Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,305
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Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC. DX: SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RAISED UP, HIT EXPOSED NAIL DX. PW HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bunk beds
TAKING BUNK BEDS APART & HIT HEAD ON NAIL. ACUTE HEAD INJURY/MILD CONCU SSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STATES BOARD W/NAIL IN IT FELL HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD. DX. LAC SC ALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND - HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Thermal or sound insulation materials
SCALP LAC-IN ATTIC @ HOME-HIT HEAD ON A NAIL WHILE INSTALLING INSULATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOUND IN HER HOUSE AND HAD APPARENTLY STUMBLED AND FALLEN DOWN CUTTING HER HEAD ON A NAIL. CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION SCALP - 29 YOM SCRAPED HEAD ON A NAIL IN THE ATTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME SHOT A NAIL INTO LEFT BOOT- THOUGHT IT WENT THROUGH FOOT- WENT BETWEEN TOES- PASSED OUT- CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
WORKING IN ATTIC AT HOME AND WALKED INTO A CEILING BEAM WITH AN EXPOSED NAIL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC LACERATION OP SCALP 1.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE CROWN OF SCALP ON NAIL IN ATTIC.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST. LAC. TO SCALP ON NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS HIT W/A BOARD W/NAIL IN IT. DX: SCALP LAC/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD LACERATION - LACERATED TOP OF HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
WALKED INTO A NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL AT A CLUB, CUT SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
# 31YOM HIT HEAD ON NAIL AFTER SEIZURE DX-SCALP LAC/SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
SCALP LAC- HIT HEAD ON A BOLT HANGING FROM CEILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
STRUCK BY BOARD W/ NAIL; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON BOLT,LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED SCALP ON RUSTY NAIL ABRADING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
46 Y/O M C/O HAND LAC - SCRAPED TOP OF HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL. DX:SCALP ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pipes
PATIENT WAS COVERING PIPES UNDER HIS HOUSE, A NAIL STUCK IN HIS HEAD. DX-NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Mirrors or mirror glass
PT PULLED ON NAIL WHILE HANGING MIRROR WHICH FELL. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FACIAL LAC 2.2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL. PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF HEAD. DX: 1/2 CM LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIPPED OUTSIDE AT HOME & FELL BACKWARDS, STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON SOMETHING, ? TIN, ? NAIL. DX SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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