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Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 674
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Date: 12/16/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LAC L HAND - CUT HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WORKING ON CAR AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO USING WRENCH, WRENCH CAME OFF AND PT HIT RT HAND, CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT DOING HOME PLUMBING AND USING PLIERS WHEN AND NUMBNESS AND WEAKNESS IN HAND/ARM. D: HAND WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS USING WRENCH AT HOME, IT SLIPPED HITTING KNUCKLE. DX. LAC L HAN D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CUT HAND ON BOLT CUTTER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Saws
PT WAS CHANGING A SAW BLADE AND THE WRENCH SHE WAS USING KICKED BACK AN D CUT HER HAND/ LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
HIT HAND ON METAL WRENCH/ CONTUSION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2005Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Power sanders
HIT HAND ON SPANNER WRENCH WHILE CHARGING DISK ON SANDER DX CONT/HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A SOCKET WRENCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Hammers
WAS HOLDING PLYERS THAT SLIPPED WHEN SOMEONE HIT WITH SLEDGEHAMMER, DX; LACERATION TO PALM OF R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND ON BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WHILE CHANING TIRES, PT STRUCK HAND WITH PLIERS, CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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