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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 253
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/01/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| CHEST PW-POKED SELF IN CHEST W/ LEAD PENCIL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL AND LEANED OVER GETTING 3 PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO UPPER THORACIC FROM SHARPENED PENCILS DX: PUNCTURE WOUND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX CHEST LACERATION - S/P PT FELL ONTO BALL PINT PEN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS WRESTLING WITH BROTHER FALLING ONTO BALL POINT PEN NOW W/ LACERATION TO UPPER BACK. DX RIGHT SCAPULA LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT RUNNING WITH A PENCIL IN HAND AND FELL STABBING SELF IN THE CHEST T IP OF PENCIL EMBEDDED IN CHEST FB CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RUNNING W/ PENCIL & FELL ON IT, MOM STATES PULLED ERASER END OUT OF CHE ST, POINTED END HAS BLOOD ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT FELL AND JAMMED PENCIL INTO CHEST. D: PUNCTURE WOUND TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURED UPPER BACK WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER CLASSMATE POKED HER IN THE CHEST W/A PENCIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT FELL AND STABBED BALL POINT PEN INTO CHEST AT HOME; CHEST WALL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND, ABSCESS - 5 YOM STATES ANOTHER STUDENT ON THE SCHOOL BU S STABBED HIM WITH A PENCIL IN THE CHEST, SWOLLEN AREA NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2001 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2000 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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