Accidents - Pens and pencils - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,302
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	169	Internal:	165
Lower Arm:	161	Eyeball:	156
Finger:	129	Ear:	126
Hand:	90	Mouth:	90
Wrist:	74	Foot:	72
Upper Trunk:	14	Pubic Region:	14
Face:	14	Upper Arm:	14
Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
21 YOM BROUGHT BY POLICE FROM CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AFTER HAVING STABBE D SELF LEFT FOREARM WITH A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS A PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A INK PEN. CORNEAL ABRASION TO LT EYE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL ; LEAD STUCK IN FOOT. D: FB RIGHT HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Book bags or back carriers
STEPPED ON HIS SISTER'S BACKPACK, & A PEN WENT THROUGH HIS FOOT DX: FB REMOVAL FROM RT FOOT, WITH SEDATION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
INJURED HAND WITH A PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD. DX. HAND PUNCTURE WOUND.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PUT A PENCIL ERASER IN RECTUM. DX FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT ANGRY & CUT SELF WITH A PEN AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK A PEN IN CAST AND CANNOT GET IT OUT. DX. REMOVAL OF CAST.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS ACCID STRUCK IN THE L EYE WITH A PENCIL IN SCHOOL. FEELS SCRATCH ING SENS IN L EYE. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
EAR FB-PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IN EAR FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Pens and pencils
CHIPPED TOOTH ON A PEN CAP DENTAL INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAD A ERASER STUCK INTO EAR. DX: LEFT EAR FB REMOVAL (PENCIL ERASER).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT JUMPED AND LANDED ON A MECHANICAL PENCIL. D: FOOT ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
HIT IN NECK WITH A PEN AT SCHOOL. DX PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH LAC TO ARM FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL, ACCIDENTALLY STABBED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
WRIST PUNCTUER BY PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PUT HAND IN POCKET STABBED THUMB ON PENCIL,INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK (L) 4TH FINGER WITH A PENCIL AND LEAD TIP BROKE OFF IN FINGER D X- FINGER F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pens and pencils
19 YO FEMALE WAS CLEANING UNDER FALSE NAIL WITH PEN AND PUNCTURED FINGE R - HEMATOMA FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 21 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FB R DORSAL HAND: PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN BACK OF R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
WAS RUNNING , & STRIPPED, STABBING HERSELF IN LLQ, WITH A PENCIL, DRIED BLOOD UP TO PAINTED PART OF PENCIL. DX: PUNCTUREWOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT W/ PSYCH HX SWALLOWED 3 PENCILS 3 WKS AGO. PASSED 1. COMLAINING OF A BD PAIN. POSSIBLE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED INK PEN AND SPRING FROM JAIL, HX MULTIPLE FB INGESTIONS. DX F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF IN ANTECUBITAL FOSSA W/PENCIL AT *** X3DAYS, NOW W/REDNESS, SWELLING & PAIN; SUPERFICIAL SKIN INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INMATE AT THE JUVENILE JAIL TO ATTRACT ATTENTION HE STUCK A PENCIL U P RECTUM FB RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS AT SCHOOL. WAS PICKING UP AN INK PEN WHEN IT FELL APART AND PIEC E OF SPRING FROM INSIDE PEN STUCK PT IN THE FINGER. DX. FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Pens and pencils
GOES TO NURSING SCHOOL, C/O ARM&HAND PAIN DUE TO INCREASED WRITING&TYPI NG @ SCHOOL>> CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK PEN CAP INTO EAR/FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PRESENT WITH BROKE OFF A PENCIL(CLIKING PENCIL) IN TO EAR, NOW WITH PAI N, H/O DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR >> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX VAGINAL PAIN - S/P FOREIGN BODY (PEN) IN VAGINA WHILEMASTERBATING AT HOME LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Pens and pencils
HIT IN R EYE W/PEN LAST PM DX; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF NON RADIATING CHEST PAIN WHILE WRITING IN A CLASS >> MUSCLE STRAIN/COSTOCHONDRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
17 YO ACCIDENTALLY JABBED PENCIL IN MOUTH PUNCTURE WOUND MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
SAT ON A PENCIL. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND BUTTOCK.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS IN SCHOOL, & WAS USING A PENCIL EARASER TO CLEAN HIS RT EAR, ERASER BROKE, & GOT PUSHED DEEPER IN EAR. DX; EAR FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAD PEN POKE EYEDX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED TIP OF PEN CAUSING SENSATION OF FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Knives
CLEANING OUT PEN & CUT FINGER WITH KNIFE, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
SOMEONE THREW A PEN AT PT. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PIECE OF PENCIL IN L NARE TODAY DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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