Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 947
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	22
Year 1998:	150
Year 1999:	174
Year 2001:	211
Year 2004:	31
Year 2005:	78
Year 2007:	69
Year 2008:	170
Year 2010:	38

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	63
16-25 years old:	99
26-50 years old:	610
50+ years old:	174

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/15/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
55 YOF PULLED DOWN A WRENCH & INJURED LT UPPER ARM. DX**: LT UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
USING A WRENCH ARM SLIPPED HEARD A "POP" IN ARM TENDON INJURY UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SUSTAINED BICEP RUPTURE , MUSCLE STRAIN WHEN PULLING ON A WRENCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 39 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT COMPLAINED OF PAIN AFTER USING BOLT CUTTERS, RIGHT UPPER ARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY CUTT RIGHT UPPER ARM ONTO A WIRE CUTTER, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DROPPED WRENCH ON ARM @ HOME DX UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT.'S BROTHER THREW A WRENCH AT PT AND HIT L ARM. DX. CONT L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 42 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PULLING DOWN ON PIPE WRENCH, SUDDEN UPPER ARM PAIN. " TENDON INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT HAS CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN PINCHED WITH PLIERS WHEN PLAYING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
TATTOOED OR BRANDED HIMSELF WITH ALLEN WRENCH AND FIRE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE 4 DAYS AGO; UPPER/LOWER ARMS BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
TURNING A WRENCH TODAY DX BICEP TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Industrial		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS USING A PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS AND HE FLEXED HIS BICEPS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN, SUSTAINED " UPPER ARM STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2001	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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2001	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/1999	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/1999	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/1999	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/1998	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/1998	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/1997	Age: 48 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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