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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,844
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD BROKE OFF UNDER FINGERNAIL, UNABLE TO REMOVE/ FB LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STUCK THUMB WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL; PUNCTURE WOUND TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.HAD LEAD FROM PENCIL STUCK RT.INDEX FINGER RT.HAND. DX-RT.INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT POKED HAND W/PENCIL. DX: PW L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGER NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Knives |
| TRYING TO SHARPEN PENCIL WITH A STEAK KNIFE AND CUT FINGER. ;LACERATIO N TO KEFT INDEX FINGER. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Scissors |
| THUMB LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHEN HE WAS USING SCISSORS TO CUT A PIECE O F TAPE THAT WAS ON A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURED FINGER AND INFECTION FROM PENCIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RT 5TH FINGER FB-PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FINGER-OCCURED AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 10 YO FEMALE WAS STABBED WITH PENCIL IN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AT SCHOOL F/B FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| DX:RSUBUNGUAL INFECTION. INFECTION UNDER THUMB NAIL AFTER GETTING PENCI L STUCK UNDER THE NAIL 3 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 32-YOF SUSTAINED A PENCIL LEAD UNDER HER FINGER NAIL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS STABBED W/PENCIL. DX: PW L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| AT SCHOOL AND IMBEDDED L RING FINGER W/ PENCIL LEAD BY ACCIDENT DX FB L RING FINGER REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| 6-YOM SUSTAINED A FOREIGH BODY OF PENCIL LEAD TO HIS FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE (R) 3RD FINGER, PT STRUCK WITH A PENCIL BY A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL, C/O SEVERE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 12 Y/O MALE GOT A PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN HIS FINGERNAIL BED WHILE AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STUCK PENCIL POINT TIP UNDER LT 4TH FINGERTIP, FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STRUCK LT THUMB WITH PEN NOW C/O PN WITH NUMBNESS/SWELLING, CONTUSIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| JABBED SELF WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL DX. PW FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 39 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: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| DX RIGHT THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND: SITTING AT DESK, TURNED TO GET UP, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO CONTAINER OF PENS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| INFECTED RT RING FINGER-PT STRUCK PALM OF RT HAND 1 WK AGO WITH A PENCI L. NOW C/O SWELLING & NUMBNESS IN RT RING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 12 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: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND RT THUMB, 6 YR OLD ISTER JABBED HER WITH A LEAD PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| GOT PENCIL STUCK IN FINGER DX: F.B. REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A E*** KNIFE WHICH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STUCK PENCIL IN FINGER AT HOME, LEAD IN FINGER; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER TIP BY PENCILCARBON FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT HAD A PENCIL POINT BREAK IN FINGER AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear |
| PENCIL IN PANTS POCKETPW THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PEN STUCK IN THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A PEN PUNC TURE WOUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 11 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: Pens and pencils |
| 11 YO M PUT HAND IN POCKET AND PUNCTURED FINGER WITH PENCILPUNCTURE WOU ND TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STUCK PENCIL IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND LEAD BROKE OFF, CAN'T REMOVE IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | 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: Pens and pencils |
| 19 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO FINGER. PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK PENCIL IN FI NGER. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Knives |
| PT.INJ.L.3RD.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A KNIFE TO SHARPEN A PENCIL,SLIP PED. DX; LAC.L.3RD.FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 8 Y.O. B MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO FINGER. PT GOT PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER @ SC HOOL. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O BROKEN PENCIL TIP TO RT HAND - DX FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LEAD FROM PENCIL UNDER L FINGERNAIL 3RD FINGER 2 DAYS PTA-DX-ACUTE L 3R D FINGERNAIL FOREIGN BODY REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Bags |
| REACHED INTO SOME KIND OF A BAG ,JAMMED PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGER NAIL FB UNDER FINGERNAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT POKED IN THUMBNAIL WITH PENCIL AT HOME, LEAD STILL IN NAIL; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RT HAND RED AND SWOLLEN AFTER ACCIDENTLY STABBING IT WITH PEN/ABSCESS RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RUNNING WITH A PENCIL, FELL & GOT LEAD IN RIGHT PINKY FINGER DX: RIGHT SMALL FINGER LACERATION/ FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FELL ON PENCIL @SCHOOL YEST WITH RT MIDDLE DIGIT PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT PLAYING WITH PENCIL AND STABBED SELF ON LEFT THUMB ; LEAD BROKE OFF IN LEFT THUMB. D: LEFT THUMB CUT / FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STABBED IN THUMB W/ PENCIL A WK AGO AT SCHOOL INFECTED THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 14 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO FINGER. PT GOT PENCIL STUCK BETWEEN FINGER & FINGER NAIL @ SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FELL ON PENCIL @SCHOOL YEST WITH RT MIDDLE DIGIT PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 21 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: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND FROM LEAD OF PENCIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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