Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,350
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	134
Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	76
Year 2001:	236
Year 2002:	34
Year 2003:	152
Year 2004:	182
Year 2005:	163
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	80
Year 2008:	59
Year 2009:	61
Year 2010:	59

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	190
16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	871
50+ years old:	206

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/11/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
34 YOM LAC TO RLL ON PLIERS AT STORE DX: RLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
35 YM CUT LT SHIN ACCIDENTALLY W/ PAIR OF WIRE SNIPS DX##: LAC LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
10YOM DAD'S WRENCH FELL FROM SEVERAL FEET HITTING PATIENT ON CALF AT HO ME; CALF CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
STRUCK IN LEG ACCIDENTALLY BY WRENCH LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS WHILE ON BOAT. DX: L LOWER LEG LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
FIXING UP AN OLD TRUCK AT HOME WRENCH SLIPPED AND LEG HIT TRUCK MOTOR FAN. DX-LARGE LAC LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CHANGING TIRE AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HURT LEG. DX LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts
HIT WITH SOCKET WRENCH WHILE CHANGING TIRE L ANKLE & LEG CONTUSIION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON PLIERS THROWN BY BROTHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK BY A WRENCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
TWO SWOLLEN AND RED AREAS ON LOWER LEG INJURED BY A PLIER AT HOME ONE WEEK AGO. DX: RECENT SUPERFICIAL LACERATION AND ABRASION TO LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
TRIPPED OVER WRENCH&FELL " LEG PAIN" LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT DROPPED A WRENCH AND LACERATED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DROPPED A RATCHET ON LEG DX: L LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
SLIPPED AND HIT R LOWER LEG,CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT CLIMBING ON A CUPBOARD AND SLIPPED LEG HIT WIRE CUTTER DX LACERATIO N RT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WRENCH BROKE UNDER PRESSURE WHILE PT. USING IT PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS DX: LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A BOAT AT HOME WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LOWER LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. DX-LEFT TIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
36 YO BF - 2 PUNCTURE WOUNDS - WAS HIT BY A WRENCH ON L LATERAL CALF OF LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS CHANGING A TIRE WHEN LUG WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT RT KNEE-C/O PAIN; NONDISPLACE FRACTURE HEAD OF FIBULA (RT KNEE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION OF RT ANTERIOR LOWER LEG - S/P WHILE WORKING ON HIS CAR WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT TRIPPED AND HIT PLIERS. DX: LAC 1 CM CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2001	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2001	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2001	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/1999	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/1997	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/1997	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/1997	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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