Accidents - Wire - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,182
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	441	Finger:	360
Wrist:	208	Foot:	191
Hand:	178	Toe:	110
Lower Trunk:	102	Lower Leg:	101
Face:	92	Upper Trunk:	90
Head:	69	Elbow:	62
Ear:	62	Lower Arm:	46
Ankle:	16	Upper Arm:	16
Upper Leg:	16	Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
50YOM WAS SCRATCHING CHEST AND PULLED OUT A WIRE FOREIGN BODY CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
30YO WHITE MALE AT HOME IN BACKYARD POKED BY A RUSTY WIRE TO R THUMB 2 DAYS AGO,C/O SWELLING-REDNESS-PAIN, DX ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN CUTTING A PIECE OF WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
ACUTE L LOWER LUMBAR REGION SPRAIN: TRIPPED OVER A WIRE WHILE AT A HOUSE FOR SALE, FELL OVER APPROX. 5 FT EMBANKMENT, PAIN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK EYE WITH WIRE CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
31 Y/O/F TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A WIRE DX: HEAD CONTUSION / NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO RIB WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A WIRE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
35 YO M WORKING AT HOME LAST WEEK WHEN REACHED UP & FELT SOMETHING SHAR P ON WRIST. UNSURE IF BUG BITE OR TOUCHED WIRE. WORSE NOW. DX:ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 40 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: Wire
CUT FINGER ON A WIRE LAST WEEK, NOW SEEMS INFECTED .DX. FINGER LACERATI ON, JOINT PAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
33YOF GOT RIGHT ELBOW STUCK W/ CHICKEN WIRE C/O ABRASION/BRUISE. DX: TE TANUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED FINGER LACERATION WHEN IT CUT IT ON A WIRE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION OF LEFT EYE - WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF WIRE, PATIENT STATES WIRE BOUNCED BACK, HITTING HIM IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND STUBBED (R) BIG TOE DX;# CONTUSION (R) BIG TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
38 YR OLD POKED SELF IN EYE WITH WIRE AT HOME DX// LEFT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
PT DX PENETRATING INJURY TO EYEBALL - PICKED UP CABLE WIRE AND HIT LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire, Footwear
PT WEARING FLIP FLOPS STEPPED ON A METAL WIRE THAT WENT THROUGH THE BOT TOM OF FLIP FLOP INTO RIGHT FOOT PW FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
WIRE STUCK IN L ARM, PULLED IT OUT DX: PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
ORREC/O FOOT PAIN STEPPED ON PIECE OF WIRE IN FOOT WHILE WALKING IN HER YARD. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire, Footwear
STEPPED ON A PC OF FENCE WIRE W/*** & THINKS A PC OF FLIP FLOP IS IN BO TTOM OF R FOOT DX FB REMOVAL R FOOT *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT. STEPPED ON RUSTY WIRE YEST. IN RIVER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND - R GREAT TOE, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
PT DX FOREIGH BODY TO LT LEG - C/O SMALL PIECE OF WIRE STUCK IN LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 43 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: Wire
HIT IN FACE BY WIRE AND LAC BROW AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
^PT WALKING IN STREET STRUCK BY A WIRE THAT FELL OFF A TRUCK DX// FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Football
PT STATES HE STEPPED ON A WIRE LAST NIGHT WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL, HAS A LAC B/W BIG AND 2ND TOES. DX. LAC R FOOT B/W BIG & 2ND TOES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Wire
PT BURNED (L) MIDDLE & RING FINGERS ON A HOT WIRE DX;; 2ND DEGREE BURN (L) MIDDLE & RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
WRIST & HAND INJURY FROM CUTTING WITH WIRE. DX-LEFT WRIST LACERATION 6 CM, RIGHT HAND LACERATION 2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREARM WHEN A METAL WIRE WENT THROUGH HIS FOREARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT WAS HANGING WIRES AND WAS POKED IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED ON SOME WIRES IN THE BASEMENT&FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 6-8 STAIRS, C/O LBP>>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
CORN ABR. PT POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
FEELS EAR IS STOPPED UP FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL A METAL WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
40 YOM STUCK WIRE IN LEG TO RELIEVE INFECTION CELLULITIUS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 26 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: Wire, Tools
ACC CUT HAND WITH A ?HOOK BLADE WHILE CUTTING A WIRE, +BLEEDING CONTROL LED >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT FINGER ON A METAL WIRE LACERATION LEFT SECOND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
A PIECE OF METAL WAS IN THE WOOD THE PT WAS CUTTING AND JABBED PT IN FACE. WIRE IS PROTRUDING FROM JAW DX FB IN JAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREARM WHEN HE WAS PICKING UP INDUSTRIAL WIRE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
30 Y/O STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE IN RIGHT THUMB TIP, NOW SWELLING. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF DIRTY WIRE, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
RUNNING ACROSS YARD AT MOM S HOME WHEN TRIPPED ON PC OF WIRE HYPEREXTEN DING L WRIS AS SHE LANDED DX CONTUSION R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
WAS TYING SOME WIRES TOGETHER AND WAS SCRATCHED IN EYE BY ONE DX- CORN EAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
UNBELTED DRIVER, GOING 60MPH ON SIDE ROAD, HIT WIRES/CABLES HANGING DOW N, SWERVED&JAMMED ONTO THE BRAKE, NOW WITH NECK&LBP>>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
^46 Y/O C/O FOOT PAIN CAUGHT FOOT IN WIRE WHILE CLIMBING INTO BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK, FELL. DX-LEFT ANKLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
REPORTS TRIPPING OVER WIRES IN THE GARAGE&FELL LANDING ONTO SHOULDER >>HUMRUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT'S DAUAGHTER WAS SWINGING A PIECE OF WIRE THAT HIT PT IN R EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT FINGER WHILE STRIPPING A WIRE DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
CLEANING SON'S ROOM AND LEG CAUGHT ON WIRE AND FELL RESULTING IN HIP P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire, Ceilings and walls
PUNCTURED BY COPPER WIRE WHILE TAKING APART A CEILING INFECTED PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
CORNEAL ABRASION W/J SUBCONJUNTIVAL HEMMORRAGE, PT WAS POKED IN EYEWITH A WIRE WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO CAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
28 YOM WAS HIT IN EYE WITH WIRE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER ON A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
43YOM ACCIDENTLY POKED RT INDEX FINGER TIP TWO DAYS AGO ON A WIRE AT HOME;CELLULITIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
SCRATCHED R EYE ON A PIECE OF WIRE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Wire
SLIPPED ON WET GROUND, FELL, GRABBED WIRE. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WHILE USING PLIERS TO REMOVE RUBBER FROM WIRES, PLIERS SLIPPED, PT HIT SELF IN LIP, LACERATION TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
ABRASION RT.LEG.PT.REFERS ABRASION WITH A METAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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