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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 597
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Date: 10/20/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Buckets or pails
HX BACK PAIN FROM MVA ACCIDENT NOW LIFTING BUCKET OF BOLTS AT HOME WHEN HAD RETURE OF UPPER BACK PAIN DX THORACIC BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX LACERATION LEFT CHEST: JUMPED OFF PORCH AT HOME AND HIT CHEST ON NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT CHEST WHEN FELL ON DIRTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
FELL AGINST HER HOSPITAL BED AT HOME WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A NAIL BARE- FOOTED. C/O PAIN TO RT RIBS. CONTUSION TO RT RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Playground equipment
PT FELL ON WOOD AND BOLT ON PLAYGROUND INJURING CHEST, ACUTE R LOWER CH EST LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
FELL ON BEDSIDE TABLE CUT CHEST ON SCREW DX LAC TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL BACK AGAINST NAIL IN TREE DX. PW POST CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX CHEST WALL LACERATION: SCRAPED CHEST ON NAIL IN TREE WHILE CLIMBING TREE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O PAIN TO RT RIBS AREA S/P FALLING AND LANDING ON NAILS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stools
PT FELL OFF BROKEN STOOL, CUT LEFT SIDE OF CHEST ON A SCREW. D: LACER ATION LEFT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPED LEFT SIDE ON A NAIL. D: ABRASION TO LEFT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED BACK AGAINST A RUST NAIL DX: UPPER BACK ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INJURED BACK YESTERDAY & STRUCK RT THUMB W/ NAIL. THORACIC MUSCULOSKELE TAL STRAIN & NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
42 YOM PULLING NAILS FELL BACKWARDS FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 YO WM - SUPERFICIAL ABRAISIONS/CONTUSIONS ON SIDE FROM ARMPIT TO HI P- (UPPER TRUNK) FIELL THRU BUILDING - SCRATCHED BY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STOOD UP IN ATTIC YESTERDAY LACERATED BACK ON NAIL, SUPERFICIAL LACE RATION QUESTION PUNCTURE EARLY CELLULITIS R UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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