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Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 521
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Date: 12/17/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ACCIDENTLY WITH A LUG WRENCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts
PT HIT HIS HEAD WITH A WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON A CAR DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
RATCHET WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD MILD CONCUSSION / 1 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CONCUSSION.PT WAS WORKING UNDER A CAR AND WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AN D HIT PT IN HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2006Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH A WRENCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CHI.PT HIT HEAD WITH A WRENCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
HIT ON THE HEAD W/ A METAL WRENCH BY A KNOWN NEIGHBOR KID NO LOC MINOR HEAD INJURY FRONTAL FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
HAD A WRENCH FALL ONTO HEAD RESULTING IN A HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
BIPOLAR 11 YO BROTHER HIT PT HEAD W/VISE GRIPS, LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Floors or flooring materials
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING TO THE FLOOR AFTER PL IERS LET GO AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN THE HEAD WITH BOLT CUTTERS DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Ladders
WIRE CUTTERS ON TOP OF LADDER FELL HITTING PT IN HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CONC. PT WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN IT LET LOOSE AND HIT PT IN HEAD.,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT USING A PAIR OF PLIERS TO PULL A NAIL OUT OF HER TIRE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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