Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2005 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,344
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Date: 12/15/2005	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
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	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 LEFT HAND.PT FELL ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
BUMPED INTO A NAIL IN WALL. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	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
FELL INTO A NAIL ON WALL DX: R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT TRIPPED AND LANDED WITH HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME; HAND PUNCTURE W OUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2005	Age: 21 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIPPED, STRUCK HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF RAILING P T GOT HOLD TO TO STOP SLIPPING" HAND LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2005	Age: 22 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
HIT HAND ON EXPOSED SCREW/HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2005	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	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
16 YOM LACERATES HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 19 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 CUT RT HAND ON NAIL C.O PAIN RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 GOT NAIL IN HAND. DX: PW R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2005	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT GOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IN HAND. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/30/2005	Age: 21 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
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL THAT WAS UNDER COUCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2005	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION LEFT HAND-CUT ON CLEAN NAIL-YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Football
PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND FELL AND PUNCTURED HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	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
FELL ONTO NAIL FIXING ROOF PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	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, Beds or bedframes
SCRAPED HAND/FINGER ON EXPOSED NAIL WHEN GETTING INTO BED AT GROUP H OME;INGER/HAND LAC., PARTIAL EXTENSOR TENDON INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2005	Age: 16 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, Hammers
WAS PULLING NAIL WITH HAMMER AND NAIL WENT INTO HAND...REMOVAL FB (NAIL )
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING A NAIL GUN & SHOT NAIL INTO HAND. DX; P.W.L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25 YOM FRACTURES HAND WHEN BOLT SNAPPED WHILE WORKING ON PICKUP TRUCK A T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO HAND YESTERDAY. DX: L HAND NAIL GUN INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	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
PT. HAS A NAIL EMBEDDED IN R HAND AT 5TH DIGIT. DX. FB R HAND REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 23 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 C/O CUT LFT HAND. PT CUT LFT HAND ON NAIL. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LFT HAN D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT C/O RIGHT HAND LACERATION TO PALM FROM A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN BOARD DX: 3 CM HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 16 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
16 YO STRUCK HAND ON NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 18 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 FELL AND LAC PALMAR SURFACE OF L HAND W/ NAIL AND L KNEE W/ UNKNOWN OBJECT DX: LAC REPAIR X2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 25 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
SUST PUNTURES WOUNDS TO FEET AND HANDS X 2 WKS AGO NOW HAND IS NUMB AND HAS JAW PAIN ALSO SUST SUNBURN D NAIL PUNCTURE WOUNDS SUNBURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL W/NAIL INTO HAND. DX: L HAND FX/FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 16 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
DX: LAC TO R PALM FROM RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	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: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
FELL THROUGH ROOF AND LANDED ON A NAIL HAND FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	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
PW LT HAND FROM A NAIL/ PW LT HAND, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS WORKING WITH A FRIEND ON THE FRIENDS HOUSE AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT A NAIL OUT OF A NAIL GUN INTO HIS HAND. DX: LEFT HAND LAC W/TENDONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 17 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, Fences or fence posts
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON A NAIL ON A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		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
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN PUNCTURED R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	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
DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND: INJURED HAND WITH NAILS ON BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 23 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNTURED HAND WITH A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 23 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, Ceilings and walls
PT WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT HAND ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKI NG OUT OF THE WALL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ball sports
PATIENT RAN INTO A WALL WHILE PLAYING BALL GETTING A NAIL STUCK IN HIS LEFT PALM. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND OF LEFT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 23 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
PUNCTURED BY A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD NAIL IN HAND; FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE L HAND, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, NO FB ENBEDDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON NAIL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
R HAND LAC/17YOM STS APPROX 1 HR AGO CUT R HAND ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 22 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
SCREW WENT THRU PALM PUNCTURING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	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. PUNCTURED L.HAND W/ NAIL. DX/ PUNCTURE L. HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURED TIGHTENING BOLT, HAND SLIPPED; FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2005	Age: 18 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
LACERATION HAND - 18 YOM CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINI NG A LACERATION TO THE PALM OF HIS HAND, SMALL ABRASION LEFT PINKY FGR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2005	Age: 20 years	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
PT STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE PROTRUDING HEAD OF A NAIL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL ON BOARD WITH EXPOSED NAILS. DX SKIN ABRASIONS CHE ST FOREARM AND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 21 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTRUE WOUND TO HAND-@ HOME-ACCIDENTLY SHOT NAIL FROMN NAIL GUN INTO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		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
NAILGUN AT SCHOOL SHOT NAIL THROUGH WOOD & INTO PT'S HAND BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND DIGITS. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	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
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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