Accidents - Wire - Year 2002 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,269
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	20
6-15 years old:	112
16-25 years old:	137
26-50 years old:	618
50+ years old:	379

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
WORKING ON CAR-WIRE WELDING- WIRE WENT INTO HAND PUNCTURE WOUND HAND WITH CELLULITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE WOUND TO L INDEX FINGER W/WIRE AT HOME TODAY. DX. PUNCTURE WO UND TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LACERATION HAND - 35 YOM WAS HELPING A FRIEND AND LACERATED PALM OF RIG HT HAND NEAR THUMB ON SOME WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PATIENT HIT HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL WIRE AT HOME; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING WIRE TIE OFF W/HUNTING KNIFE. DX: 5 CM L PALM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
HIT HAND AGAINST EXPOSED WIRE DX. HAND ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	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: Wire
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Wire, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ELECTRICAL BURN ON HAND WHEN STUCK WIRE INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
78 Y/O M C/O PUNTURE WOUND - CUT HAND ON RUSTY WIRE. DX: LACERATION RIGHT H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
47 Y.O. B MALE W/PW TO HAND. PT INJ SELF ON A PIECE OF WIRE. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 42 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: Wire
42YOM BIT BY OWN DOG WHILE TRYING TO CUT WIRE OFF OF DOG'S PAW DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT BY WIRE; HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT STES CUT HER PALM ON CHICKEN WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
METAL WIRE PIERCED LT. PALMDX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT. HAND, ALLERGIC REACTI ON TO ANCEF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PATIENT WAS ROLLING A WHEELBARROW PAST A POST AND CUT HIS HAND ON AWIRE ON THE POST AT HOME. DX-5CM LACERATION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Knives with replaceable blades
CUT COPPER WIRE W/RAZOR KNIFE, CUT L THUMB. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Wire, Batteries
PT HOLDING WIRE CONNECTED TO BATTERY, CHEMICAL AND THERMAL BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT PUNCTURED HAND ON WIRE, PUNCTURE L PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE PALM OF THE HAND- GOT A PIECE OF WIRE STUCK IN HI S HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Wire
PT WAS BURNED ON ELECTRIC WIRE IN CAR. DX: FULL THICKNESS BURN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Knives
PT CUT HAND WHEN CUTTING WIRE ON CAR WITH KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
HAND LACERATION- INJURED ON A PIECE OF WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	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
TRYING TO PULL A WIRE OUT OF THE GROUND AND LACERATED PALM OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STUCK SELF WITH WIRE DX: PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM A WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT WHO CAME DUE TO CUT WITH WIRE TO RT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
CELLULITIS RT HAND, NECROTIC TISSUE RT HAND- INJURED HAND ON WIRE 1 WEE K AGO DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL NOW AND HAND IS INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
HIT HAND WHILE WORKNG ON WIRE DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 62 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
PT.REFER YESTERDAY HAD A WOUND ON RT.HAND WITH A PIECE OF WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT C/O RT HAND STUCK W/A WIRE - DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT LACERATED HAND ON WIRE MESH DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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