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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,460
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:299Upper Leg:177
Ear:167Hand:160
Foot:157Wrist:127
Face:93Internal:63
Mouth:63Lower Trunk:50
Finger:50Shoulder:16
Pubic Region:16Lower Leg:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
48 YOM NEPHEW ACCIDENTALLY STABBED THIGH WITH PENCIL PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
31 YOF LBP, BENT OVER TO PICKUP PENCIL DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
34 YOF DX HIP ABRASION - ACCIDENTALLY SAT ON PENCIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2010Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
45 YO F PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
34YF,WITH COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY IN EAR PEICE OF PEN STUCK DX: FB TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2010Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
29 YOF SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HER LEFT FOOT AFTER STEPPING ON A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
FINGER LAC, 42 YOM CUT FINGER ON A PLASTIC PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2010Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Pens and pencils
41 YO F, WITH HABIT OF CHEWING ON PENS, BIT DOWN ON A PEN AND HEARD A C RACK. DX:TOOTH FX, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
38 Y/O F PENCIL TIP FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
27 YOF INJURED FOOT FROM PUNCTURE WOUND FROM INK PEN 6 DAYS AGO. DX-RIGHT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND WITH CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
32 Y/O F WAS DIGGING IN HER RT EAR WITH PEN NOW C/O PEN DX RT EAR OTITS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
42YOF WITH PART OF A PENCIL EMBEDDED IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
FOOT PW. 32 YOF STEPPED ON AN INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2010Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
41YOM ACCID STABBED SELF IN LEG W/PENCIL WHILE GETTING INTO CAR. DX: FB R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Chairs
32 YOF PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH, REPORTS SHE THREW HER BACKPACK DOWN AND DI D NOT SEE A PENCIL COME OUT, SAT ON A CHAIR AND THE PENCIL STUCK HER LE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
26 YOM, PENCIL STUCK IN NOSE, FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
38YOF, TRYING TO TAKE PEN AWAY FROM DAUGHTER IT WENT INTO RT EYE >>SUBCONJ HGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
26 YOF STEPPED ON A PENCIL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
34 YOF DX LACERATION RT BUTTOCK - S/P DUE TO SITTING ON A PENCIL TIP AT HOME PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A PEN TOP FOREIGN BODY STOMACH 34 YO F #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2010Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
30YOF WITH PW TO LOWER LEG FROM A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pens and pencils
46 YO F C/O EYE PAIN ACCIDENTALLY SCRATCHED EYE W/ A PEN DX CONJUNCTIVITIS***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
34YOF WAS REACHING FOR A PEN AND FELT A POP RT WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
46YOM WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
47 YOM STEPPED ON A PENCIL BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND TOES. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
26YOM WAS SHAKING A PEN AND HIT WRIST ON RT ARM AT HOME DX: WRIST INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
34 Y/O/F SCRATCHED SELF IN EYE WITH A PENCIL DX/ RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
26 YOF SUS FB TO FINGER AFTER GETTING LEAD FROM PENCIL STUCK IN FINGER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2010Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Art and ceramic supplies or equipment
DX LAC EYELID: 35YOWM P/EVAL OF SM LAC L UPPER EYELID AFTER BEND OVERTO PICK UP A MARKER & CATCH' EYE LID ON METAL EASEL BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2010Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
45YOM WITH PENCIL TIP STUCK IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2010Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
SHOULDER PAIN-43YOM-PAIN WHEN PT BENT OVER TO P/U A PENCIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2010Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
40YOF SUSTAINED FB TO VAGINA AFTER INSERTING A PEN CAP *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2010Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
36 YOF SCRATCH TO RT HAND FROM A PENCIL LEAD BECAME SWOLLEN AND INFLAM ED-- DX- CONTUSION AND ABRASION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
47 YO F, PATIENT STABBED HER LEFT HAND WITH A PEN, DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
50YOF ACCIDENTLY WALKED INTO A DOOR WALL AND WAS JABBED WITH HER PEN IN THIGH DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN EYE WITH PENCIL 33 YO F CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FB IN EAR: 32YOF /W 2D H/O FOREIGN OBJECT STUCK IN L EAR; YTDY W PLAY' W PEN; NOTICED THAT PART OF HER PNE W MISS' & FELT L EAR FULLNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2010Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
28YOF HAD PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
50YOM HAS PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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