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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 986
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 50 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 |
| 50 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHILE USING WRENCH AT HOME. DX; R HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT CAUGHT HAND IN PLIERS AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WHILE USING A WRENCH , THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT THE PT IN THE HAND, C/O PAIN. DX: TENDENITIS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS CUT WHILE USING THE WRENCH DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 42 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 WAS WORKING ON CAR IN HIS FATHER'S GARAGE, A RACHET FLEW BACK AND HI T HIM ON THE L HAND. DX. LAC, CONT L HAND. (I THINK A TYPE OF WRENCH) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 31 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 |
| 31 YO M CONTUSION TO HAND HIT WITH A WRENCH 1 WEEK AGO AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 40 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 WORKING ON HIS CAR WHEN THE WRENCH BROKE HAND SLIPPED STRUCK THE CAR ENGINE FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47 YO M CONTUSION TO HAND INJURED WHEN WRENCH PT WAS USING SLIPPED AND HIT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| RT HAND CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED AND INJURED HAN D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| HAND STR. PT STRAINED HAND WHEN USING A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 26 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 |
| LEFT HAND INJURY USING WRENCH WORKING ON ENGINE. DX-ACUTE LEFT HAND INJURY, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 37 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 |
| PT STATES HIT HAND WITH A LUNG WRENCH AT HOME DX: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 44 Y/O M INJURED LT HAND PICKING UP HOT WRENCH AT HOME. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts |
| HAND STRAIN-USING A WRENCH-TWISTED HAND-HIT CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 29 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 HAND ON A WRENCH. DX. HAND LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 44 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 |
| PT BRUISED HAND WHEN SQUEEZED A PAIR OF PLIERS AT HOME AND HAND STARTED HURTING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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