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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,961
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Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WASHING THE WALL AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS S NAIL STICKING OUT OF ONE O F THE WALLS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38 Y/O B/F LACERATED ARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL CUTTING ARM ON RUSTY NAIL ON THE STREET DX:LAC TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREARM SCRAPED ON EXPOSED SCREW DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED WITH NAILD X-ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER ARM LAST EVENING WITH A NAI L GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION: RAN INTO NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREARM LACERATION- SUSTAINED ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT NAIL IN ARM. DX: PW L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GETTING OFF THE BOAT ONTO THE BOAT DOCK AND THERE WAS A NAIL STICKIN G OUT OF THE POLE ON THE DOCK RAN RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST IT- LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATIONS L FOREARM - SCRAPED ARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ONTO EXPOSED RUSTY NAIL AT HOME INJURING FOREARM. DX: PUNCTURE W OUND FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PATIENT CUT ON A NAIL ON A DOOR. DX: LACERATION LEFT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND FROM NAIL 4 HRS PTA-DX-ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAILGUN INTO ARM; PW LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT STUCH WITH A NAIL; PW LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED FOREARM ON A NAIL ABRADING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
NAIL STICKING OUT FROM WALL PUNCTURE TO FOREARM C/O ACTIVE BLEEDING DX' PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT ARM ON RUSTY NAIL. DX: L FOREARM ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE L FOREARM FROM SCREW CONTAMINATED WITH HORSE MANURE. DX. PUNC TURE L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS FIXING A FENCE AND HIT FOREARM ON A NAIL A ND IT LACERATED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HAND ON NAIL IN CLOSET LAST P.M. ACUTE CT RT ULNA. ULNAR NEUROPATHY @
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREARM LAC, PT CUT FOREARM WHEN BRUSHING UP AGAINST A PROTRUDING SCREW HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Lawn mowers
LACERATION RT FOREARM - STEPPED ON NAIL LOADING LAWN MOWER INTO TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
INJURED LEFT FOREARM WITH NAIL GUN THREE DAYS AGO, NAIL ENTERED ARML&D WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED FOREARM WITH A NAIL WHILE LOADING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
37 Y M CAUGHT ARM ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A WALL.DX: 4 CM LACERATION TO FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 40 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT LACERATED FOREARM ON DIRTY DRYWALL SCREW. D: LACERATION,CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT STRUCK A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AT HOME WHEN NAIL SHOT INTO LEFT LOWER A RM FOREIGN BODY ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ON ROOFING NAIL/LT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND-CUT ON A NAIL IN A 2X4 BOARD @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
PW TO (R) FOREARM FROM NAIL STICKING OUT FROM PICNIC TABLE. DX:PW (R) FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FOREARM WITH SCREW. DX: LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC RT ARM- CUT ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL ON NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. WAS BUILDING A DECK AND BOARD SLID DOWN HIS ARM, WITH A NAIL IN IT, CUTTING HIS LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
35YOWM GOT BRAD CLIP STUCK IN ARMDX: FOREIGN BODY FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CAUGHT RT ELBOW ON A NAIL DX: RT ARM LAC 1-1/2"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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