Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,675
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	285
6-15 years old:	1,148
16-25 years old:	247
26-50 years old:	684
50+ years old:	309

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
12YOM SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE, HIT L KNEE ON A NAIL ON GROUND. HAS LAC. DX L KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
10 YOM CUT KNEE ON SCREW DX: KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: American Indian/Alaska Native
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Outerwear
8YOF WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE IN SNOW WENT DOWN ON KNEES AND A NAIL WENT IN TO KNEE PUNCTURE WOUND TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
35 YOM CONTUSION TO RIGHT KNEE - WHILE KNOCKING RUSTY NAILS FROM FIREWOOD, MISSED THE WOOD, HITTING HIS KNEE WITH HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
14YOM CUT KNEE ON NAIL WHILE DOING PUSHUPS ON FLOOR KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: American Indian/Alaska Native
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
20YOF WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR AND WAS POKED IN KNEE BY A NAIL..PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
34 Y/O MALE STATES KNELT DOWN IN HIS ATTIC A FEW DAYS AGO ON A TACK NOW HAS FEVER DX: CELLULITIS LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5 YOM KNEELED ON A THUMB TACK LAST NIGHT AND IT IS REALLY RED PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
CLIMBING OVER A FENCE AND A NAIL STUCK INTO LEFT KNEE. PUNCTURE WOUND K NEE, LEFT. 33 YOF*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6YOF;PT FELL DOWN AT THE PARK AND HIT KNEE ON A NAIL. D: MILD KNEE TR AUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
10YOM SUSTAINED ABRASION TO KNEE WHEN HE WAS SCRATCHED BY A NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
44 Y/O/ SHOT NAIL IN KNEE WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME TODAY DX/ FB RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
20YOF FELL AND HIT KNEE ON NAIL DX: LACERATION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8YOM FELL ONT SCREW, HAD SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND, PAIN, LIMPING, SWELLING, ERYTHEMA DX: CELLULITIS OF THE R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
12YOM, FELL WHILE RUNNING, SCRAPING KNEE ON RUSTY NAIL >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
17 YO M CRAWLING ON FLOOR GOT A NAIL IN HIS KNEE DX: KNEE CELLULITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
28 YO M KNEELED ON NAIL GUN AND NAIL LODGED IN KNEE FOREIGN BODY KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/03/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
10YO MALE FELL ON RUSTY NAIL NOW HAS SOME REDNESS CONTUSION KNEE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
2 YR F CUT KNEE ON SCREW STICKING OUT OF FENCE;DX LACERATED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YR M RUNNING AND FELL ON NAIL;DX LACERATED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4YOWF PT SLIPPED AND L KNEE FELL ON NAIL. DX. LAC L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
19 YOF WAS ON HER KNEES PLAYING WITH HER NIECE WHEN SHE DRAGGED HER KNEE OVER A NAIL. DX KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Swimming pools
6YOF WAS RUNNING AT POOL SLIPPED & FELL ON KNEE CUT ON NAIL. DX:LAC RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
59YOM, CUT KNEE ON A NAIL 2D AGO, STILL OOZING BLOOD >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
48YOF CUT KNEE ON A RUSTY NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF SOMETHING. DX. COMPLICATED KNEE LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
7YOF; PT CUT KNEE ON A RUSTY NAIL. D: LACERATION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4YOM FELL ON KNEE ON A NAIL; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
48 YOM PW TO KNEE FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
15YOM PUNCTURED KNEE WITH RUSTY NAIL AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND OF KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
14 YOM PLAYING BASKETBALL, FELL ON SCREW FROM BASKETBALL HOOP. DX: LAC ERATION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38YOF HAS SCREW TO KNEE FROM SURGERY, BENT DOWN & SCREW POPPED THOUGH SKIN ON KNEE DX;* (R) KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
17YOF CUT KNEE ON SCREW FROM BROKEN DRAWER; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YOM SCRAPED KNEE ON RUSTY NAIL DX: KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
15 YR M CUT KNEE WITH NAIL;DX LACERATED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
8 YOM HIT KNEE ON A NAIL THAT HOLDS DOWN CARPETING. DX: LACERATION KNE E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
49 YO M SHOT NAIL INTO KNEE WITH NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY. DX FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
