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Other hand tools: injury statistics

Pry bars, manual drills and tools not specified in the record. In 2025 they were involved in an estimated 51,775 emergency room visits in the US.

Other hand tools
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51,775
ER visits in 2025
8.3%
admitted or transferred
+34%
change since 2016
24%
aged 65 or over

ER visits per year

2016–2025 · 1,065 sampled cases in 2025
2016: 38,59516’2017: 39,18617’2018: 32,39918’2019: 35,70719’2020: 33,69120’2021: 34,64021’2022: 41,15622’2023: 45,41223’2024: 51,96724’2025: 51,77525’

Injury type

Share of ER visits, 2021–2025

Laceration29%
Other16%
Contusion or abrasion14%
Fracture11%
Foreign body8.1%
Internal injury5.3%

Body part injured

Share of ER visits, 2021–2025

Finger17%
Eye16%
Head10%
Hand9.0%
Upper trunk7.7%
Lower trunk6.9%

Age of injured people

85% male · 2021–2025

0-41.5%
5-143.4%
15-248.8%
25-4431%
45-6432%
65-7415%
75+9.5%

Real cases

From NEISS case narratives, 2024–2025. Abbreviations expanded.

47-year-old female cut r thumb on a tape measure — diagnosis:; thumb laceration.
33-year-old male changing tire and crow bar hit face — diagnosis: Facial laceration.
34-year-old male was working on a car when he was accidentally struck by a metal cutter to abdomen and flank. — diagnosis: Laceration of abdominal wall; abrasion of abdominal wall.
40-year-old male complains of facial laceration after patient states he fell off of a ladder, and while steadying himself jammed the tool between his eyelid and a wall. — diagnosis: Laceration of eyelid extending to left temporal region of head.
Recalls

Recalls of other hand tools

No CPSC recalls matched this tool type since 2010. Search all recalls.

Questions

How many people are injured by other hand tools each year?

About 51,775 people were treated in US emergency rooms for injuries involving other hand tools in 2025, according to CPSC's NEISS estimates. The average over 2021–2025 was 44,990 a year.

What are the most common injuries from other hand tools?

Laceration is the most common diagnosis (29% of cases 2021–2025), and the finger is the most often injured body part (17%).

How often do injuries from other hand tools need hospital admission?

8.3% of ER visits ended with the patient admitted or transferred to another hospital in 2021–2025.

About these numbers

National estimates from the CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), product codes 881, 829, 893. A case is counted if the tool appears in any of its three product fields. Estimates under 1,200 or based on fewer than 20 cases are flagged. Methodology · CSV

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