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Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 305
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:58
6-15 years old:215
16-25 years old:30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
HE WAS STABBED IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, WITH A PENCIL, BY HIS SISTER, AT HOME. DX; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
WAS PLAY FIGHTING WITH OTHER STUDENT AT SCHOOL AND WAS CUT ON BACK OF HEAD WITH A PEN DX- SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
HEAD PW-12 Y/O F-STABBED W/A PENCIL IN ALTERCATION-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF IN HEAD WITH PENCIL AT HOME. WAS ANGRY WITH EVERYONE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT HAD A SPLINTER FROM A PENCIL IN SCALP. DX-FOREIGN BODY SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Plastic containers
DX LAC SCALP: LAC TO L SIDE ON HEAD FOLLOW'G BE'G STRUCK IN HEAD BY A PLASTIC PACKAGE OF COLORED PENCILS THROWN BY OLDER SIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
AT SCHOOL LEANED BACK INTO PENCIL PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Beds or bedframes
FELL OFF BED AND ONTO A PENCIL. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
9 YOF WAS TUMBLING AT HOME AND ROLLED ONTO A PENCIL STABBING SELF IN TH E HEAD SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT RUNNING WITH PENCIL AND FELL, NOW W/LAC TO SCALP AND ABRASION NEAR E YE, NO LOC; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON A PENCIL AT SCHOOL AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A DESK T HEN ON THE FLOOR. NO LOC. VOMITING X 3 SINCE FALL, HEADACHE. DX CONCUSS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2009Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
DX PUNCTURE WD: CHILD W PICKED UP BY SISTER WHO HAD A PENCIL IN HER POCKET. CHILD BEGAN CRY'G & PUNCTURE WD NOTED TO POSTERIOR HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SHE DROPPED A PENICL UNDER HER DESK, AT SCHOOL, & GASHED HER HEAD AGAINST EDGE OF DESK- NO LOC. DX; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pens and pencils, Chairs
10YOF BENT OVER TO PICK UP PENCIL ON FLOOR AND HIT HEAD ON CHAIR AT SCH OOL - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pens and pencils, Beds or bedframes
PT JUMPING ON BED WITH FULL LENGTH PENCIL IN HAND - FELL - PENCIL WENT THRU EYE AND INTO BRAIN - PT TRANS TO PEDI HOSP; PT DIED FROM INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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