Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2009 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 447
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4YOM PUNCTURE WOUND THROUGH AND THROUGH TO HAND FELL ON NAIL AT DAD'S WAREHOUSE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL ON RUSTY CARPET TACK; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bicycles or accessories
5YOM FELL FROM BIKE ONTO SCREW DX: PUNC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL ON A BOARD WITH EXPOSED NAIL IN IT; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL WHILE RUNNING, PALM OF HAND HIT NAIL, DX; PUNCTURE TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON HAND ONTO NAIL DX: R PALM PUNCTURE WOUND 1CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT CUT HAND ON SCREW/NAIL ON WALL AT HOME; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
SLID ON FLOOR AT HOME WHEN NAIL ON FLOOR STICKING UP LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND INJURY FROM IMPALING ON SCREW. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO RUSTY NAIL AT HOME YEST, NOW W/REDNESS & SWELLING AROUND P UNCTURE WOUND FROM NAIL; CELLULITIS OF HAND, PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5YO HISP FEMALE HIT R HAND ON A NAIL - MOM PULLED NAIL OUT DX ACUTE R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT L HAND ON NAIL DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS OUTSIDE AND FELL, LANDED ON A NAIL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT L PALM ON RUSTY NAIL D X: HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS HOME FELL HAND HITTING A NAIL. DX SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ONTO NAIL. HAND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
PT PRESENTS TO ER WITH A NAIL IN THE BED C/O FINGER INJURY-HAND LACERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS RUNNING TRIPPED AND GRAZED HER HAND ON A NAIL. DX SUPERFICIAL HAND ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LWOBS: FELL ONTO NAIL, SCRAPED SIDE OF HAND, NO PUNCTURE, NO BLDG, MOP CONCERNED ABOUT NAIL BEING OLD/DIRTY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON NAIL;DX PUNCTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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