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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2007 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 547
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Date: 11/04/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
14 YOM HIT ARM AGAINST NAIL ON THE WALL OF UNFINISHED BASEMENT, AT HOME ELBOW LACERATION. DX: LT ELBOW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Poles
10 YO M LACERATION TO ELBOW SLIPPED AND FELL ON NAIL IN WOODEN POLE IN BASEMENT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL EMBEDDED IN ELBOW JOINT WHEN SIB HIT HER WITH BOARD WITH NAIL IN IT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/09/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WAS PRYING WOOD APART AND A NAIL WENT INTO (L) ELBOW DX- PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT ELBOW ON A NAIL AT AUNTS HOUSE TODAY DX// LAC RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2007Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CUT ARM ON AN EXPOSED NAIL ON A WALL RIGHT ELBOW LACERATION W/ ASCENDING LYMPHADECITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/24/2007Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other portable or stationary power tools
33YOM WAS CROUCHED OVER TIGHTENING A BOLT USING A RACHET,FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW; RIGHT ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2007Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUCTURED ELBOW ON A NAIL DX: PW L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A BOARD AND HIT A NAIL WITH AN ELBOW. D: DEEP PUNCTURE WOU ND TO RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/19/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
16YOF CUT HER LEFT POSTERIOR ELBOW ON A NAIL; ACUTE LEFT ELBOW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN GARAGE ONTO A NAIL IN FLOOR DX: PUNCTURED L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SLIPPED ON SCREWS AT A LOWES BUILDING SUPPLY STORE AND INJURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS MOVING A BOARD WHICH AHD A NAIL OR A SCREW IN IT SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2007Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
ELBOW LAC-TIGHTENING A BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING ELBOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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