Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,974
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	159
6-15 years old:	392
16-25 years old:	245
26-50 years old:	800
50+ years old:	376

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRAS R THIGH/40YOF STS SCRATCHED R THIGH ON A NAIL AT HOME THIS AM. AL SO STS SHE FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ON TREE SPIKES - THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRUCK BY A RUSTY NAIL ABRASION RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATED THIGH ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS THIGH WITH HIS NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD FELL ON NAIL WHEN PLAYING. D:PUNCTURE WOUND, THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY LT THIGH. USING NAIL GUN & SHOT LT THIGH W/ THIN NAIL, EMBEDDED INTO MUSCLE. PUNCTURE WOUND LT THIGH@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
RT LEG PAIN, 2-1/2 INCH 18G NAIL SHOT INTO THIGH, UNABLE TO DISLODGE DX: FOREIGN BODY IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CLIMBING UP BOARDS THAT SURROUNDED LANDSCAPING AREA AT NEIGHBOR 'S, THEY COLLAPSED, RUSTY NAIL WENT INTO THIGH; THIGH LAC., PUNCTURE WO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC (R) THIGH, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME, C/O PAIN & BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS THIGH WHILE USING A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 23 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
23 YOM HAD FOUR NAILS GO INTO LEGDX PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
WAS SLIDING DOWN WOODEN STEPS, LACERATED LEFT THIGH ON EXPOSED NAIL. DX : LACERATION, LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Treehouses or playhouses
LEG LACERATION - 11 YOM CLIMBING INTO TREE HOUSE LACERATED HIS RIGHT TH IGH ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.HAD CUT TO LT.THIGH SUSTAIN WHEN CAUGH LEG ON NAIL WHILE JUMPPING FENCE. DX- LACERATION LT.THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED THIGH WITH RUSTY NAIL, PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND L INNER LEG AT KNEE/ THIGH LEVEL. CUT BY RUSTY NAIL WHI LE TAKING APART STEPS.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Benches
SAT ON A TACK ON A PARK BENCH AND PUNCTURED THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL VS. THIGH DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WALKED BY WALL IN HOME THAT HAD NAILS STICKING OUT, SUFFERED AN AVUL SION TO R THIGH AREA. %
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
THIGH WAS CUT ON A BOLT ON A DIRT BIKE WHILE RIDING BIKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC LT THIGH BY NAIL. DX; 4 CM LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW RT THIGH.PT INJURED THIGH ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT PLAYING AT HOME, FELL AGAINST SOFA AND HIT A NAIL STICKING OUT OF AR M, LAC RT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW LEFT FEMUR.PT INJURED FEMUR ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE IN THE RESTROOM AT RESTAURANT, PT CUT BACK OF RIGHT LEG ON A SCRE W. D: LACERATION RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TORE ON LOOSE SCREW; RT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT UPPER LEG ON SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO BOARD WITH NAIL, ACIDENTLY INJURING THIGH C/O BLEEDINGDX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STUCK NAIL ACCIDENLTY INTO THIGH C/O BLEEDING DX; PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bicycles or accessories
PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.STUCK NAIL IN UPPER THIGH WHILE RIDING BIKE. DX- LACERATION/ABRASION LT.THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 40 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED LEFT ANTERIOR THIGH WITH RUSTY NAIL TODAY. PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT DRAGGED LEG ACROSS NAIL STICKING OUT IN COUCH AT HOME; THIGH LA C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT HIMSELF IN LEG WITH NAILGUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT IN UPPER LEG WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN DX PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 67 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
# 67YOM RT THIGH LAC/ CUT BY NAIL IN BOARD DX-LAC RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAD NAIL STUCK IN LEG ABOVE RT KNEE NAIL IN BOARD RUSTY DX: PW RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF WOOD WITH RUSTY NAIL FELL ON PATIENT'S LEG AT AUNT'S HOUSE YES TERDAY; THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
26 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO THIGH. PT SLIPPED & FELL WHILE ON A ROOF & LANDE D ON A ROOFING NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IMBEDDED RT THIGH-SUS INJ TO RT THIGH WHEN HE RAN RT THIGH INTO A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT HIT IN LEG WITH NAIL IN BOARD DX: PUNCTURE TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS WALKING TO GRANDMOTHER'S FROM HOME, FELL ON A NAIL. DX-LACERATION LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRATCHED THIGH ON RUSTY NAIL ABRASION RECEIVED TETANUS SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
$PW RT THIGH.PT HIT THIGH ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCAPED THIGH ON A PROTUDING BOLT THIGH ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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