Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,122
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Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER ARM WHEN PUTTING BOARD UP AND STUCK NAIL IN ARM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT FELL THRU THE CEILING - PW TO ARM FROM A NAIL AND MULTI CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATED LOWER ARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL WAS STICKING OUT CAUSING A LAC TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED FOREARM WITH A NAIL YESTERDAY DX// LEFT FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Motor vehicles or parts
CUT TO ARM ON NAIL WHILE UNLOADING TRUCK AT DUMP DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. IN SHOP AT SCHOOL TRYING TO TURN A BOLT ON CAR, PUT TOO MUCH PRESSU RE AND INJURED L ELBOW. DX. SPRAIN L FA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 16 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT RAN INTO A NAIL AT HOME; FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FOREARM ON RUSTY NAIL. DX- R FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FOREARM ON NAIL AT HOME WHILE CLEANING DX: LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BRUSHED AGAINST NAIL/FOREARM ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT CUT ARM ON A NAIL IN THE WALL, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS SHOT W/NAIL FROM NAILGUN. DX: FB R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
MOVED LUMBER WITH SCREWS,WAS STUCK IN ARM AT HOME P.W.RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT AT SCHOOL CAUGHT ARM ON A NAIL DX LAC L FOREARMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SUFFERED A PUNCTURED WOUND TO HIS LT FOREARM FROM A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
`FOREARM AB-HIT ARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTALLT HIT ARM ON A NAIL DX: R FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND / CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doorsills or frames
LACERATED ARM ON AN EXPOSED NAIL IN HIS DOOR JAMB LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LACERATED ARM ON A NAIL. D: ARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STRUCK HIS RIGHT LOWER ARM THREE WEEKS AGO AGAINST A NAIL SUSTAINED A PW AND IT GOT INFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED WITH NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT'S ARM HIT A NAIL. DX: LEFT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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