACERATION: HIT CHIN ON WRENCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WORKING ON CAR ENGINE WITH RATCHET, HAND SLIPPED,/ AVULSION NAIL LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
24 YO M RATCHET BROKE WHILE WORKING ON CAR. DX LACERATION TO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CRUSH INJURY LT RING FINGER. CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 WRENCHES. DX; CRUSH/ FX LT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LEFT FOREHEAD ABRASION/CONTUSION.PT WAS WORKING UNDER A CAR WITH A WREN CH AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND INJURED FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, All-terrain vehicles
PT WORKING ON 4-WHEELER AND WRENCH FLEW OUT OF PT HAND HITTING HIM IN T HE FACE ABOVE R EYE. DX LAC ABOVE R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
16 YO MALE WAS HIT WITH WRENCH IN LOWER BACK TWO DAYS AGO CONTUSION BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
THUMB LAC-AT HOME-CUT ON WRENCH THAT SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WORKING ON CAR - WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HAND & HIT HAND AGAINST ENGINE BLOCK. DX COMPLEX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION: INJURED FINGER AFTER DROPPING WRENCH ON IT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LAC TO R THUMB AREA S/P SLIPPING W/WRENCH AND CUTTING ON METAL AT SCHOO L. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
24 YOM HAD WRENCH FALL AND HIT LIP LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WAS WORKING ON CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED INJURING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
RT MIDDLE FINGER ABRASION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND INJU RED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CERVICAL STRAIN - 25 YOM PULLED HARD ON A WRENCH, C/O PAIN IN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
23 Y.O. H MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT CUT SELF WHILE TURNING A WRENCH. HE SAI D HIS HAND SLIPPED. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LEFT 2ND FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH ON CAR AND WRENCH SLIP PED AND LACERATED PTS FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
HAND CT-FIXING CAR-HIT HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A PAIR OF PLIERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT WAS WORKING UNDER A CAR WITH A WRENCH AND WRENCH FELL AND HIT PT IN FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT STEPPED ON RATCHET AND INVERTED ANKLE. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
21 YOM WAS WORKING ON CAR WHEN WRENCH BROKE CUTTING HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FACIAL CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A WRENCH ON FACE WHILE WORKING ON A CAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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