Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 16-25 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,039
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Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT 3RD FINGER FB-WEARING GLOVES-AT HOME-A NAILGUN SHOT A NAIL INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAILED L INDEX FINGER WITH A PNEUMATIC NAIL GUN. DX. L INDEX FINGER MID -PHALANX FOREIGN BODY WITH MULTIPLE FRACTURES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT THUMB FX-SHOT NAIL INTO THUMB-W/ NAILGUN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
FB THUMB. PT SHOT FINGER WITH A STAPLE GUN WHEN MAKING PROPS FOR SCHOOL PLAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
21 YOWM WAS HELPING A FRIEND. PT WAS USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE ACCIDENTA LLY HIT HTE TRIGGER TWICE. ON NAIL WENT INTO HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
STAPLE FB TO FONGER.MANUAL STAPLE GUN.DX STAPLE FB L INDEX FINGER- REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
HIT FINGER WITH RIVETTING GUN DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE PUNCTURE HER LT 3RD FINGER WITH A NA IL WHILE USING A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: GOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
DROPPED NAILGUN ON FINGER; CRUSH INJ FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER WITH NAILGUN, PUNCTURE WOUNDS 3RD AND 4TH FING ERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT HIT HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A STAPLE GUN TWICE. DX-CONTUSION RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
22 YOM HIT THUMB WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
24 YOWM ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGE A NAIL GUN INTO HIS L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER WITH NAILGUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT FINGER WITH A STAPLE GUN; FB REMOVAL FINGER CORRECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
23 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO FINGER. PT STS NAIL GUN SHOT NAILTHROUGH FINGER@ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT C/O INJURY TO RT THUMB BY A NAILGUN AT SCHOOL TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
FX R MIDDLE FINGER FROM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
PATIENT HAD INDUSTRIAL STAPLER SHOOT STAPLE THROUGH THUMB; THUMB INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT WAS TRYING TO STAPLE DRAPERIES WITH A STAPLE GUN AND SHOT ONE INTO HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT LACERATED FINGER ON NAIL GUN, ACUTE L FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT STAPLED FINGER W/A STAPLE GUN; PW RT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING NAIL GUN, NAIL WENT THRU PT'S FINGER DX: FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS TRYING TO NAIL UP A STUD WITH A PNEUMATIC NAILER WHEN HE MISSED THE NAIL AND STRUCK HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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