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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 340
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 22 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 |
| HIT HEAD ON BOLT ON TRAILER//SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PW TO HEAD . PT HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 22 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 22 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD ON A NAIL PUNCTUREING H ER SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 22 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 |
| HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON A LARGE RUSTY BOLT, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 24 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 |
| HIT HEAD WITH NAIL DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| HEAD OF NAIL EMBEDDED IN SCALP STATES SHE BUMPED HEAD AGAINST WALL NAIL WAS IN WALL DX: FB REMOVED OCCEPITAL REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 23 years | 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 JUMPING HIT HEAD ON SCREW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bedsprings or bedframes |
| 16Y/O M C/O HEAD INJURY- HIT ON HEADEITH BOARD AND NAIL.. DX: CHI CONCU SSION W/O LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 20 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 |
| DX SCALP LACERATION: SCRAPED HEAD ON BOLT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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