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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 697
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS IN THE ATTIC CROUCHING DOWN WHEN HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE BEAM OF THE ATTIC WHICH HAD A NAIL IN IT CLOSED HEAD INJ SCALP L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 42 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 |
| PUNTURE WOUND SCALP ON NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 46 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 |
| PATIENT STATES SCRAPPED HEAD ON NAIL. DX: 5 CM LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2004 | Age: 38 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 MOVING A PIECE OF WOOD OVER HIS HEAD WHICH HAD A NAIL STICKING OUT O F IT IT FELL ONTO HIS HEAD SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2004 | 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, Doors |
| PUNCTURE HEAD, VIA EMS, PT STS INJURY WITH A NAIL FROM A DOOR AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 32 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 |
| LAC SCALP; WAS IN GARAGE, STOOD UP & HIT HEAD ON A SCREW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 41 YO CUT HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL THREE WEEKS AGO SCALP INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| GETTING INTO HILO, PULLED SELF UP & HIT TOP HEAD ON BOLT STICKING OUT. ACUTE LAC VERTEX SCALP & CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 LACERATION TO SCALP HIT WOOD WITH SCREW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STRUCK HER HEAD AGAINST A NAIL AND FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH A BOARD WITH NAIL STICKING OUT AT HOME DX:PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT STRUCK ON HEAD BY MASON JAR FILLED WITH SCREWS WHEN IT FELL OFF SHEL F. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2004 | Age: 33 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, Ceilings and walls |
| HEAD LAC-HIT A BOLT IN BASEMENT CEILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | 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, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WORKING UNDER HIS HOUSE WHEN THERE WAS A NAIL UNDER THE HOUSE ON A P IECE OF WOOD SCRAPED TOP OF HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2004 | Age: 41 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, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| DX LACERATION TO TOP OF HEAD: NAIL FROM NAIL GUN GOT TOP OF HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Filters |
| HEADACHE - 47 YOF C/O HEADACHE SINCE HITTING HEAD ON NAIL WHILE CHANGIN G AIR FILTER IN BASEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2004 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DROPPED BOARD WITH NAIL ONTO HEAD AND LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 38 YO MALE CUT TOP OF SCALP ON RUSTY NAIL ABRASION UPPER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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