Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2007 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 692
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	85
6-15 years old:	525
16-25 years old:	5
26-50 years old:	76

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
PATIENT WALKING UP STEPS WHEN PENCIL CAME OUT FROM BINDER STABBING HIS THIGH; PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
10YOM AT SCHOOL,WAS STRUCK BY A GRAPHILIC PENCIL,WENT THROUGH HIS JEAN'S INTO THE UPPER LEG;FOREIGN BODY LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH PENCIL STUCK IN THIGH, WAS RUNNING AND IMPALED SELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WITH TIP OF PENCIL LEAD IN THIGH; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD IN THIGH F'BODY THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
ABRASION RIGHT THIGH-STABBED THIGH WITH PENCIL-MOTHER WORRIED ABOUT LEA D POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Chairs
PATIENT SAT ON TOP OF A PENCIL WHEN SITTING IN A CHAIR, STUCK PENCIL IN RIGHT THIGH. DX-FOREIGN BODY THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
7 YOF ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HERSELF WITH A PENCIL, TO RT THIGH, HAS GRAPHITE IN LEG. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH-BROTHER STABBED WITH A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED UPPER LEG WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Clothing
PATIENT POKED IN THIGH WITH PENCIL IN HIS POCKET, LEAD TATTOO IN LEG; P UNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Outerwear
14 YOM HAD PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER R LEG FROM A PEN IN PANT'S POCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
14YFC STUCK IN UPPER LEG WITH A PENCIL/PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
15 YOM STABBED WITH PENCIL PUNCUTRE WOUND L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED THIGH W/PENCIL YEST WHEN MOM TRIED TO TAKE PENCIL, NOW W/RED NESS SWELLING TO PUNCTURE WOUND; RESIDUAL FOREIGN BODY IN SOFT TISSUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THIGH: PENCIL TO LEG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX SUPERFICIAL FOREIGN BODY (PENCIL POINT) RT THIGH - ACCIDENTALLY STUCK TO THIGH BY PENCIL WHILE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE L THIGH, PT GOT INJURY W/A PEN IN THE PROGRAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD EMBEDDED IN UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STUCK IN THE UPPER LEG WITH A PENCIL CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
12 YO STUCK BY PENCIL LEAD PUNCTURE TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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