|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 710
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CUT ARM ON A NAIL; LAC ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 81 YOF FELL AGAINST A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| RT UPPER ARM-PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON A RUSTY NAIL IN A FENCE POST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE TO UPPER ARM FROM A RUSTY NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SCRAPED ARM ON NAIL - ABR. RIGHT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| UPPER ARM LACERATION - 43 YOF FELL LACERATING RIGHT UPPER ARM ON A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DOING YARD WORK, HAD NAIL STUCK IN UPPER ARM. PT PULLED IT OUT HIMSELF. NUMBNESS, STIFFNESS TO ARM. DX; PW LT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT UPPER ARM FROM A NAIL WHILE AT *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT "I GOT CUT ON MY ARM BY A NAIL" STSTES PATIENT - DX LACERATYION TO RT AXILLA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT UPPER ARM: STRUCK ARM ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| # 22 YOM HAD NAIL GO INTO UPPER ARM DX PUNCTURE WOUND ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS CUT BY NAIL IN BOARD. DX: 2 CM R ARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT FELL FROM A TREE HITTING ARM ON A NAIL STICKING OUT FROM A TREE HOUSE AT HOME; UPPER ARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT UPPER ARM ON RUSTY NAIL TWO DAYS AGOABRASION RIGHT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS RUNNING AND CUT ARM ON SCREW ON FENCE.DX: LAC R UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors |
| HIT ARM ON A NAIL ON A DOOR. DIAGNOSIS WAS A TEAR TO A MOLE RIGHT ARM PIT. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT UPPER ARM: NAIL STICKING OUT AT HOME, LEANED AG AINST IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL INJURING ARM ON NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRAPED ARM 20 YO BF SCRAPED ARM ON NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
