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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 634
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT FELL AND STABBED BALL POINT PEN INTO CHEST AT HOME; CHEST WALL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND, ABSCESS - 5 YOM STATES ANOTHER STUDENT ON THE SCHOOL BU S STABBED HIM WITH A PENCIL IN THE CHEST, SWOLLEN AREA NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT RUNNING AND FELL GOT A PENCIL STUCK IN CHEST DX: FB SOFT TISSUE CHES T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STABBED IN CHEST WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL; CHEST PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O PUNCTURE WOUND TO CHEST WITH PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT ASSAU;LTED @SCHOOL WITH GROUP OF CHILDREN CHASING HIM STABBED X 2 IN BACK WITH A PENCIL, FB/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FELL WITH PEN IN POCKET DX. PW CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT DOING HOMEWORK TRIPPED AND FELL AND STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT POKED IN CHEST AND STOMACH WITH MECHANICAL PENCIL BY BROTHER. D: SKIN ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| CUT WITH A PEN ON CHEST CHEST WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE (L) UPPER BACK, PT STRUCK WITH A PENCIL BY ANOTHER CHILD AT THE DAY CARE CENTER, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND OF THE STERNUM- SUSTAINED WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTLY STABBED IN THE CHEST WITH A SHARPENED PENCIL AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURED UPPER BACK WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT POKED WITH A PENCIL TO CHEST AT SCHOOL, FB CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| BROTHER JABBED PT IN BACK WITH A PENCIL. PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE WOUND OF THE UPPER BACK- A CLASSMATE AT SCHOOL STABBED HER WIT H A #2 PENCIL- LEAD REMOVED FROM THE BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| HAD PENCIL WRAPPED IN HAIR-WENT TO TAKE IT OUT AND PUNCTURED UPPER BACK WITH POINT FEW HRS PTA-DX-ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STABBED IN BACK WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL; STAB WOUND TO SCAPULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE TO CHEST FROM PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS STUCK IN BACK WITH A LEAD PENCIL,1CMM LEAD IN MID REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD WOUND TO CHEST CELLULITIS TO CHEST WALL% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| RT RIB FX-DROPPED A PEN ON THE FLOOR-BENT OVER & FELT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT WAS STABBED IN THE BACK WITH A PEN AT SCHOOL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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