Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

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Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 26 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
LEFT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A PROTRUDING SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 32 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
FELL ON A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 41 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
LACERATES FOREARM ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 44 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 - 44 YOM WAS CLEANING ATTIC AND HIT RIGHT FOREARM ON A B OARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	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
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT C/O NAIL IN ARM. PT HAD RUST OLD NAIL IN ARM. DX FB LFT FOREARM REMO VED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	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, House repair or construction materials
PUNCTURE WOUND - 31 YOF WAS UP ON A ROOF AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOREARM FROM A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 46 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
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON A NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2006	Age: 41 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
LEFT FOREARM NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND FROM FALLING ON A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL STICKING OUT OF IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
CAUGHT FOREARM ON A SCREW ON A SCREEN DOOR PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 37 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
CUT ARM ON A NAIL. DX. FOREARM PUNCTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 27 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
PT DX RT FOREARM LACERATION - CUT W/A DIRTY NAIL AT HOME X2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 46 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
SCRAPED F.ARM ON A NAIL EMBEDED ON BOARD "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 42 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
LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM-CUT AT HOME ON *** BOLT WHILE WORKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	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
PUNCTURE LOWER ARM AFTER THROWING A BOARD AND GETTING PUNCTURED WITH 2 RUSTY NAILS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 26 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 WAS OUTSIDE @ HOME AND STRUCK HIS ARM ON AN OLD RUSTY NAIL PT REQUESTING A TETANUS SHOT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FOREARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 30 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
30 YOM REPORTS WORKING AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND TO L EFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 45 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 L FA ON RUSTY NAIL DX: FA LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 30 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 ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	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
35 YO MALE STRUCK FOREARM ON DIRTY CARPET TACK P/W LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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, House repair or construction materials
45 YO MALE CUT LEFT ARM ON NAIL ON BOARD ABRASION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT LOWER ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 31 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
31 Y/O W/M CUT LOWER ARM ON SCREW WHILE TAKING SCREWS OUT OF TIN WHEN HELPING FRIEND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 28 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 RUBBED AGAINST NAIL STICKING OUT AND CUT RT FOREARM C/O PAIN RT FORE ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT NAIL FRAGMENT IN ARM; FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	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
PW RT FOREARM.PT HIT FOREARM ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	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 FA - PATIENT REPORTS INJURY SUSTAINED AT HOME WHEN NAIL WA S SHOT FROM NAIL GUN INTO HIS LEFT WRIST BY HIS CARPENTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 48 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, Doorsills or frames
PT C/O NAIL PUNCTURE. PT FELL HIT NAIL ON DOOR JAMB. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 30 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
BRUSHED AGAINST A NAIL/FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 30 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
30 YOF PUNCTURE FOREARM AFTER FALLING INTO MOLDING THAT HAD NAILS IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 30 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS SHOT W/NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX: PW L FOREARM/FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 43 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 FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND: INJURED ARM WITH NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRATCHED ON ARM BY RUSTY NAIL WHILE DOING YARDWORK YESTERDAY. D: AB RASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 34 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
FOREARM AB-SCRATCHED ARM ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2006	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other toys
INJURED F.ARM WHILE ?ETOH INTOX, ON NAIL WHILE TALKING A MODEL TRAIN SE T DOWN , " PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 29 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
PATIENT CAUGHT ARM ON A NAIL. DX-LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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