Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,769
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	689	Finger:	375
Shoulder:	154	Face:	102
Pubic Region:	80	Wrist:	70
Upper Leg:	70	Upper Arm:	69
Mouth:	34	Ear:	30
Head:	30	Upper Trunk:	15
Foot:	15	Lower Trunk:	15
Neck:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH A WRENCH WHILE WORKING UNDER SINK, ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
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: 10/21/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes
CHEST WALL CT-WRENCH SLIPPED-PIPE HIT CHEST-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
DROPPED PLIERS ON FOOT/FOOT CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS AT HOME USING A PIPE WRENCH, IT SLIPPED CAUSING A RT 3RD FINGER FX WITH HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A WRENCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 81 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, Pipes
PT AT HOME UING A PIPE WRENCH ON A PIPE SLIPPED INJ R HAND/ DX LAC R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT SHOULDER STR. PT FELL WHEN TRIPPING OVER A WRENCH LAYING ON GARAGE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
THUMB NAIL AVULSION-INJURED ON A WRENCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 57 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
PT SLIPPED W/WRENCH. DX: 3 CM LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 79 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, Motor vehicles or parts
OLD LACERATION HAND: AT HOME HOLDING WRENCH IN HAND CHANGING BED ON TRUCK, SON TURNED WRENCH, LACERATION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
51YOM WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH TO TURN A WRENCH,FELT PULLING SENSATION IN SHOULDER;SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Pipes
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WRENCH TO FIX A PIPE, HIT HAND CAUSING A RT HAND HEMATOMA, AND ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 64 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, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT CUTTING HOLE IN WALL, WRENCH JERKED BACK AND HIT HIS HAND. DX-LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 72 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 INJ SELF @ HOME WITH BOAT WRENCH CUT LT HAND DX L HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
ACUTE L SHOULDER STRAIN, POSSIBLE ROTATOR CUFF OR BICEP TENDON INJURY: TIGHTENING WITH WRENCHES ONE WEEK AGO, LT SHOULDER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 55 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
USING WRENCH AT HOME SUST LAC TO R HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED DX R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
55 YO M FRACTURED FINGER AVULSION TO TIP PINCHED FINGER IN SPROCKET AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS HAD PX SINCE PUSHING ON WRENCH TO TAKE OFF A BOLT ON HIS CAR. DX: R SHOULDER TENDINITIS, NECK STRAIN, DJD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 56 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: Nerve Damage
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Wire
PT WAS CUTTING HEAVY WIRE WITH WIRE CUTTERS-LEFT HAND-??POSSIBLE CARPEL TUNNEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PATIENT HIT SELF ON THE HEAD WITH A WRENCH ACCIDENTALLY. DX-CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 64 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, Lawn mowers
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: TIGHTENING BLADE TO LAWN MOWER WITH WRENCH, INJURED HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
REACHED FOR WRENCH AND CUT FINGER ON METAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PUT WRENCH AROUND PENIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
ABRASION HAND WHILE WORKING WITH A WRENCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 52 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 INJURED HAND WITH PLIERS AT HOME DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 63 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
LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION.PT WAS UNDER A CAR USINIG A WRENCH AND WRENCH FELL AND LACERATED EYEBROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts
PT SLIPPED WITH WRENCH AND HIT HAND ON TRUCK DX: RT HAND INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
INJURED LEG WHEN CAUGHT ON A WRENCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 59 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, Lawn mowers
LAWN MOWER WRENCH SLIPPED, CUT FINGER ON MOWER BLADE DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS HELPING SON W/CAR & RATCHET WRENCH HIT EAR. DX: L EAR CANAL LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	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
HAND LAC-CUT ON RUSTY PLIERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Motor vehicles or parts
LUMBAR STRAIN-PAIN SINCE USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN TIRE LUGNUTS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
CHI.PT WAS USING A WRENCH AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 75 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
75 YO INJURED HAND ON WRENCH LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
USING WRENCH HIT WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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