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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 285
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STABBED ON SCALP WITH PENCIL AT HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURED HEAD WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O CUT TO SCALP BY A PENCIL THIS MORNING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY INK PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE HEAD, PT SUST STAB WOUND WITH A PENCIL BY A CLASSMATE ATTHE SC HOOL, C/O BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| SLIPPED ON A PENCIL AND FELL AT NURSING HOME. SCALP LACERATION, CONTUS ION S/P FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT PARIETAL (SCALP) AREA AFTER BEING POKED BY A PENCIL BY HIS SIBLINGS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT. C/O HEAD INJURY SUSTAIN AT SCHOOL WITH LEAD PENCIL TO SCALP DX- FOREIGN BODY SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| C/O WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT AT SCHOOL - STUCK IN HEAD W/A PENCIL. (DX ABRAION TO HEAD,FACE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PX MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - SCRATCHED W/A PEN AT SCHOOL DURING A FIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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