Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,349
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	724	Face:	514
Finger:	427	Wrist:	173
Head:	148	Eyeball:	146
Elbow:	71	Mouth:	59
Knee:	15	Upper Arm:	15
Upper Leg:	15	Lower Arm:	14
Lower Trunk:	14	Shoulder:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Go-carts
PT WAS IN A GO-CARRT AND HAD A PAIR OF PLIERS IN PANTS AND CRASHED GO C ART PLIERS WENT INTO THIGH AND DAMAGES FEMORAL ARTERY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 22 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
CUT TO HAND ON WRENCH DX: HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A WRENCH AND IT HIT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 25 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: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX LAC HAND-COMPLICAT: W WORK'G ON HIS TRUCK WHEN, WHIL PUT'G ALL HIS WT & STRENGHT INTO TURN'G WRENCH, IT SLIP'D & HIS R KNUCKLE HIT EQUP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 21 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 WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH, WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
ALLEN WRENCH BROKE IN PTS HAND 2 DAYS AGO AT HOME, LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 23 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, Motor vehicles or parts
CONTUSION HAND - 23 YO MALE STATES HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH & CAR FRAME WHEN WORKING ON HIS CAR LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 22 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
PT WORKING ON CAR WITH PLIERS AT HOME SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HIT EYE RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND WRENCH DROPPED ON ARM CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 18 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
THUMB INJURY FROM CUTTING LEFT THUMB WITH WIRE CUTTERS. DX- LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT STATES HAND PAIN WHILE USING A WRENCH AT HOME TO FIX VECHICLE FX RT METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 19 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
ACCIDENTALLY WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS HAS LAC TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 16 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 HIT SELF WITH A WRENCH AT HOME TODAY DX// FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 20 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Power saws
IMPALED FB LEFT HAND - 20 YO MALE WAS TIGHTENING A SAWBLADE WITH A ALLE N WRENCH AND HE "HIT THE SWITCH" - LEFT HAND IMPALED BY ALLEN WRENCH
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts
PT CHANGING THE WATER PUMP ON HER CAR WHEN THE WRATCHET WRENCH SLIPPED STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 21 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
JAMMED THUMB AND FINGER ON WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED/ LAC RIF, LAC W/PARTI AL NAIL AVULSION RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
BANGED IN MOUTH WITH A WRENCH. DX. DENTAL FX., LIP LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Book bags or back carriers
PT STRUCK IN HEAD WITH A PIPE WRENCH BY ACCIDENT WHILE IT WAS BEING PLA CED IN HER BACKPACK, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 18 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
DX R HAND CONTU: C/O R HAND PAIN X 1D ATHRER HITTING CLOSED FIST ON TRUCK ENGINE W HAND SLIPPED OOF WRENCH W TRY'G TO TIGHTEN OIL CAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY CUTT RIGHT UPPER ARM ONTO A WIRE CUTTER, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 19 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
CUT ON PIECE OF METAL WHEN WRENCH LET GO 3 CM HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 22 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
HIT SELF WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED/FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 24 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
WRENCH SLIPPED OF NUT AND CUT HAND-LAC RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED. DX: SCALP ABR, HEMOPHILIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Alcohol
PT + ETOH HIT IN FACE WITH WRENCH AT HOME DX/ FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 21 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 ACCID STABBED SELF IN FACE W/NEEDLENOSE PLIERS. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT C/O BOLT CUTTING HEAD WHILE USING THEM. DX; FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 24 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
PT POSSIBLY INJURED FINGER ON PLIERS YESTERDAY, TO ER WITH CONTUSION TO FINGER WITH INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME R WRIST;HAND/24YOM C/O R WRIST & HAND PAIN AFTER USING A WRENCH FOR 8 HOURS. HISTORY OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FB TO RIGHT HAND, WRENCH SLIPPED, HITTING HAND, NO MENTION OF WHAT FOREIGN BODY MAY HAVE BEEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
STRUCK ON HAND ABY WRENCH HE WAS GRINDING/ CONTUSION ABRASION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
NASAL CT-ACCIDENTLY HIT NOSE W/A WRENCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 17 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DX CONTU SOFT TISSUE: WORKING ON HIS TRUCK, BLOCK SLIPPED; TRUCK FELL ON HIM, PINCHING HIM AGAINST GROUND WHERE WRENCH HIT HIS L SIDE BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 23 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FINGER CT-CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH & GRINDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 20 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS TIGHTING WITH A WRENCH ON A CAR & HAND WENT THRU A WINDOW DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE USING AN AIR WRENCH. DX: RIGHT EYE IRRITATION POST FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WRIST STR. PT WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH AND FLEXED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT FELT POP & SHARP PAIN IN SHOULDER WHEN TURNING 4-WAY WRENCH TO TIGHT EN LUG NUTS ON TIRE, STILL W/SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 18 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 WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING FACE SUSTAINED A LACERATIION TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	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 HIT IN THE FACE WITH A WRENCH AT HOME TODAY DX/ NASAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FOREHAD LAC. HIT IN HEAD W A WRENCH. FRIEND'S BOYFRIEND THREW IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 22 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
HAND SLIPPED WHILE USING A WRENCH-LAC TO RT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 20 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
FACIAL LAC/20YOM STS HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE FACE WITH A WRENCH ACCIDENTA LLY AT ABOUT 12:30P TODAY CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS PUSHING A WRENCH & IT SLIPPED OFF & PT STRUCK FINGER AGAINST A PC OFMETAL AT SCHOOL DX: FRACTURED LEFT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 23 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, Vises or workshop clamps
DX LAC R MIDDLE FINGER: REPAIRING WEAPON, HAD IT IN VICE AND TIGHTENING WITH WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HAND HIT ON VICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 21 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
DROPPED WRENCH TO EYE DX: EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 24 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
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY STABBED WITH PLIERS BELOW EYE. DX; FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CONTUSION WRIST - 25 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT WRIST PAIN AFTER WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FRIEND HIT ELBOW WITH WRENCH BLUNT TRAUMA TO LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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