Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,827
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Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Fences or fence posts
STUCK WITH A RUSTY NAIL WHILE TEARING DOWN FENCE DX: AN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 28 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
12 YR OLD MALE CAUGHT ARM ON SCREW LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 47 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
RUSTY NAIL WENT THROUGH FOREARM, DX- PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 40 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
PW RT FOREARM.PT HIT FOREARM ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 44 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, Laundry hampers
WHILE REACHING INTO CLOTHES HAMPER TORE LT. FOREARM ON NAIL DX: LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	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, House repair or construction materials
PT C/O DEEP CUT ARM ON NAIL WHILE REMOVING DRYWALL . DX LAC RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 49 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 FELL ONTO A BOARD W/NAIL. DX: PW W/CELLULITIS L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 DX PUNCTURE WOUND,HEALED - S/P STRUCK W/A RUSTY NAIL X1 MONTH AGO TO LT ARM,NOW FEELS TIGHTNESS TO SAME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 39 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
GOT STUCK IN ARM WITH POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 29 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
FB RT FOREARM.PT HAD A NAIL EMBED IN FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	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 SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER ARM FROM A NAIL PUNCTURE WO UND ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS PULLING A NAIL OUT OF A WALL AT HOME STRAINED LEFT FOREARM AS SH E TWISTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 35 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 WAS PUSHED UP AGAINST A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINED "RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 35 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 WORKING AT HOME SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 31 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
31 YOF CAUGHT ARM ON NAIL LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 43 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 LACERATED FOREARM ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 34 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
PT SSU SLACERATION TO FOREARM BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 49 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
49YOFC STRUCK LOWER ARM ON RUSTY NAIL IN ATTIC CEILING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 32 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WAS PUULING UP BOARDS OFF DECK - SLIPPED AND LANDED ON NAILS DX: R FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 40 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
LAC R FOREARM, VIA EMS, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, NORMAL ROM, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMPR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 28 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
28 YO MALE STRUCK ARM ON PROTRUDING NAIL TODAY PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
CUT ON R ARM, CUT ON RUSTY NAIL DX: 1.5 CM SUPERFICIAL LAC R FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT INTO PT'S WRIST. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS FX, PW L WRIST, RADIAL NERVE NEUROPRAXIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CONTACT DERMATITIS; TOOK APART "OLD BASKETBALL COURT", WAS REMOVING OLD BOLTS, ETC...RAISED PUSTULES, RASH BILAT FOREARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
P.W. R FOREARM/48YOM SUSTAINED P.W. R FOREARM TODAY AT HOME. TAKING BOA RDS OUT OVERHEAD 2 HRS AGO AND BOARD W/NAIL POKED ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	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
PUNCTURE WOUND - 34 YOM SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM FROM AN 8-INCH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX RIGHT ARM PUNCTURE WOUND: INJURED ARM ON SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 47 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
PT SUST PUNCTURE TO FOREARM FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	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
SCRAPED LT ARM ON NAIL. LAC LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
HIT ARM AGAINST A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A WALL DX: R FOREARM HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 30 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 R ARM ON RUSTY NAIL DX R FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 31 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
LEANED AGAINST EXPOSED SCREW AT HOME SUSTAINING PW TO L FOREARM DX PW L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 43 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
SNAGGED ARM ON A NAIL LACERATION FOREARM 3 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 50 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
P.W. L FOREARM/50YOF SUSTAINED P.W. TO L FOREARM WITH NAIL TODAY. WAS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	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
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO PT HAD PUNCTURED FOREARM W/ NAIL DX PUNCTURE TO FORE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2004	Age: 27 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
PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM - 27 YOM WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE YESTERDAY AND S USTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 43 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
PATIENT STUCK A TACK IN HIS LOWER ARM AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 35 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 SCRAPED ARM ON NAIL. DX: 8MM R FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 26 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 WAS SCRATCHED W/NAILS WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE. DX: MULT ABR R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 45 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF A WOODEN DECK STRIKING RGHT LOWER ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTA INED A LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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