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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,513
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| SCALP LAC-NAIL GUN FELL ON PT'S HEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | 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 |
| 23YOM AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN,ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURED LT HAND FINGER ON NAIL BRUSHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 18 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PUNCTURE LEG- NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 20 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: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PUNCTURE LEG W/ NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/20/2008 | Age: 24 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT.INJ.RT.ANKLE AT BROTHERS HOUSE WHEN USING A NAIL GUN & SHOT NAIL INT O ANKLE WHEN FELL OFF SCAFFOLDING. DX; P.W. RT.ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 25 YOM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO RIGHT LOWER LEG FRACTURE LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| HAND FB-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND WHILE BUILDING A GARAGE-@ BROTHER' S HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| GOT HIT IN EYE WITH NAIL GUN SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: WOOD OR METAL TO L EYE W US'G NAIL GUN. WORE GLASSES. FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN L EYE. +BLURRY VISION. FLUSHED W WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO TH IGH WHEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SHOT NAIL THROUGH HAND WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME DX// FX LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| HIT ACCIDENTALLY BY NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX LEG PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT WITH PW'S TO HAND FROM A NAIL GUN, AT SCHOOL (COLLEGE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE SHOT IN L HAND WITH A NAIL GUN/ DX FB L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS USING NAIL GUN AND SHOT NAIL INTO HAND. DX: FB L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 20 YO PLAYING W/NAIL GUN HIT IN EYE BY NAIL FOREIGN BODY CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | 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 |
| PT SHOT HIMSELF WITH A NAIL GUN IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER DX; F.B. REMO VAL (NAIL) LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 24 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 WITH NAIL GUN THROUGH HAND FB IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 20 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS LT LEG ABOVE ANKLE WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME, REMOVED 2 INCH NAIL FROM LEG. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND OF ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 17 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS AT HOME, USING A NAIL GUN, PUNCTURING LT INDEX FINGER AND LT WRI ST WITH A NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT FELL ON A NAIL GUN; HIT FOOT; PAIN TO FOOT DX: FRACTURE FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| SHOT IN THUMB WITH DECK NAIL FROM NAIL GUN AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE NAIL REMOVED LEFT THUMB# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Footwear |
| WAS ROOFING GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE WHEN HE SHOT (R) FOOT WITH NAIL GUN GUN GOING THROUGH LEATHER BOOT DX- PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT, WITH COUSIN, WHEN HAD NAIL GUN DISCHARGE FINISHING NAIL INTO ARM. D : HUMERUS FX, FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREIGN BODY,3" NAIL TO LEFT BUTTOCK FROM NAIL GUN. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT BUTTOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 23 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: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PUNCTURE HAND W/ NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| PT GOT HIT W/ THE NAIL GUN WHILE WORKING AT HOME. DX. PW L POINTER FIN GER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 25YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN,SHOT A NAIL INTO UPPER LEG; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IN HAND AT HOME TODAY DX// FX RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT SHOT NAIL IN FINGER WITH NAILGUN AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT RING FINGER FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 25 YO MALE ACCIDENT SHOT NAIL GUN IN STOMACH F/B STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 21 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: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 21 YO INJURED LEG WITH NAIL GUN FOREIGN BODY LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT USING NAILGUN YESTERDAY AND INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| WAS USING A NAIL GUN A HAS A NAIL IN (L) WRIST DX- WRIST F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT STS WAS SHOOTING NAILGUN,METAL CASING FLEW OFF INTO PT FACE, DX FACIAL FOREIGN BODY REMOVED-COMPLEX,LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT DROVE GALVANIZED NAIL FROM NAIL GUN X2 DAYS THROUGH FINGER, NOW W/PA IN AND REDNESS TO FINGER; LACERATION OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| WORKING ON CARPENTRY PROJECT AND SHOT SELF IN KNEE WITH NAIL GUN WITH 3 INCH NAIL EMBEDDED IN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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