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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,018
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Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT LOWER LEG ON A NAIL DX: R LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS LACERATION TO LOWER LEG BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT LEG AGAINST A RUSTY NAIL DX: L LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO NAILS ATTACHED TO A BOARD. C/O PUCTURE WOUNDS. DX: PUNCTURE WOUNDS (6) TO LEFT CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
27YOM AT HOME ROOFING NAIL IN CALF OF LEG WHILE PUTTING UP TRIM DX/FB NAIL L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A BOARD AND A RUSTY NAIL STUCK HIM IN THE LEG DX: PUNCTURE WOUND PROXIMAL RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WORKING AT HOME STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A NAIL THAT WAS STICKI NG OUT PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LAC RT LEG ON A BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND FROM A NAIL R LOWER LEG DX: R LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND / CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIGHT LEG LAC. PT LEANED AGAINST A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT LEG CELL. PT WAS SCRATCHED BY A NAIL INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED L CALF W/A RUSTY NAIL. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND L CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT ROOFING NAIL INTO LEG W/NAIL GUN. DX: FB R TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LAC LT LOWER LEG ON A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
49 YO MALE TWISTED ANKLE WHEN HE TRIPPED ON SCREW ON BOARDWALK FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS LACERATION TO LOWER LEG BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT LEG LAC-PUNCTURED LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R ANKLE PAIN, TRIPPED OVER NAIL. DX R FIBULA/TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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