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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 613
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2005 | Age: 17 months | 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 17MO OLD RAISED HEAD UP HIT A NAIL PUNCTURE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS PLAYING IN KITCHEN AND HIT NAIL ON A PIECE OF WOOD. D: PUNCTUR E WOUND TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2005 | 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets |
| CHILD PLAYING WITH BROTHER, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON NAIL OR STAPLE IN RUG AT HOME. D: HEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCALP LACERATION, CUT HEAD ON A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT. ROLLED ON FLOOR INTO NAIL STICKING OUT OF BASEBOARD. CUT R TEMPORAL AREA. DX.: SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT DX CONCUSSION WITH LOC - FELL FROM NAIL AND HIT HIS HEAD AFTER SLIPPING IN SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT HEAD ON NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tool sheds |
| 5 YOF LACERATES SCALP ON NAIL IN SHED AT HOME. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SISTER PUSHED PT AND PT HIT HEAD ON A TREE WITH A NAIL IN IT. D: LACE RATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CHI, ABOVE EYEBROW LACERATION, HIT BY STICK WITH SCREW IN IT BY BROTHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PLAYING WASHERS, WAS HIT IN BACK OF HEAD, DX; HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL 6 FT OFF DECK, HIT HEAD ON WOOD BOARD WITH NAILS; SCALP LA C. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRAPED HEAD ON NAIL DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2005 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON NAIL DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors |
| PT PLAYING WITH SISTER & CUT HEAD ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF A DOOR. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT ON SIDE OF HEAD BY LARGE METAL BOLT YESTERDAY, PLAYING AFTER, SEEN AT AT URGENT CARE, VOMITING/DRY HEAVES, NO ACTIVITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRAPED HEAD ON NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF MOULDING DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LAC TO L SIDE OF HEAD W/NAIL AT SCHOOL DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables |
| 3 YOF HIT HEAD AGAINST A NAIL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE SHE WAS PLAYIN G UNDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2005 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT HAD A SHELF FALLEN ON HEAD, LATER MOM DISCOVERED A NAIL IN THE HEAD, SUSTAINED" HEAD FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL DOWN 5 CARPETED STAIRS AND CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON A NAIL ON THE BANNISTER - SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2005 | Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Counters or countertops |
| CHILD PUSHED BY SISTER AND HIT HEAD ON BOLT PROTRUDING FRM BUTCHER BLOC K COUNTER. INTENT UNSTATED. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, OTITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 2 YO PLAYING FELL BACK HIT HEAD ON NAIL CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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