Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2007 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,107
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Date: 12/05/2007	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
PT HAD NAIL PUNCTURE TO L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2007	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
PT WITH PW TO HAND FROM A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2007	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, Alcohol
PT.TO ER STATES AT HOME,HAD BEEN DRINKING ETOH & CAUGHT HAND ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF WALL. DX; LAC. 2 MC. L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 18 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
NAIL(16 PENNY)INJECTED INTO HAND BY NAIL GUN FB HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RUSTY NAIL JAMMED INTO HAND DX- PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	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
PT INJURED R HAND ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 25 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
PT HAS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO (L) PALM OF HAND FROM A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	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 WAS AT HOME WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT A NAIL WITH HIS HAND; PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON NAIL IN GARAGE WHILE HIDING FROM POLICE. DX HAND LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	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 IMPALED HAND WITH A NAIL WHILE USING A NAIL GUN. DX: FB LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	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 DX LT HAND PALM CONTUSION - NAIL PUNCTURED HAND TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 22 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
22YOF ACCIDENTALLY FELL ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 20 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
STATES A PIECE OF METAL OR A NAIL STRUCK HIM IN THE TOP OF THE HAND. DX LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	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, Ceilings and walls
17 YOM LACERATED RIGHT HAND ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF BASEMENT CEILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	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
STEPPED ON A PIECE OFMETAL OR A NAIL, C/O HAND PUNCTURE, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	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 PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND WHEN STUCK ON A NAIL DX: RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 23 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, House repair or construction materials
PT PULLING A BOARD OFF HOUSE, NAIL IN BOARD PUNCTURED L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 17 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
PT SCRAPED RIGHT HAND AGAISNT A NAIL SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	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
PT CAUGHT L HAND ON A NAIL STICKING UP - LAC TO L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 22 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, Power drills or accessories
PUNCT. WOUND L HAND: REMOVING SCREWS FROM BED WITH POWER DRILL SCREW DRIVER, SLIPPED, WENT THROUGH HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 25 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
PW LEFT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 16 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT THRU HAND DX HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 25 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 WITH CHEST PAIN RADIATING DOWN ARMS. ALSO CUT SELF ON RUSTY NAIL YES TERDAY. HAND LACERATION. D:CHEST PAIN, TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	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, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM OF RIGHT HAND DUE TO NAIL ON BACK OF PICTURE FRAME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	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 RIGHT HAND: INJURED WITH RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	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
PUNCTURED PALM FROM RUSTY NAIL, DX; PALM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	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
L HAND LAC/17YOM STS WAS RUNNING AND FELL AND CUT L HAND ON OLD NAILS A ND DSEBRIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 17 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, House repair or construction materials
PW NLEFT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL IN A BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	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
PT PUNCTURED HAND W/RUSTY NAIL 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L HAND PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 23 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, Sports and recreational activity
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT A NAIL WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT PRESENTS WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM OF L HAND FROM NAIL FROM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THUMB WITH A NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 19 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 WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER HAND SLIPPED AND CUT IT ON SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2007	Age: 25 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
LACERATION LEFT HAND-CUT ON RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 25 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: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT HAD A NAIL LODGED IN HAND FROM A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL STRIKING HAND ONA NAIL " PW/LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND AB-HIT HAND ON SCREW-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 22 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 ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND ON A NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	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
HAND LAC-FELL CUT HAND ON CARPET TACK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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, Basketball
CUT ON A NAIL WHILE DUNKING A BASKETBALL. DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND HAND (R): SLIPPED GOING UP HILL, BENT HAND BACK, LANDED ON BOARD WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 22 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, Ceilings and walls
RIGHT HAND PW. PT STUCK HAND ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF THE WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		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
LACERATES HAND ON A NAIL IN A GUN CABINET HE WAS MAKING AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 25 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, Doors
25 YOF CUT ON SCREW BOTTOM CLOSET DOOR LAC EPIDEMEAL FLAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 24 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
LACERATES HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON A RUSY NAIL. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	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 STUCK PALM W/A RUSTY NAIL 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R HAND PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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