Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2005 - Knee

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,668
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Date: 12/26/2005	Age: 35 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
PT. WAS REMODELING AT HIS HOME; KNELT DOWN AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT A NAIL WHICH WAS PROTRUDING FROM A BOARD. PUNCTURE WOUND, LT. KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WITH LACERATION TO R KNEE AFTER HITTING NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT O F A WALL LACERATION TO R KNEE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
42 YOM BURSTITIS KNEE WHEN KNEELING ON A SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WALKING, CAUGHT RT KNEE ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF PIECE OF WOOD, LAC R T KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	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
POKED BY NAIL PUNCTURE KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2005	Age: 37 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
PT KNELT ON A BOLT 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L KNEE ABR W/CELLULITIS & LYMPHANGITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	Age: 50 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ONTO A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 33 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
POSS NAIL STUCK IN R KNEE, SWELLING AND REDNESS X 2 DAYS. DX. CELLULIT IS AND PAIN R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	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 ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 KNEE AGAINST A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 48 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
48 YOM KNEELED ONTO NAIL WITH LEFT KNEE, KNEE RED AND SWOLLEN, BURSITI S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 ON A SCREW AND PUNCTURED KNEE, LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STEPPING OFF BUS, SLIPPED ON A ?SCREW INJURING KNEE. " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 48 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
NAIL FROM BOARD HIT KNEE DX L KNEE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
27 YEAR OLD MALE FELL AND HAS NAIL IN KNEE PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 44 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
PT KNEELED ON NAIL HEAD; KNEE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT KNEE ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: L KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED KNEE ON A RUSTY NAIL WHILE CUTTING WOODS. LATER WOUND GOT INFECTED" CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 FROM A NAIL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1. 44 YOM HAS NAIL IN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
26 YOM CRAWLING ON CARPET AT HOME WHEN A SCREW LACERATED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON A NAIL DX: R KNEE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
IN WILDERNESS AREA SUST PW TO L KNEE WHEN KNEELED ON NAIL DX L KNEE PW W CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2005	Age: 32 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 ON TACK AND PUNCTURED RT KNEE C/O PAIN RT KNEE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	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
KNEE AB-INJURED ON A RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED KNEE AGAINST A NAIL DX. KNEE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 33 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
SLIP & FELL, NAIL PUNCTURED KNEE CELLULITIS LOWER EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT KNEE LACERATION.PT LACERATED KNEE ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUNTURED HIS RT KNEE WITH A SIDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 33 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
PATIENT FELL AND KNEE HIT NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
34 YO FELL ONTO NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNEELED DOWN ON CARPET TACK DX. KNEE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT KNEE STRAIN.PT BENT OVER TO GET A NAIL OUT OF A TIRE AND FELT A PO P IN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 42 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT IN RT KNEE WITH NAIL GUN, 3 INCH NAIL, PULLED IT OUT, TRAUMATI C SEPTIC PW TO RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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