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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 377
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT HAD PEN IN MOUTH WHILE PLAYING W/DAUGHTER AND IT JAMMED THROAT. DX: BLUNT TRAUMA TO THROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RUNNING WITH PENCIL AND FELL PUNC TO THROAT DX: THROAT PUNC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT. STATES SHE STUCK A PENCIL IN HER L EAR ON MONDAY. NOTICED SWELLING BEHIND HER EAR AND L SIDE OF NECK. DX. LYMPH ADENOPATHY NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Stairs or steps |
| CERVICAL MUSCLE STRAIN-SLIPPED ON A PENCIL AND FELL DOWN 12 METAL STEPS . UNSURE OF LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A PEN FROM THE FLOOR AND SUSTAINED CERVICAL AND SHOULDER PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PEN AND STRAINED NECK AND BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2001 | 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: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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