Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2006 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,911
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	392
6-15 years old:	404
16-25 years old:	61
26-50 years old:	716
50+ years old:	334

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
37 YO MALE TRIPPED ON NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK AND HIT HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
HIT HEAD ON NAIL GOING UP STEPS P.W. SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
JUMPING ON BED, FELL OFF, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON NAIL ON THE FLOOR DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A STICK WITH A NAIL IN IT. DX-LACERATION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LEFT TEMPORAL PUNCTURE WOUND: NAIL TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACC SHUT SELF INTO HEAD C NAIL GUN " SCALP LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACUTE P.W. TO SCALP/27YOM STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP FROM A CARPET TACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF PLYWOOD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT FELL ON HEAD. DX- MINOR HEA D INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STOOD UP IN ATTIC AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL DX// LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2006	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IN SKULL, CT DOES NOT SHOW ANY BRAIN INJURY, PT WAS CRAWLING ONTO BOX OF CARPENTRY NAILS, HAS NAIL APX FROM POSTERIOR PARIETAL REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT FELL OVER WHILE CHANGING HITTING HEAD INTO THUMBTACK ON WALL, O R HIT HEAD ONTO BATHROOM TOWEL AGAINST WOOD RACK; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
EMBEDDED SCREW FROM TOY IN SCALP WHEN FELL ON BED WITH TOY IN IT
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN HEAD WITH A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT. DX-SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON NAIL DX: LACERATION TO SCALP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT TOP OF HEAD ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A RAFTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPPED HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON SCREW. DX-3 CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
CHI,SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A NAIL PROTRUDING OUT OF A BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
HEAD TRAUMA, PT SUST INJURY W/A NAIL ON THE WALL AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, OBSERV. ER.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON A NAIL. DX. MINOR HEAD INJURY WITH ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
LAC SCALP; STATES HANGIN TRELLIS @ HOME, HIT HEAD ON BOLT ON TRELLIS WH EN IT FELL ONTO HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Air conditioners
HIT HEAD AGAINST A SCREW ON AIR CONDITIONER AT SCHOOL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HEAD LAC, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL FROM A SHELF INSIDE THE CLOSET AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Containers
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL THAT WAS IN A CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HEAD WITH SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON A NAIL DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ONTO A NAIL DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO TOP OF HEAD W/NAIL ON PLAYGROUND DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON A NAIL FELL AND HIT HEAD LT LT TEMPORAL REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED HEAD WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O HEAD INJURY. A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT FELL ON PT'S HEAD. DX LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT W/A RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL, HIT HEAD ON SCREW, NO LOC, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS LAC TO BACK OF HEAD WHEN TRIPED AND FELL ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT HEAD ON A LARGE BOLT. D: CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD LACERATION/LEFT OCCIPITAL AREA, CUT ON RUSTY NAIL WHILE PLAYING OU TSIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL IN ATTIC. DX. 1 CM MINOR SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25 YO SCRAPED HEAD ON NAIL LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2006	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP LACERATION, CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BROTHER HIT PT ON HEAD WITH A STICK THAT HAD A NAIL AT THE END OF IT. D: LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ON A NAIL IN THE ATTIC DX: MILD PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WALKING IN ATTIC HEAD STRUCK A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND TOP OF SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RAISED HIS HEAD UP, HIT TOP OF HEAD WITH A NAIL DX: LACERATION TO TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK LAST NIGHT CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CUT HEAD ON NAIL FROM CEILING DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON NAIL/PW HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
IN HIS ATTIC AND BUMPED HEAD ON AN EXPOSED NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT @ BIRTHDAY PARTY PLAYING FIGHTING WITH STICKS W/ NAILS WAS HIT TO HEAD CUT TO SCALP. DX LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AND CUT SCALP ON NAIL; LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WORKING IN HIS BARN, RAISED HEAD AND HIT ON NAIL. LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
PT C/O NAIL ON TABLE WENT THROUGH RT SIDE OF HEAD. DX CONT TO SCALP. CO NCUSSION WITHOUT LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD LACERTATION HIT A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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