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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,116
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 16YOM, FELL AGAINST A NAIL AT SCHOOL, PUNCTURED THIGH, PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CUT THIGH ON A NAIL 3 DAYS AGO. DX: R THIGH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 6 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, Day wear |
| THIGH PW-6 Y/O M-NAIL WENT THROUGH PANTS WHEN HE FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | Age: 2 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 |
| SAT ON A NAIL. DX. THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51 YO WM HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH WITH A NAIL AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND LT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| FELL ON RUSTY NAILS. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH, STRAIN COCCYN AND LUMBARSACRAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2009 | 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 |
| CUT UPPER LEG ON SCREW THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A PIECE OF METAL AT HOM E. DX; LACERATION UPPER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2009 | Age: 7 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 |
| THIGH INJURY FROM CUTTING WITH NAIL. DX-ACUTE RIGHT THIGH LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| IMPALED THIGH WITH 2 NAILS AS WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A BOARD OVER HIS THIGH IN THE STREET. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 20 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 UPPER LEG WITH NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY. NAIL IN FEMUR ARE A. DX:RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58 Y O F STRUCK THIGH ON A RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| UPPER LEG INJURY FROM CUTTING LEG WITH NAIL, 3-4 DAYS AGO. DX-ACUTE RIGHT UPPER LEG CELLULITIS, SECONDARY TO ABRASION, RIGHT LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| LAC TO R THIGH FROM A NAIL ( AT HOME) DX LAC R THIGH * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | 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 TRIPPED OVER DOGS AT HOME AND FELL ONTO A NAIL PROTRUDING OUT OF WOO D. DX: LACERATION LATERAL THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 13 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, House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT AT FRIEND'S HOUSE HELPING BUILD HOUSE, LIFTED WOOD WITH OLD NAI L IN IT CUTTING THIGH; THIGH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 29 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT STATES PUNCTURED THIGH WITH A RUSTY NAIL DX RT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2009 | Age: 25 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Furniture |
| L THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND: R THIGH ABRASION; NAIL STICKING OUT PIECE OF FURNITURE, PUNCTURED L THIGH, SUSTAINED ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 31 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 |
| SAT ON A NAIL AND IT WENT THROUGH UPPER LEFT THIGH PUNCTURE UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL THIS MORNING, ONTO A NAIL, WHILE WAITING FOR A BUS, CUTTING HER LEG. DX: THIGH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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 RUSTY NAIL AT HOME. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 45 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, Ramps or landings |
| PT TEARING DOWN A WHEELCHAIR RAMP AND NAIL CAUGHT THIGH DX:AB LT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | 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, Beds or bedframes |
| CUT THIGH ON SCREW ON BED AT HOME LAC THIGH * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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