Accidents - Pens and pencils - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 784
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	146
Year 2001:	93
Year 2002:	20
Year 2003:	67
Year 2004:	34
Year 2005:	81
Year 2006:	21
Year 2007:	27
Year 2008:	117
Year 2009:	58
Year 2010:	114

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/25/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
3YOM-HEAD LAC-GOT HIT W/A LEAD PENCIL BY COUSIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
4 YOM HAS PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
5YOF WAS STABBED WITH A PEN ON SCALP WHEN PLAYING WITH SIBLING, PUNCTURE WOUND OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2010	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
15 MO M FELL WITH PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT HAD A SPLINTER FROM A PENCIL IN SCALP. DX-FOREIGN BODY SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Beds or bedframes
FELL OFF BED AND ONTO A PENCIL. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 3 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: Pens and pencils
PT RUNNING WITH PENCIL AND FELL, NOW W/LAC TO SCALP AND ABRASION NEAR E YE, NO LOC; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
DX PUNCTURE WD: CHILD W PICKED UP BY SISTER WHO HAD A PENCIL IN HER POCKET. CHILD BEGAN CRY'G & PUNCTURE WD NOTED TO POSTERIOR HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pens and pencils, Beds or bedframes
PT JUMPING ON BED WITH FULL LENGTH PENCIL IN HAND - FELL - PENCIL WENT THRU EYE AND INTO BRAIN - PT TRANS TO PEDI HOSP; PT DIED FROM INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ASSAULTED TODAY @ SCHOOL, GOT POKED WITH PENCIL TO THE SCALP >>PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pens and pencils, Stairs or steps
DX MOUTH PUNCTURE WOUND/CHI: FELL DOWN STAIRS CARRYING PENCIL & SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO MOUTH FROM ERASER END OF PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
5Y/O,M, BROTHER THREW A PENCIL,HIT ON SCALP, LAC. SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Foods
ACC HIT ONTO HEAD C A TOY PENCIL VS PENCIL BY THE NEIGHBOR'S SON WHEN WENT TO PICK UP A DORPPED ?DOUGHNUT>> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT HEAD WITH PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STUCK IN HEAD BY PENCIL YESTERDAY, MOM REMOVED SMALL PIECE OF L EAD; DOT ON SCALP TATTOO ONLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO HEAD WHEN STUCK SELF WITH A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STABBED ON THE FACE WITH A PENCIL ON THE FACE. D: LACERATION S CALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE HAD, PARENTS ST PT SUST STAB WOUND W/A PENCIL BY AN OLDER SIBLING AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, FB EMBEDDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ACCIDENTLY POKED IN TOP OF HEAD WITH A PENCIL. PW SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT HIT WITH PEN CAP BY ANOTHER CHILD AT BABYSITTER'S; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH A PENCIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL ONTO A PENCIL AND INJURED HEAD.D XHEAD PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED SELF IN HEAD WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN IN PTS HAND STABBED INTO SCALP. D: LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE HEAD, VIA EMS, PT ASSAULTED BY ANOTHER KID, STRUCK WITH A PENCIL AT THE SCHOOL, BLEEDING ON HEAD (L) EAR, EYES EOMI, ENT NML.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT FELL WHEN PLAYING IN SNOW AT HOME, HIT HEAD, ALSO STEPPED ON PE NCIL AT HOME, MOM REMOVED LEAD FROM FOOT; HEAD CONTUSION, FOOT PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED HEAD WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 2 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: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT PARIETAL (SCALP) AREA AFTER BEING POKED BY A PENCIL BY HIS SIBLINGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2001	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2000	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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