Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2005 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,510
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	127
6-15 years old:	399
16-25 years old:	107
26-50 years old:	710
50+ years old:	165

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 71 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: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL GUN WENT OFF INTO THIGH "THIGH FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 27 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
STUCK NAIL IN RIGHT THIGH. PUNTURE WOUND RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
39 YO MALE HAD NAIL STUCK IN LEG INFECTION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	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
RAN INTO NAIL STICKING OUT AT PARK DX: PUNCTURE TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 39 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
THIGH FB-@ HOME-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2005	Age: 43 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE L THIGH; REPORTS HE WAS USING A NAILGUN & SHOT A 16 PENNY NAIL INTO LEG - REMOVED NAIL PRIOR TO COMING TO ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	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
PT FELL ON SCREW; PW LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND - S/P A NAIL STUCK HER IN HER LT THIGH AN HOUR AGO WHILE FIXING A CABINET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 5 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
CUTTING THIGH ON A NAIL LACERATION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 60 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CAUGHT LEG ON NAIL FROM DECK DX: R THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	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, Ceilings and walls
PT BEGAN TO FALL AND CAUGHT SELF ON WALL. SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO T HIGH FROM A BOLT. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IN BOAT HIT R LEG ON A BOLT LAC INJ DX 12CM DEEP LAC L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 HIT LEG ON NAIL IN YARD. DX: PW R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW W/NAIL R LEG 5-6 DAYS AGO DX: ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
HAD SEIZURE--FELL AND LANDED ON NAIL DX CONTUSION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 47 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
C/O PT STATES WAS WALKING AND SCRATCH LEG ON A NAIL DX LT UPPER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 31 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 WAS WALKING WHEN SHE BRUSHED HER LEFT THIGH AGAINST A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A BOARD ABRASION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	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
POKED BY A NAIL. DX- PUNTURE WOULD L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 7 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
PATIENT CAUGHT LUPPER LEG ON NAIL. DX: 2 CM LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 9 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
PT FELL ON A NAIL. DX: 2 CM & 3 CM L THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 4 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
RUNNING AROUND IN PARENT'S BATHROOM WHICH IS BEING REMODELED AND LACERA TED THIGH ON AN EXPOSED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 ACCIDENTLY SHOT NAIL TO LEFT THIGH TODAY DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 SELF IN THE UPPER LEG WITH A NAIL GUN - NAIL STUCK IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 41 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
41 YOF HAS LACERATION TO UPPER LEFT LEG FROM NAIL AFTER JUMPING 6 FEET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	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
PW RT THIGH.PT FELL AND HIT THIGH ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 6 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
6 YOM CAUGHT LEG ON NAIL LAC THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 44 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SAT ON A RUSTY NAIL IN THE BR, THEN WENT THRU THIGH. " PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
RUBBED THIGH AGAINST EXPOSED NAIL DX. THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT SUST LACERATION TO THIGH FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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
PT TRIPPED&FELL LANDED ON A BOARD C A PROTRUDING NAIL, SUSTIANED " THIGH PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
PT FELL ON A NAIL LAST NIGHT DX PUNCTURE RT LATERNAL THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 18 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 ON A NAIL AND PUNCTURED THIGH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
LANDED ON SCREW ON BASKETBALL HOOP FRAME. ACUTE LAC LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND FROM NAIL TO L INNER THIGH APPROX 5 DAYS AGO, AREA RED/SWOLLEN DX: R MEDIAL THIGH CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 31 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 HAD NAIL STUCK IN LEFT THIGH C/O PAIN LEFT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	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, Day wear
PT STRUCK THIGH ON A RUSTY NAIL THAT WENT THRU PANTS IN SUSTAINED " THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 28 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 SAT ON NAIL AND PUNCTURED RT THIGH C/O PAIN RT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2005	Age: 8 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
PT WAS AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE HELPING BREAK WOOD & GOT A NAIL STUCK IN LEG ABOVE HIS RT. KNEE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT. LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2005	Age: 30 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
BRUSHED AGAINST AN EXPOSED NAIL DX. THIGH ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2005	Age: 45 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
PT HAS A 2"FINISHING NAIL IN THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PUNCTURE WOUND LEG - 46 YOM SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH AT HOME, NAIL THREE INCHES LONG, ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT SUSTAINED NAIL IN THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	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
LAC TO L LEG ABOVE KNEE, CUT ON NAIL DX: 1" LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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