Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 16-25 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,053
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	886	Hand:	228
Wrist:	180	Upper Leg:	167
Lower Arm:	152	Head:	143
Eyeball:	83	Ankle:	82
Toe:	82	Knee:	31
Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
WHILE USING NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USED NAIL GUN & DEBRIS HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT HELPING OUT AT CHURCH SHOT NAIL GUN THROUGH THUMB FX RT THUMB, NAIL THROUGH RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
L GREAT TOE BLACK, DROPPED NAIL GUN ON IT DX: CONTUSION L GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT THUMB WHILE USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT STAPLED L WRIST USING AIR STAPLE GUN. DX: FB L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 23 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN DX: R 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2005	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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT WITH NAILGUN, NAIL LODGED IN FINGER; FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2005	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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 YOM PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM WHEN HIT WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Floors or flooring materials
ACCIDENTLY SHOT WITH NAIL FROM NAILGUN INTO FOREARM WHILE WORKING ON FL OOR AT HOME. PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT USING NAIL GUN AND NAIL WENT INTO L RING FINGER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SUS SPRAIN TO FINGER FROM A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT WAS MESSING AROUND IN THE GARAGE AT HOME AND A NAIL GUN FELL FR OM A SHELF ON HIS HEAD. DX; LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL GUN ACC WENT OFF SITTING A NAIL THRU FOOT. " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. GOT A NAIL STUCK IN L. HAND FROM A NAIL GUN. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND L.H AND#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2005	Age: 23 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN. FOREIGN BODY RIGHT INDEX FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT C/O RIGHT THUMB STRUCK WITH NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
RIGHT THIGH PW. PT SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-CONSTRUCTION NAIL IMPALED HAND FROM NAILGUN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
LEFT HAND PW. PT INJURED HAND USING A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING NAIL GUN AT HOME WHEN NAIL WENT THRU WOOD AND INTO L HAND DX PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT THIGH PUNCTURE-NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF AND SHOT A NAIL 2 IN CHES INTO LEFT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS USING NAIL GUN AND SHOT NAIL INTO HAND. DX: PW L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB LEFT KNEE.PT WAS USING A NAILGUN AND IT SHOT IN KNEE AND INPALED KNE E WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
23 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PUNCTURE T0 FOREARM WHILE USING NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
18 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PUNCTURE TO THUMB WHEN STAPLING PLASTIC ON GREENHOU SE WITH STAPLE GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
AVULSION L 1&3RD FINGERS, PT SUST INJURY W/A NAIL GUN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	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: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN F'BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 16 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
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN PLAYING WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN; PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT ACCIDENTLY STAPLED HIS WRIST WITH STAPLE GUN. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	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
PT SHOT WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN; FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		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
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN EMBEDDED IN LMF/ FB LMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
LEFT RING FINGER INJ. PT WAS CLEANING NAIL GUN AND INJURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PAIN IN THE LET 4TH FINGER AFTER GETTING A NAIL STUCK IN IT WITYH A NA IL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 18 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
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER FORM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2005	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE AFTER NAIL GUN FELL 4 FEET AND LANDED ON HEA D. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SINUSITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
25 YO MAIL HAD NAIL GUN PENETRATE LEFT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PW LEFT ANKLE. PT SHOT HIMSELF WITH A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT USING A NAIL GUN, SHOT A NAIL THROUGH LT ANKLE. PULLED NAIL OUT, PW LT ANKLE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT BUILDING A FORT FOR HIS CHILDREN AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN SHOT A NAI L INTO RIGHT GREAT TOE FOREIGN BODY TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING NAIL GUN TODAY. ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
25 YO PUNCTURE WOUND FROM STAPLE GUN BECAME INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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