Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2004 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,274
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	69
6-15 years old:	883
16-25 years old:	44
26-50 years old:	119
50+ years old:	156

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 41 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 SUST FOREIGN BODY (PENCIL) TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 24 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 CHARCOAL PENCIL WITH AN *** KNIFE SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 12 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
PT STABBED FINGER WITH A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 4 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
4 YO - DX: BLISTER -L MIDDLE FINGER - USED PENCILS LIKE "DRUMSTICKS" BE TWEEN FINGERS - CAUSING BLISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	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
PENCIL LEAD IN NAIL BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 8 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
PUSHED MECHANICAL PENCIL INTO THUMB BY ACCIDENT AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY, PE NCIL TIP BROKE OFF; FB REMOVED, THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT 5TH DIGIT FROM A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS GOING THRU HER PURSE WHEN SHE GOT THE GRAFITE FROM A MACHANICAL PENCIL UNDERNEATH HER FINGERNAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 10 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
PENCIL POINT BROKE OFF IN THUMB DX. FB THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK A PEN IN A LIGHT SOCKET AT SCHOOL SUSTAINED AN ELECRTIC BURN T O LEFT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 6 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
PT ARGUING OVER PENCIL WITH CLASSMATE @SCHOOL TRYING TO TAKE IT POKED INTO RT THUMB, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ACCIDENTLY PUNTURED RIGHT 4TH FINGER WITH PENCIL WHILE @ SCHOOL. DX PUNTURE WOUND RIGHT RTH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	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
PUNCTURE R 4TH FINGER, PT PUNCTURE WITH A PENCIL BY ANOTHER STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, LEAD EMBEDDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 12 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 STUCK IN RIGHT 4TH FINGER WITH PENCIL & LEAD BROKE OFF IN FINGER. FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PEICE OF LEAD FROM A PENCIL LODGED IN THUMB BY ANOTHER STUDENT RIGHT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 17 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
FB PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER SINCE 1997- C/O PAIN TODAY AND SWELLING + FB = + CELLULITIS + ABCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2004	Age: 39 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, Clothing accessories
THUMB FB-PENCIL LEAD UNDERNEATH THUMBNAIL-WHILE REACHING INTO PURSE-@ H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT CUT INDEX FINGER ON A BROKEN PLASTIC *** PENCIL LACERATION FINGER R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WITH THUMB SWOLLEN AND RED, BITES NAILS, WHILE IN ED NOTED PENC IL LEAD IN EAR CANAL; THUMB PARONYCHIA, FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
10YOM AT SCHOOL STABBED WITH PENCIL INJ THUMB DX/PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 12 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
STUCK FINGER WITH A PENCIL DX: R THUMB FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / MILD CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Pens and pencils
AMPUTATED DISTAL PHALANX R RING FINGER - DOG BIT FINGER WHEN TAKING A P EN OUT OF DOG'S MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 6 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
PT STUCK BY A PENCIL TO LT THUMB X3 DAYS AGO - NOW SWELLING AND PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 10 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
PT DX FOREIGN BODY NAIL BED REMOVED - S/P PENCIL POINT INVERTED UNDER THE NAIL LT HAND (THUMB).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	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
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER - 7 YOF STUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER W ITH A PENCIL WHILE WRITING IN SCHOOL TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 12 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
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND RT 3RD AND 4TH DIGIT - S/P CLASSMATE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED PATIENT WITH PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF IN LT. THUMB WITH A PENCIL- SMALL TEAR IN SKIN. DX: SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
GOT PENCIL LEAD EMBEDDED IN FINGER THAT IS INFECTED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 12 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
12 YOWM C/O LEAD FROM A MECHANICAL PENCIL STUCK IN HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 7 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 TIP STUCK IN SURFACE SIDE OF THUMB; FB IRRIGATED FROM THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PENCIL LED UNDER NAIL,MIDDLEFINGER. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER SPLINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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
PIECE OF PENCI9L LEAD WENT UNDER FINGERNAIL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL TIP IN THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	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
STUCK WITH PENCIL AND LEAD IS STUCK IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY FINGER - 7 YOF GOT THE TIP OF A PENCIL PUSHED UNDERNEATH H ER FINGERNAIL YESTERDAY, RIGHT THUMB IS SWOLLEN WITH F/B UNDERNEATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2004	Age: 15 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
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 10 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: Pens and pencils
INJD THUMB ON A PEN DX; PW LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 11 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
THUMB FB-PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGERNAIL-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT C/O STUCK IN LT INDEX FINGER W/A PEN IN SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO THUMB FROM PENCIL. ALSO HAS COUGH. D: URI, PU NCTURE WOUND, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED FINGER WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND RT 5TH FINGER-@ HOME-INJURED ON A GRAPHITE PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT FINGER WITH SHARP PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 9 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
JABBED SELF IN FINGER WITH PENCIL AND LEAD IS STUCK IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 22 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 TO FINGER FROM A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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