Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2009 - Hand

Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,779
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 19 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
19YOM WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED FALLING ONTO A RUSTY NAIL C/O BEING POKED IN LEFT HAND. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	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 SUSTAINED HAND LACERATION ON A RUSTY NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	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
LAC TO HAND WHEN FELL ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE HAND - 23 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH ROOFING NAIL SHOT FROM NAIL GU N INTO LEFT HAND - NAIL REMOVED BY PATIENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	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
SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO L HAND WHEN CAUGHT IT ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME DX PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	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
PW RT HAND .PT INJURED HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 16 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, Doors
PT WAS HOME, TRIPPED AND SCRAPED HAND ONTO A RUSTY NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT THE DOOR. DX RIGHT PALMAR LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 20 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
20 YOM, FELL ON CARPET TACK STRIP , LACERATION HAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	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
PT WAS AT HOME GRABBED A BOARD ON GOT STUCK ON A NAIL CAUSING A PUNCTUR E WOUND TO LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 16 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
FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND ON RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2009	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
PW TO HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	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 HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	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 HNAD ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWINGING AROUND TELEPHONE POLE CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT WAS AT HOME, HIT HAND ON A SCREW CAUSING AN ABRASION TO RT HAND W/ INFECTION AND LYMPHANGITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 18 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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 CM LAC. HAND: 18YOM @ CHURCH CAMP, THREW A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT AND CUT RT HAND, 6 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	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
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL DOWN LANDING ON A SCREW CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
DX SUPERFICAL LAC PALM OF L HAND: PUT HAND UP TO CATCH DOOR & CUT HAND ON NAIL PROTRUD'G F DOOR. APPROX 3CM LAC, ATTEMPT TO OPEN DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 21 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUD RT HAND - IMPALED HAND ON RUSTY SCREW ON BASKET- BALL RIM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 19 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
NAIL IN HAND. DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 20 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 SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM RUSTY NAIL AND WANTS A TETANUS SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	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
HAND LAC-CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS LIFTING PORCH WHEN SUSTAINED NAIL THROUGH HAND. DX:PUNCTURE WOUN D, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2009	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
C/O HAND PAIN AFTER PUNCTURED BY A NAIL, ?MECH >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	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
PT NAIL THROUGH HAND AT FRIENDS HOUSE TAKING DOWN SHEET ROCK DX// PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	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
LT HAND CELLULITIS 2ND TO PUNCTURE WOUND: WRESTLING WITH FRIEND, FELL ON BOARD WITH RUSTY NAIL, LT HAND PUNCTURED WITH RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	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
PT STATES FELL CUTTING HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
L HAND LAC/23YOF AT GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE HIT L HAND ON WALL AND CUT HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25 YOM, TIGHTENING A BOLT, SPRAIN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 17 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
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND AFTER FALLING AND HITTING IT ON A RUSTY NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 22 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 PRESENTS WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM NAIL, DX. PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DOING YARDWORK TODAY&ACC CUT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL STICKING OUT OF PIECE OF WOOD>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	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
PW RT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 16 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 WHENS TRUCK ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 17 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
NAIL INTO HAND AT SCHOOL// LAC RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	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
PT CUT LEFT HAND ON NAIL-DEEP LAC TO L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 21 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION HAND - 21 YO MALE INMATE AT LOCAL HOC FELL IN HIS CELL AND L ACERATED HIS HAND ON A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	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 IN HIS ATTIC AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND ON A SCREW TH AT WAS STICKING OUT LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 17 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 RAN INTO WALL AND CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL PROTRUDING FROM WALL; HAND LAC ERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS HIT THREE DAYS AGO BY A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT SUSTAINED A PW THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Artificial Christmas trees
WAS PUTTING THE CRHISTMAS TREE AWAY&ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND ONA RUSTY NAI L>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	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
PT DOING STUFF IN GARAGE,RAN RUSTY NAIL IN HAND-PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.