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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,189
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WORKING IN YARD AT HOME, SUSTAINED LAC LT WRIST ON RUSTY NAIL IN BOA R, LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CUT ON RUSTY NAIL; WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| STATES HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING WRIST ON A NAIL DX LT WRIST PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL IN WRIST DX: METAL FB (NAIL) L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LAC R WRIST(RADIAL ARTERIAL LAC) DOING SOME PLUMBING, BOLT WAS TIGHT, P ULLED HARD ON IT & CUT SELF ON SOME TIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT PULLING NAILS OUT OF WOOD AND HEARD A POP IN WRIST. NOW WITH PAIN. D : WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WRIST AGAINST A PROTRUDING NAIL. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| NAIL WENT THROUGH WRIST W/ AUTOMATIC NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bleachers |
| PT WITH MINOR LACERATION TO WRIST FROM RUSTY BLEACHERS. ALSO STEPPED ON NAIL WHILE WEARING TENNIS SHOES. - D: LACERATION, WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL AGAINST A SCREW DX: L WRIST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE WRIST - PATIENT PRESENT WITH NAIL PUNCTURE TO LEFT WIRIST - RE PORTS NAIL WAS RUSTY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT C/O CUT FINGER. PT CUT FINGER ON NAIL. DX LAC WRIST AND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WRIST AB-SLIPPED-FELL-HIT A NAIL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN, SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS LEFT WRIST. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRAPPE WRIST ON A NAIL AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS PLAYING WASHERS AND GOT HIT IN THE RIGHT WRIST WITH A WASHER DX: RIGHT WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CUT WRIST ON NAIL STICKING OUT C/O BLEEDING DX LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets |
| 10 YOF FELL ONTO A CARPET TACK PROTRUDING FROM THE CARPET AT HOME CAUSI NG A GAPPING CUT TO HER LEFT WRIST - DX EXTREMITY LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| USING CROWBAR TO REMOVE SCREWS FROM DRYWALL DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| WRIST SPRAIN-PULLING A NAIL FROMA BOARD-PT SLIPPED-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT PUT NAIL INTO LEFT WRIST WITH NAIL GUN C/O PAIN FB LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT LACERATED HER RT WRIST ON A NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WORKING IN THE YEARD AT HOME SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT WRI ST FROM A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUSTAINED ABRASION TO WRIST FROM RUSTY NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT FELL AND CUT WRIST ON RUSTY NAIL; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/28/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT PUNTURED BY A NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST - 39 YOF WAS CLOSING A DRAWER AND SUSTAINED A PUNC TURE WOUND TO HER LEFT WRIST BY A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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