Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2008 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,360
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	80
6-15 years old:	101
16-25 years old:	362
26-50 years old:	712
50+ years old:	104

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX CLOSED FX OF DISTAL END OF RADIUS (WRIST) - S/P WHILE CROSSING THE STREET,PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
34 Y/O HAD BEEN PULLING NAILS FROM A BOARD, HAD ONSET WRIST PAIN. DX-WRIST INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS AT HOME, REMOVING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH, SPRAINED RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 34 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
GOT STUCK WITH POINT OF SCREW WORKING IN YARD DX: PUNC TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 47 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
SCRAPED WRIST ON INTERIOR FINISH NAIL PW LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 33 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
PT CUT WRIST ON NAIL 4 DAYS AGO. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 17 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, Motor vehicles or parts
HAS 2 LAC'S TO (R) WRIST/FOREARM, SLIPPED ON BOLTS, WORKING ON TRUCK--- -7 1/2 CM (R) WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE PULLING OUT NAILS, PT INJURED WRIST, PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	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
PW TO L WRIST BY NAIL DX; PW LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 42 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
TRIED TO CATCH A BOARD W/ A NAIL IN IT AND THE NAIL PUNCTURED (R) WRIST ----PUNCTURE (R) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 2 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 CUT WRIST THIS AM ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 45 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
PT HIT LT WRIST ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME YESTERDAY SUSTAINING A WRIST ABRASION & CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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
CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST - INJURED ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 28 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
PT DROVE NAIL THROUGH LFT WRIST DX PUNCTURE WOUND LFT WRIST***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Bicycles or accessories
R WRIST ABRASION ON NAIL WHEN HE FELL FROM BIKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 61 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
HIT (L) WRIST ON A NAIL HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 12 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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PLAYING AT CAMP AND FELL ONTO OUTSTRETHCED RIGHT ARM ONTO A BOARD WI TH A NAIL IN IT SUSTAINED A PW TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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
DRYWALL SCREW PUNCTURED R WRIST. DX R WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 47 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 PRESENTED TO ED WITH LARGE NAIL EMBEDDED THROUGH WRIST OCCURED WHILE USING NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
42YOM A WEEK AGO AT HOME LACERATED LEFT WRIST ON A NAIL; WRIST INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT WRIST W/A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 WITH LAC TO WRIST FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 8 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
CAUGHT R WRIST ON NAIL DX; WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 20 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
PT HAD NAIL GO INTO WRIST PW WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS PUNCTURE TO WRIST AFTER BEING STUCK WITH RUSTY NAIL%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 33 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
IMPALED WRIST ON A NAIL STICKING OUT FROM A BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Not recorded	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
PT HAD PUNCTURE WOUND ON R WRIST FROM NAIL A FEW DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 21 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
PT STUCK IN WRIST WITH NAIL FROM CHEST OF DRAWERS DX: PUNCTURE WOUND/LAC TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
INJURED WRIST PULLING NAIL OUT OF WALL WITH CLAW HAMMER RT WRIST FX *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 40 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, Doors
MRSA W/CELLULITIS: HIT ARM OFF DOOR WITH RUSTY NAIL, PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST 6-7 DAYS AGO, ENTIRE HAND + REDNESS WITH SWELLING,ABSCESS R WRIST
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 TIGHTENING A BOLT WHEN HAND SLIPPED, CAUSING CONTUSION TO L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 52 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
PT INJURED WRIST ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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