Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,788
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	327	Internal:	237
Hand:	235	Finger:	208
Foot:	177	Lower Arm:	117
Ankle:	117	Ear:	106
Shoulder:	79	Toe:	59
Face:	30	Upper Leg:	30
Upper Arm:	30	Head:	15
Lower Trunk:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
AT HOME PT WAS HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH PENCIL DX RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FOREARM WITH PENCIL IN ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INJURED WHEN CUT TIP OF FINGER WITH INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FBR EAR, PT GOT A PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN HIS CANAL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, HEARING LOSS, TM NORMAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION OF RIGHT EYE BY GRANDSON ACCIDENTALLY POK ING PT WITH MECHANICAL PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX OREIGN BODY INGESTION/LARYNGEAL ABRASION - S/P PT WAS STRUCK WITH PEN CAP STUCK IJ THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACC PUSHED HAND AGAINST PENCIL WHILE HELPING SON C HW " PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DXRT ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA - C/O EARACHE X 3 DAYS AFTER CLEANING EAR W/A PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED ACCIDENTLY IN EYE W/ A PENCIL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
49YOM PENCIL LEAD IN FORARM FB FOREARM REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED WITH PENCIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK END OF PENC COVER IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
AUTISTIC IN GROUP HOME AND STABBED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH BALLPOINT PEN CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL IMPALED PT'S ARM AT CHURCH. DX: FB/PW L UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
WAS POKED WITH A PENCIL TO HAND RED SWELLING,INFECTED PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT PENCIL LEAD IN ANKLE; FB ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
ABRASION FINGER - 34 YOM SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO RIGHT THUMB WHEN JABB ED BY A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A PEN. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
47 YOF PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT USED TO PUT PENCIL POINTS IN HER EAR AT AGE 5 & 6 AND THINKS PART OF THE PENCIL POINT IS COMING OUT OF HER EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STEPPED ON PENCIL AT HOME SUST PW TO R FOOT DX PW R FOOT W CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER - 26 YOM POKED SELF LEFT INDEX FINGER ONE WEEK AG O WITH A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO FINGER WHEN STUCK SELF WITH A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL. DX: FB L ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS HOLDING A MECHANICAL PENCIL & SOMEHOW STUCK HIMSELF IN HEAD 3 DAYS AGO, FEELS LIKE LEAD IS IN THERE. DX-FOREIGN BODY, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
LEAD PENCIL BROKE OFF IN LT THIGH P.W. THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOOT FB-STEPPED ON LEAD PENCIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS REACHING FOR A BAG OF PENCILS AND HURT SHOULDER. DX: SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
CORNEAL AB-SCRATCHED EYE ON INK PEN IN HUSBAND'S SHIRT POCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREARM FB-POKED W/A LEAD PENCIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
36 YO MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY STABBED UNDER LEFT EYE WITH PEN BY GIRLFRIEND - PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
49 YOM JAMMED A PENCIL INTO THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND THIS MORNING CAU SING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE FOOT - 28 YOF KICKED A PEN LAST NIGHT WITH RIGHT FOOT SUSTAINI NG PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT SAT ON COUCH AND BALL POINT PEN WENT INTO PT'S THIGH DX: PUNTURE WOUND RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SUFFERED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RT HAND, WAS WALKING WITH PENCIL IN HAND & FELL. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PICKED UP A PENCIL AND STABBED HIMSELF IN FINGER WITH THE LEAD FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED INK PEN. SEEN FIRST IN CLINIC. XRAY WITH PATIENT. LEFT P RIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
FB INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED THE CAP OFF A PEN WHEN HE WAS CHEWING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. PUNCTURED R. LITTLE FINGER W/ PENCIL POINT . DX PUNCTURE WOUND . R . LITTLE FINGER .#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Ceilings and walls
PT CHEWING ON A PEN AND HIT A WALL CAUSING PT TO SWALLOW PEN, C/O HARDT IME BREATHING DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL TIP STUCK IN FOOT. DX-R FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A BALL POINT PEN DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL ONTO PENCIL ONTO RT HAND, PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL DX: L FOOT PENCIL LEAD FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
FACIAL CELLULITIS. PT WAS CHEWING ON A PEN WHEN IT STUCK TO INSIDE OF M OUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED IN EYE WITH END OF BALL POINT PEN BY DAUGHTER. D: CORNEAL ABRA SION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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