Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2007 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 936
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
STRUCK HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL. DX ABRASION TO SCALP#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 41 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 TO HEAD ON BOLT DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
IN THE ATTIC, STOOD UP HITTING HEAD ONTO A NAIL TAHT WAS STICKING OUT O F THE CEILING>> PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT RAN INTO A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT OF IT DX: SCALP AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 34 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 STOOD UP IN ATTIC @ HOME - PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF HEAD FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO SCALP ON A NAIL WHILE DOING CARPENTARY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STOOD UP HITTING SCALP ONTO NAIL >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON NAIL. DX SCALP LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 36 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
PT WAS AT HOME, LACERATED SCALP WITH A NAIL IN THE CEILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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, Ceilings and walls
HEAD LAC, PT HIT HEAD ON EXPOSED SCREW COMING OUT OF CEILING ABOVE WASH ING MACHINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	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
STOOD UP IN ATTIC AND CUT HEAD ON ROOFING NAIL DX- SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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, House repair or construction materials
BUMPED HEAD ON NAIL; WAS UP IN ATTIC; NAIL PROTRUDED FROM CEILING STRUC TURE. PUNCTURE WOUND OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WITH ABRASION TO SCALP FROM RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
31 YO M PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP FROM RUSTY NAIL THAT HIT SIDE OF HEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT CUT ON HEAD BY SCREW THAT WAS EXPOSED UNDER A BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 50 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
C/O PT STATES WAS UNDER HOUSE AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 28 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, Doors
DX LACERATION TO HEAD: HIT NAIL TO DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT HIT TOP OF HEAD ON NAIL, SCALP AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX SUPERFICIAL ABRASION OF HEAD - "NAIL SCRAPED HIS SCALP" AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 44 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
44 YOM RECEIVED PUNCTURE TO TOP OF HEAD WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
46 YO M PUNCTURE WOUND TO R TEMPLE AREA FELL ONTO A PIECE OF WOOD WITH SCREWS STICKING OUT WHILE TEARING APART A DECK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 27 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 STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON NAIL STICKING OF CEILING AT HOME SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL LAST PM. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCAPED SCALP ON NAIL IN ATTIC LAST NIGHT. D:HEAD ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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