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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,103
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WORKING WITH A WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| CUT FINGER ON DIRTY WRENCH/ LAC LMF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS USING A RATCHET ON TIRE AND SLIPPED. DX: AMPUTATION R THUMB TIB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WAS WORKING ON PICKUP WITH WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED, LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 97YOM-ABRASION TOP HEAD-USING PAIR OF PLIERS-DROPPED ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT STATES THAT HIS WRENCH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PULLING UP ON WRENCH & HIT SELF IN LIP. 3CM LAC LOWER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT IN HIS SHOP WORKING ON A CAR YANKED ON A WRENCH IT CAME LOOSE HIS AR M FLEW BACK AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL LACERATION LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE AND WAS USING A WRENCH WITH ALOT OF TORK WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT HAD A WRENCH FALL ONTO HIS RIGHT THUMB CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT USING A WRENCH AT HOME WHEN IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIGH T THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING A WRENCH & PULLING W/ RT ARM. ACUTE RT ELBOW SOFT TISSUE INJURY 2 ND TO TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 61 Y.O. B MALE W/FACIAL CONTUSION. PT INJ WHILE FIXING A SEED SPREADER W/A WRENCH @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 55 YO M PULLING HARD ON WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED HIT IN FACE LAC EYEBROW/FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| USING CAR WRENCH AT HOME, SAFETY CAME OFF, WRENCH HIT PT R HAND. DX. F X/CONT R PROXIMATL METACARPAL MIDSHAFT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Tables |
| PATIENT LIFTED A WRENCH ACROSS A TABLE AT HOME INJURING HIS CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION FOREARM - STRUCK ARM WITH NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 61 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 66 YOM STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE CHEST W/ A WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON HIS CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Tractors |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH ON HIS TRACTOR WHEN THE WRENCH FLEW OFF THE TRACTOR CLUTCH AND HIS HIS LIP. DX-5CM LAC. LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 51YOM @ HOME PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND FROM WRENCH DX 1INCH LAC R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| TURNING A WRENCH FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HAND DX: HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PATIENT PINCHED HIS FINGER WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS AT HOME. DX-FINGER PAIN AND SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| LACERATION FINGER - 83 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS ABOUT 1/2 HR AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 59 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY WRENCH LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 51 Y/O M C/O NECK AND BACK PAIN. HURT NECK AND BACK WHILE PULLING WREN CH. DX; NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| WORKING ON CAR, STRUCK BY LARGE WRENCH/ FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 64 YO BM - CELLULITIS LEFT HAND - INJURED WHILE WORKING ON A CAR ENGINE & THE WRENCH SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WORKING ON A BOAT TRAILEWR AT HOME WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 1.5 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB CUTTING WITH FENCIN PLIERS. LACERATION RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 65 YOM WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON HIS CAR AT HOME WITH A LUG WRENCH AND INJURING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lawn mowers |
| WORKING ON LAWNMOWER SLIPPED - WRENCH HIT HIM LACERATION RIGHT EYEBROW 1 1/2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lawn mowers |
| PT HIT SELF IN FACE WITH WRENCH WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE LAWNMOWER BLADE DX: LAC LT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes |
| PATIENT WAS INSTALLING A PIPE WHEN THE WRENCH JAMMED SLIPPED AND CAME LOOSE INJURING HIS THUMB. DX-THUMB LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| MINOR LIP LAC/52YOM AT HOME DROPPED A WRENCH ON HIS FACE. INJURED LIP. HE WAS SORKING OVERHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PW, LAC'S X 3 TO LT HAND. WRENCH SLIPPED, HIT SHARP EDGE. DX; LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 65 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: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 65 YOM CUT HAND ON WIRE CUTTERS LACERATION L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| DISLOCATED SHOULDER WHEN USING WRENCH TO WORK ON TRUCK AND WRENCH SLIPP ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT LAC LT HAND ON A WRENCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT USING A HOOK WRENCH AT HOME WHEN IT SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGH T FIFTH FINGER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Lubricants |
| PT. HIT WRIST 3 WEEKS AGO ON WRENCH WHILE CHANGING OIL. LAST NIGHT IT STARTED SWELLING AND WAS SORE. DX. R WRIST GANGLION CYST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PULLING WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED OFF BOLT DX. FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT CRUSHED L THUMB WITH BOLD CUTTERS, LACERATION L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| 62 YOM'S HAND SLIPPED WHILE USING A IMPACT WRENCH TO FIX CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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