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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 275
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL BROKE OFF IN PATIENT'S WRIST LEAVING LEAD INWRIST PT LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/02/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS STABBED IN LEFT HAND WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL C/O SWELLING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN LEFT WRIST AT SCHOOL. PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STATES WHILE PICKING UP PEN AT SCHOOL YEST TWISTED R WRIST. DX. SPRAIN R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STABBED WRIST WITH A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RIGHT WRIST SPR. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN WRITING WITH PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FELL WHILE HOLDING PENCIL LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 15YOBF-FIRST DEGREE BURN LEFT WRIST-TRIED TO TATOO SELF WITH SALT & INK PEN & ICE AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Manual scissors |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STABBED IN WRIST C A SCISSORS WHILE TRYING TO RACHE FOR A PENCIL, SUSTAINED" WRIST LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT FELL INTO A PENCIL AND INJURED WRIST. DX WRIST PUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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