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Accidents - Wire - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,961
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:501Hand:379
Lower Leg:281Lower Arm:267
Upper Arm:252Knee:227
Foot:219Wrist:197
Lower Trunk:146Face:114
Shoulder:83Ear:83
Ankle:83Upper Trunk:31
Eyeball:30Internal:15
Elbow:15Upper Leg:15
Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/28/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
CERVICAL STRAIN-SCRATCHED NECK ON A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
HUMERUS FX-FELL OVER A CLOTHING WIRE-WHILE SHOPPING-IN A STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE-CONTUSION BOTH KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wire
PT STATES SHE HAS A PC OF WIRE IN HER EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire, Footwear
LEFT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-PT STEPPED ON WIRE TODAY WITH SHOE ON. PT PULL ED THE WIRE OUT. BLEEDING CONTROLLED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 11/22/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
54 YO MALE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WIRE CONTUSION RIGHT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
ANKLE PAIN-TRIPPED ON SOME WIRES & FELL-AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Knives
INJURED CUTTING WIRE WITH KNIFE DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire, Metal containers
TRIPPED OVER WIRE CARRYING CANS TO TRASH DX. FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/31/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
CELLULITIS L INDEX FINGER - PIECE OF WIRE IN INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
FACIAL LAC, PT TRIPPED OVER A TELEPHONE WIRE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
HIT HAND AGAINST EXPOSED WIRE DX. HAND ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
PAPTIENT RAN INTO A PIECE OF WIRE RESULTING IN CELLULITIS TO HER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC TO FIGNER WHEN CAUGHT IN WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE DX. HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wire
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE FACE WITH A STEEL WIRE. DX-FACIAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire, Power lawn mowers
WIRE STICK IN BACK WHILE CUTTING LAWN (THROWN BY LAWN MOWER).DX ABR UPP UPPER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
STUFFING A RAW PIG WITHAWIRE FOR ROASTING AND SCRATCHED FINGER ON IT AN D DEVELOPED CELLULITIS TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
78 Y/O M C/O FB LEFT FINGER WIRE HOOK TO TIP OF FINGER. DX: FOREIGN BODY FINGER L RING, PUNTURE WOUND L RIGHT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
61 YOM CUT LEG ON LIECE OF WIRE DX LACERATION R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
75 YR OLD FEMALE WHILE WALKING IN HER YARD ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A WIRE BUT TRIPPED FALLING ON HER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 08/25/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire, Floors or flooring materials
86 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER WIRE AT HOME AND FELL ON WOODEN FLOOR RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
FELL ONE HOUR AGO ONTO LEFT WRIST AFTER TRIPPED ON A WIRE. DX: LEFT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE, COMMINUTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Wire
61 Y.O. W MALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A TWIST TIE THAT WAS IN HIS SALAD @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2002Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Mattresses
PT. STATES A WIRE WAS STICKING OUT OF MATTRESS AND CUT LEG AT NH. DX. LAC L LEG, CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
METAL WIRE IN FOOT-PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
77 TO WF - FRACTURED NASAL BONE - FELL WHILE WALKING IN HOSPITAL PARKI NG LOT - TRIPPED OVER WIRES IN GRASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER WIRES ON FLOOR AND CONTUSED KNEE AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
SPRAIN L ANKLE - TRIPPED OVER A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
LT FOREARM AB-INJURED ON RUSTY WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT LAC LT THUMB ON RUSTY WIRE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND CONTUSED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
HUMERUS FX.-PT TRIPPED OVER SOME WIRES AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PW TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PT. TRIPPED OVER WIRE IN GARDEN AND LANDED ON R SIDE. DX. HIP FX R.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PATIENT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO HUMERUS AFTER FALLING AND TRIPPING ON WIR E.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/10/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STUCK SELF WITH A PIECE OF WIRE DX. PW FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT WALKING ACROSS YARD & STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE. DX PUNTURE WOUND R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
85 YOF C/O LACERATION TO R FOREARM ON METAL WIRE DX: 3CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND TO R WRIST YEST W/RUSTY NAIL OR RUSTY WIRE. DX. PW L WR IST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
ACCIDENTALLY TRIPPED OVER A WIRE IN HER HOME INJURING L RING FINGERS. LRF CLOSED FX $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire, Paper products
FRACTURE LEFT HUMERUS, TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND FELL WHILE GOING TO BURN PAPERS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 06/03/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER WIRE IN HOSPITAL ICU WHERE HUSBAND IS PATIENT.FELL ONTO KNEE. D: CONTUSION, KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER - WAS STUCK ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A PIECE OF WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT LEFT CALF ON WIRELACERATION LEFT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
FX PROXIMAL TIBIA - SLIPPED AND FELL IN DITCH WHEN PICKING UP A ROLL OF WIRE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/19/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 05/19/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
FELL OVER WIRE, LANDED ON R ELBOW, FACE AND R KNEE. DX. FX R PROXIMALR ADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC RT 5TH FINGER - CUT FINGER ON CABLE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
TRIPPED. RT HIP PAIN. STATES FOOT CAUGHT IN WIRE. DX; CLOSED FX RT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/03/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
RIGHT FIB FX. PT INJURED LEG WHEN FALLING OVER A WIRE LAYING IN YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PT PUNCTURED HAND ON WIRE, PUNCTURE L PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
CUT FINGER ON WIRE DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
KNEELED ON A PIECE OF WIRE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO NOW FEELING PAIN IN LKNEE . L KNEE CONTUSION $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Farm/ranchFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LACERATION TO LOWER ARM FROM WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
STUCK SELF WITH WIRE DX: PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wire, Razors or shavers
SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA - INJURED LEFT THUMB WHILE FIXING TE WIRING IN THE DI NING ROOM WITH A RAZOR BLADE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
HIT SELF WITH BLUNT END OF WIRE. DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 03/20/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
TRIPPED ON WIRE, FELL DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
WALKING IN GROCERY STORE, FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN LOOP OF WIRE ON THE GROUND AND PT FELL. DX KNEE CONTS, HAND AND WRIST CONTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
ENTERING CONVENIENCE STORE FOR COFFEE, TRIPPED OVER CIRCLE OF WIRE LYING ON GROUND & FELL ON RIGHT SIDE. DX CONTUSION RT HIP AND RT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wire
PATIENT'S FOOT WAS HUNG IN WIRE, FELL. DX-SPRAIN LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 02/15/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
PT HAD HIS HORSE AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A PIECE OF WIRE IN ITS MANE- TR IED TO GET IT OUT- HORSE JUMED WIRE CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wire
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER - STUCK A PIECE OF GALVANIZED WIRE INTO LOWER POR TION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire
LAC FINGER ON METAL WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
AT HOME IN HIS YARD TRIPPE OVER A GUY-WIRE HOLDING UP A TREE FELL ONTO WRIST FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wire
TRIPPED OVER WIRE DX: ACUTE SCAPHO-LUNATE DISSOCIATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2002Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER WIRE ONE WEEK AGO AND FELL. SAW M.D., BUT WANTS PAIN CONTROL. D: HUMERUS FRACTURE, G.I. BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2002Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
$RT SHOULDER FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER SOME WIRE AND FELL ON SHOULD ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wire
PATIENTT TRIPPED ON WIRE AT HOME AND FELL. D: RADIUS/ULNA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
SOFT TISSUE INJ R SHOULDER/71YOWM STS WAS PULLING WIRES & THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE STRAINED R SHOULDER. C/O PAIN R SCAPULA AND ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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