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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,004
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT PUNCTURED KNEE WITH A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT KNELT DOWN ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT KNEE ABRASION-SCRAPED RT KNEE ON A NAIL WHILE WORKING IN HIS KITCHEN . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| PW LEFT KNEE.PT WAS ON ROOF AND KNELT DOWN AND A NAIL PUNCTURED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT KNEELED ON BOARD W/NAIL YESTERDAY. DX: PW R KNEE, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 13/4 INCH NAIL EMBEDDED INTO LEFT KNEE FROM NAIL GUN DX: NAIL LODGED IN LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT. STATES PUT NAIL THROUGH L KNEE W/NAIL GUN AT 11:30 AM. DX. PUNCTUE WOUND, CONTAMINATION OF SYNONIUM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT KNEE FROM NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 35YOF LANDED ON NAIL WITH KNEE, INJURING R KNEE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| KNELT DOWN ON A NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 32 YO M NAIL FROM NAIL GUN SHOT INTO KNEE. DX FB TO R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/26/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT KNEE ON RUSTY NAIL; PW KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| SHOT SELF IN KNEE WITH NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT LACERATED KNEE ON ROOFING SCREW DX: RIGHT KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT KNELT DOWN ONTO NAIL AT FRIEND'S. DX: PW L KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ONTO A NAIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO WENT INTO LEFT KNEE CONTINUED PAIN AND SWELLING INFECTED BURSA KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bunk beds |
| L KNEE WOUND - HIT KNEE ON BOLT OF BUNKBED FRAME WHEN CLIMBING DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT KNELT DOWN ON BOARD W/NAIL. DX: PW R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO KNEE AFTER FALLING ON A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Electric motors |
| LT KNEE PAIN. TWISTING A NUT LOOSE ON MOTOR AND LT KNEE TWISTED. DX; KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| KNEELED ON A THUMB TACK W/ LT KNEE. PUNCTURE WOUND LT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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