Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,097
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	601	Foot:	279
Finger:	226	Lower Trunk:	216
Ear:	177	Hand:	177
Internal:	170	Mouth:	69
Pubic Region:	69	Lower Leg:	62
Elbow:	15	Knee:	15
Face:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
HAND LAC-36YOM-CUT ON AN INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 39 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: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
39YOM WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH STEEL PENCILS 24 HRS AGO WHILE WORKINGON F LOATS, C/O SOME VISION CHANGES. DX - SUBCONJUNTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
26 YO M STUCK INK PEN IN ABD. DX FB ABD, *** SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH PENCIL. DX-SUPERFICIAL EYE INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 43 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: Fracture
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON A PEN ON THE FLOOR&FELL HITTING KNEE, +PAIN&SWELLING >>TIBIAL PLATEAU FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
26YOM STATES ACCIDENTLY INJ.RT.4TH.FINGER WHEN IN JAIL YESTERDAY WHEN HIT WITH A PENCIL, NOW WANTS FINGER LOOKED AT. DX; P.W.RT.4TH.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Pens and pencils
44 YOM DENTAL INJURY, WALKING WITH A PEN IN HIS MOUTH WHEN A DOG RAN IN FRONT OF HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND PEN TO HIT TEETH, + PAIN LOOSE TE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED SELF INSIDE EAR WITH PENCIL WHILE CARRYING A LOT OF THINGS. DX. EAR PAIN AND DRAINAGE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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: FB LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EAR WHEN HE WAS ITCHING HIS EAR WITH A PENCIL AND WHEN HE TOOK OUT PENCIL ERASER WAS MISSING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX RESIDUAL FOREIGN BODY IN SOFT TISSUE (LT FOOT) - S/P PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL A MONTH AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 30 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
30 YOF INJURED HAND WITH PEN. DX-ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS ON THE BUS AND JERKED AND PT SWALLOWED A BALL POINT PEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
48 YOM STEPPED ON A PENCIL AT HOME SUSTAINING PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN EAR AT JAIL. DX: FB R EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
DX SPAIN ELBOW FOREARM: C/O R ELBOW PN X 1MO. WORSE W WRIT'G W PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 32 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 WAS ACCIDENTIALLY STABBED IN THE EYE WITRH A MECHANICAL PENCIL DX: CORNEAL ABRASON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 36 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
C/O EYE PAIN SON ACCIDENTALLY HIT PATIENT IN THE EYE WITH INK PEN AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
28 YR OLD STEPPED ON A PENCIL AT HOME DX// LEFT FOOT FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, First aid equipment
PT STUCK PEN IN EAR THEN USED ***, C/O SEEING BLOOD W PAIN DX; EAR PAIN DX; EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 38 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
POKED IN FINGER WITH A PENCIL. DX. FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O EYE PAIN S/P ACC POKED SELF ONTO FACE WITH A PEN NEAR THE EYE >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
GOT STUCK W INK PEN ON R LEG. PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PEN, DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
40YOM USING THE END OF A PENCIL TO SCRATCH INSIDE OF EAR,NEPHEW WALKED PAST ACCIDENTLY STRUCK PENCIL,ERASER BROKE OFF IN EAR;FB REMOVAL EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED PIECE OF A PEN CAP WHICH IS IN ESOPHAGUS BUT DOES NOT WANT T O BE ADMITTED AND LEFT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Screwdrivers
39YOF STATES SHE HAS SEVERAL PERSONALITIES STRUCK HERSELF IN ABDOMEN WITH SCREWDRIVER AND PENCILS;PUNCTURE WOUNDS ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RESIDENT AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, PEN STUCK IN PENIS. DX FOREIGN BODY IN PENIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ALLEGEDLY SWALLOWED A PENCIL. FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE ***, THE CAR PT WAS DRIVINGWAS HIT HARD, PT SLID ON SEAT, STABBED IN BUT BY PENCIL DX: FOREIGN BOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
CORN ABR. PT POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 47 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, Day wear
GOT PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGERNAIL AFTER STICKING HAND IN POCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 26 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
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT POKED EYE WITH A BALL POINT PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 34 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
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL & TIP LODGED IN HEEL AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 48 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 MAY HAVE GOT PENCIL SHAVING IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY POKED EYE W PEN. HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
48YOM HAS A HABIT OF PLACING A PENCIL BEHIND EAR,WENT TO PLACE A PENCIL BEHIND RT EAR AT HOME ACCIDENTLY POKED EYE WITH PENCIL;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	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 POKED SELF IN EYE W/PENCIL 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
43 YOF PENCIL POINT BROKE IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 44 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
PW RT HAND.PT LAMMED HAND DOWN AND HAD A INK PEN GO THROUGH PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO THE EYE AFTER POKING A PENCIL. IN THE EYE@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Bottles or jars
PT DRANK WATER OUT OF BOTTLE THAT HAD OLD PEN IN IT. INK INGESTION, N ONTOXIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 30 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
30 YOF WAS POKED IN EYE WITH PEN CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
WALKING BAREFOOT @ HOME,STEPPED ON PENCIL. SPLINTER PW LATERAL RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
BALLPOINT PEN IMPALED THROUGH RT HAND, REMOVED IN ER:INMATE COUNTYJAIL, FELL ASLEEP W/*** BALL POINT PEN IN HAND, AWOKE WITH PEN THRU HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	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
46YO WHITE MALE HIT IN EYE WITH A PEN ACCIDENTAL BY GRANDCHILDDX SUBCON JUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE & CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED SELF WITH PENCIL BY ACCIDENT DX: RT 2ND FINGER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Tables
PT WAS MESSING WITH A INK PEN AND SLAMMED IT DOWN ON THE TABLE AND IT SHOT UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE DX: EYE INJ RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WSAS POKED IN RIGHT EYE WITH A PEN* DX EYE PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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