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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2009 - Ankle

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 674
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/05/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE ANKLE 1 WK PTA NOW ANKLE IS SWOLLEN AND TEND ER WITH REDNESS DX CELLULITIS 2NDARY TO PUNCTURE WOUND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
58YOF THIS AFTERNNON CAUGHT HER RT FOOT ON A NAIL FELL DOWN SEVERAL STEPS,TWISTING ANKLE;ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH LUMBER AND DROPPED ON ANKLE, HAS NAIL IN IT. STUCK IN ANKLE. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT A NAIL IN ANKLE WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME DX// LEFT ANKLE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
PUNCTURED BY NAIL WHEN WORKING ON WOOD TABLE PW ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2009Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT ANKLE ON A NAIL. DX: R ANKLE PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON A NAIL AT FIREWORKS STAND. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN, R FOOT PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT IN ANKLE WITH NAIL GUNFOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NONDISPLACED TRIMALLEOLAR FX L ANKLE:L FOOT, ANKLE INJ AFTER FALLINGOUT OF BACK OF TRUCK,TRIPPED OVER OWN FEET OR BOLTS IN BED OF TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Swimming pool equipment
40 YOM WAS CHASEING KIDS AND TRIPPED ON SCREW THAT HOLDS POOL COVER ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14 Y/O STEPPED ON A RUSTY NAIL WITH RIGHT FOOT,, LIGHTS WERE OFF AND STEPPED ON A BOARD. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT, SPRAIN ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC/PUNCTURE WOUND TO R OUTER ASPECT OF R FOOT W/A LARGE METAL SCREW TO DAY. DX. 3 CM LAC R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT ANKLE ON NAIL X10 DAYS, NOW W/ANKLE PAIN AND SWELLING; ANKLE JOI NT EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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