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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 565
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2006 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| C/O PT STATES SCRATCHED LEG ON RUSTY NAIL DX RT LOWER LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT LOWER LEG ON BOLT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL IN LEG F'BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT LEG ON EXPOSED NAIL/CALF LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CUT LEG ON BOARD THAT HE WAS CARRYING THAT HAD NAILS ON IT, LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS ON A BASKETBALL COURT AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG ON A SCREW THAT WAS ON THE COURT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT LOWER LEG ON POINT OF NAIL DX: LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| STATES SHOT HIMSELF ACCIDENTLY WITH NAIL GUN IN LOWER LEG NAIL STILL IN LEG DX: FOREIGN BODY (NAIL) IN LOWER LEG NAIL REMOVED* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HAS PW TO LEG WHEN STUCK BY A NAIL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SUPERFICIAL LACERATION: CUT LLE ON 2 NAILS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOOLING AROUND C SISTER,SCRAPPED SHIN AGAINS SCREW " LAC '' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball |
| PLAYING B-BALL FELL INJ L.LEG ON RUSTY NAIL " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT CUT ON LOWER LEG BY COUCH NAIL AT HOME; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. L LOWER LEG/17YOM AT HOME YESTERDAY GOT AN OLD NAIL STUCK IN LEG. PULLED IT OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PW TO LEG WHEN STUCK BY A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT LEG LACERATION-CUT LEG ON A NAIL. NOW AREA IS SWOLLEN OPEN AND DRAIN ING WITH GREEN DRAINAGE. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SCRAPED LEG ON RUSTY NAIL, CONTUSION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| ABRASION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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