Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,507
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Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT C/O SCRATCHED BY NAIL 4 HOURS AGO TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
CELLULITIS LEFT FOREARM/NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND INJURY NOW INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 38 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
DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION: CUT ARM ON BOLT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 43 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS PUNCTURE BY ALUMINUM ROOFING NAIL TH IS AM - SITE IS BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
FB RT FOREARM.PT INJURED FOREARM ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 42 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
42YOM CUT TO ON NAIL AT HOME DX/LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 35 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 ON BOARD WENT INTO PT'S ARM. PUNCTURE WOUND RT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 34 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 TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
PT USING THUMBTACK TO CUT (L) FOREARM. PT DEPRESSSED. DX: SUPER- FICIAL ABRASION, SUICIDAL IDEATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 27 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
PT LACERATED ARM ON NAIL AT HOME. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 36 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-HIT A BOARD W/A NAIL STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 46 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: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
FOREIGN BODY FOREARM - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH COATED 16 PENNY NAIL IN RI GHT FOREARM - INJURY SUSTAINED WHEN USING NAIL GUN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 26 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
FA LAC ON RUSTY NAIL DX: LAC L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 45 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE DOING HOUSEWORK, PT STUCK SELF WITH RUSTY NAIL, PUNCTURE TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 45 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST LACERATION TO LOWER ARM AFTER FALLING ONTO NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 26 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Air conditioners
PUNCTURE WOUND ARM - HIT ARM ON NAIL WHEN PUTTING AIR CONDITIONER IN WI NDOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 41 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
POKED BY NAIL ON RT FOREARM DX: PW RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 26 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM: INJURED ARM ON NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 49 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
PT CUT ARM ON NAIL IN A BOARD. DX: 3 CM L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PERSON TRYING TO UNLOAD LUMBER,LUMBER SLID THRU ARMS,GOT NAIL PUNTURE W OUND IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 38 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 NAIL WHILE REMODELING DX PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 36 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
PT STATES HE WAS HIT IN ARM WITH PC OF WOOD WITH 2 NAILS PROTRUDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 48 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
CUT ARM ON SCREW - LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 47 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
LT FOREARM LAC-FELL AGAINST A WALL-CUT ON A NAIL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 41 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
SETTING FORMS TO CONCRETE--NAIL PULLED OUT AND STRUCK FOREARM DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	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
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO A NAIL. DX: 8 CM LAC R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 32 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, Refrigerators
LAC L FOREARM; CAUGHT ON NAIL IN WALL WHEN MOVING REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE/ LAC TO LT FOREARM W/ NAIL. DX; 1 CM FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	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
PW TO ARM WHEN STRUCK BY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT CUT FOREARM WITH NAIL C/O BLEEDING DX: LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 27 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BRANDED SELF ON FOREARM WITH A HOT NAIL TO MAKE A DESIGN AND BURNED SEL F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 45 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, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PUNCTURED FOREARM FROM NAIL IN OLD BOARD WHILE UNLOADING FROM WHEELBORR OW AT HOME. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT ARM: FELL ONTO A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	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 CUT (R) FOREARM ON NAIL 1MO AGO. HAS BEEN BLEEDING SINCE. PAINFUL DX: CELLULITIS (R) FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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