W00-X59: Other external causes of accidental injury
W20-W49: Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
Subcodes of W20-W49:
- W20: Struck by thrown, projected or falling object(s)
- W21: Striking against or struck by sports equipment
- W22: Striking against or struck by other object(s)
- W23: Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
- W24: Contact with lifting and transmission device(s), not elsewhere classified
- W25: Contact with sharp glass
- W26: Contact with other sharp object(s)
- W27: Contact with nonpowered hand tool
- W28: Contact with powered lawnmower
- W29: Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
- W30: Contact with agricultural machinery
- W31: Contact with other and unspecified machinery
- W32: Handgun discharge
- W33: Rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge
- W34: Discharge from other and unspecified firearms
- W35: Explosion and rupture of boiler
- W36: Explosion and rupture of gas cylinder
- W37: Explosion and rupture of pressurized tyre, pipe or hose
- W38: Explosion and rupture of other specified pressurized devices
- W39: Discharge of firework
- W40: Explosion of other materials
- W41: Exposure to high-pressure jet
- W42: Exposure to noise
- W43: Exposure to vibration
- W44: Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice
- W45: Foreign body or object entering through skin
- W46: Contact with hypodermic needle
- W49: Exposure to other and unspecified inanimate mechanical forces
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