12YOM-KNEE AB-SCRATCHED KNEE ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
7YOF FELL ONTO A NAIL. DX. KNEE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 Y/O FEMALE FELL ON A RUSTY NAIL EMBEDDED IN WOOD AT THE PLAYGROUND DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SUPERFICIAL LAC. KNEE: 3YOF FELL & LACERATED KNEE ON A NAIL ON METAL CARPET RUNNER, I CM SUPERFICIAL LAC. R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A PEICE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT, CUT KNEE, 8 YR MALE DX: KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
28 YOF, FELL ON NAIL, PUNCTURE KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
30 YOM HIT KNEE ON BOARD W/NAILS. DX: PW L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
33YOM PUTTING AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER TOGETHER AT HOME AND KNELT ONTO A TACK PW KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO KNEE. 20 YOM KNELT DOWN ON A NAIL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/25/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38 YOF INJURED KNEE FROM CUTTING ON RUSTY NAIL. DX-RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY ABRASSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
9YOM KNEELING ON COUCH AND KNEE WENT THROUGH THE COUCH COUSHIONS INTO A NAIL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
56YOF BUMPED INTO A BOLT STICKING OUT OF GROUND, BECAME UNBALANCED, STEPPED ON PARKING BARRIER & FELL SUSTAINING LT ELBOW & KNEE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5YOM WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE, & SLID ON HIS KNEES, & A NAIL ON THE GROUND STUCK INTO HIS RT KNEE. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND IN RT KNEE, FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
25YOBM PT STATES HE RAN INTO A RUSTY NAIL THAT WAS HANGING OUT OF HTE WALL, NAIL WENT INTO R KNEE. DX. ABRA R KNEE/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8 YOM PW RT KNEE FROM NAIL HEAD, BURNING. DX: NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8YOF TRIPPED OVER ANOTHER CHILD AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, LANDED ON BOARD WITH NAIL STICKING OUT; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT SCRAPPED KNEE ON NAIL. DX; 6 CM LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51 YR OLD BLACK MALE DX LT KNEE PAIN - S/P HX OFR STEPPING ON NAIL YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
58 YOM-PT SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN ON R KNEE DX FB R KNEE REMOVED *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51 YOM PUT HORSESHOE NAIL INTO KNEE. DX: PW LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNEE LAC-9YOM-FELL ONTO A NAIL-HIT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8 YO MALE PLAYING IN THE SCHOOL YARD - FELL AND HIT A NAIL. DX KNEE LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
3 YOM LAC TO L KNEE ON NAIL IN FLOOR DX: KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
16 YOF C/O KNEE PAIN AT HOME, FELL ON A NAIL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Animal traps
10YOM WAS BUILDING A SQUIREL TRAP AND SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT KNEE WITH THE NAIL AS IT WENT THROUGH THE TRAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Furniture
5YOM HIT KNEE ON NAIL IN OLD PIECE OF FURNITURE RESULTING IN PUNCTURE W OUND 2 DAYS AGO, INCREASED PAIN, REFUSING TO BEND KNEE; EFFUSION, ARTHR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
9 YO F HIT KNEE ON SCREW STICKING OUT OF WALL AT HOME. DX KNEE LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6YOF SLIPPED ,FELL ON NAIL SUST LAC TO KNEE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4YOF PLAYING AT SCHOOL AND FELL HITTING KNEE ON A SCREW; KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
53 YO M NAIL STUCK IN KNEE FROM NAILGUN. DX FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8YOM SUSTAINED KNEE LAC ON A NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5 YO M FELL ONTO A SCREW AT HOME AND LAC HIS KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2010	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
71 YOF TRIPPED ON NAIL STICKING UP FROM BOARDWALK KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
2 YOM FELL ONTO BOARD W/RUSTY NAIL. DX: L KNEE LAC 3 CM, L THIGH ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
59YROLD MALE WAS TEARING UP CARPET @ HIS HOME PTA WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LA CERATED HIS KNEE ON A CARPET TACK DX LACERATION KNEE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
10YOM WAS RUNNING & HIT LT KNEE ON NAIL. DX - LT KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14YOM WAS AT HOME, FELL LANDING ON A BOARD CAUSING A NAIL TO INTO KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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