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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 618
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps |
| DX:CONTUSION LEFT RIB AREA, PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT. STEPPED ON A NAIL THEN FELL DOWN 8 STEPS! |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WORKING ON CAR TIGHTENING A SCREW HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN RIB LEFT 10TH RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rope or string |
| POUNDING NAIL INTO CEILING, NAIL ATTATCHED TO NYLON STRING,STRING PULL ED NAIL, NAIL PENETRATED PT'S CHEST DX:FOREIGN BODY IN CHEST TRANSFERED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs |
| CUT ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF CHAIR CHEST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| TRUNK AB-SCRATCHED ON A RUSTY NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RUNNING, FELL ON NAIL;CHEST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS RUNNING THROUGH GARAGE, HIT A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT DX: LAC TO CHEST + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| CUT UPPER BACK ON NAIL WHILE SITTING DOWN AGAINST FENCE AT RV PARK. DX : LACERATION UPPER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| A 3" NAIL WAS IMPALED IN PATIENT'S CHEST, SHOT WITH NAIL GUN. DX-FOREIGN BODY CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ON A NAIL WHL PAYING IN THE GARDEN,3-4 CM LACERATION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT BACKED INTO RUSTY NAIL IN CLOSET; SUPERFICIAL UPPER BACK LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds |
| PATIENT JUMPED OFF THE BED AND CUT HIMSELF ON A NAIL AT HOME.DX-LACERAT ION TO CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ON NAIL WHILE CLEANING BASEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT. WAS USING A NAILGUN, SHOT HIMSELF IN THE STOMACHFOREIGN BODY STOMAC H |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ONTO HEAD OF NAIL AT HOME WHILE PLAYING. D: MINOR TRAUMA TO C HEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Decorative yard equipment |
| PT DOING YARD WORK AT HOME NAIL STICKING OUT OF OLD TRELLIS AND SCRATCH ED PT WHEN IT FELL OFF DX SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Slides or sliding boards |
| DX LACERATION LEFT UPPER BACK (9CM): WENT DOWN SLIDE, CUT BACK FROM EXP OSED SCREW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LEFT BREAST ABRASION-C/O SCRAPING LEFT BREAST AGAINST NAIL YESTERDAY STATES DRAINING FLUID TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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