Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2004 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,090
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Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 22 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
LAC TO HAND WHEN CUT BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PW LT HAND ON A NAIL. PW LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO HAND. DX: NAIL R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 19 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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A COUC H.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 18 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS SHOT IN HAND WITH A NAIL FROM NAIL GUN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
21 Y/O W/M CUT PALM OF HAND WHEN WORKING ON ROOF AND SCRATCHED HAND ON RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 18 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
STATES HE GOT A NAIL STUCK IN HIS HAND DX LT HAND PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT HAD NAIL LODGED IN HIS HAND FROM A NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT LIGHT POLE WITH NAILS ON IT DX R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS PUNCTURE TO HAND BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
3" 16 PENNY NAIL IN R HAND FROM NAIL GUN DX FOREIGN BODY HAND REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 19 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 STRIKING HAND ON A NAIL 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R HAND PW, MULT ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 19 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
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND: INJURED HAND WITH NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 24 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, Ceilings and walls
PW RT HAND .PT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL INTO WALL AND PT HIT HAND IN NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
NAIL STICKING OUT OF MANTEL, CUT HAND DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O RT HAND LAC. PT CUT HAND ON NAIL. DX LAC RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 25 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS LT HAND WITH A NA IL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 24 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, Ceilings and walls
PW RT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL ON WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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, Dancing
PT AT A PUBLIC PLACE DANCING WAS DOING A "BREAK DANCE" WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ONTO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 16 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. REPORTS HAD A TYPE OF NAIL STUCK IN R PALMAR SIDE OF HAND. DX. R P ALM PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CLEANING BASEMENT NAIL STUCK LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	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
WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME, LOOSENED A BOLT, CAUGHT ANTERIOR PART OF HAND ON PIECE OF METAL DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bathtubs or showers
CAUGHT HAND ON SCREW OF WATER FAUCET AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STS PUNCTURED LEFT HAND/WRIST AREA WITH NAIL; ABRASION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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
PT LAC LT HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Soccer
FELL ON A NAIL WHILE PLAYING SOCCER DX: R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 25 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
PW RT HAND .PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2004	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT BACK OF HAND ON A NAIL DX PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HURT BY NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT WITH NAIL; PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL AT PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
HAND FB-@ HOME-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doorsills or frames
R PALM WOUND - HIT PALM ON NAIL IN DOORWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 25 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
NAIL PUNCTURE TO L HAND DX: L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 17 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL HAND LANDED ON A NAIL PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION AND PUNCTURE TO HAND FROM NAIL. D: LACERATION, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 24 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, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT WAS CUT ON NAIL WHILE CLEANING WINDOW. DX: 4 CM R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O TACK STUCK TO HAND DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 20 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
PT STUCK CARPET NAIL INTO PALM OF HAND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	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
RUNNING, TRIPPED OVER DOG, LEFT HAND CUT BY A RUSTY NAIL AS HE LANDED DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 24 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, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
LEFT HAND LACERATION-CUT LEFT HAND ON A NAIL YESTERDAY WHILE PUTTING IN A WINDOW. SUS A 7CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 20 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
PT CUT HAND ON NAIL; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT AT SKI AREA AND CUT HAND ON A CARPET TACKLACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 22 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
22YOM AT HOME PUT NAIL INTO HAND DX/PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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