Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,300
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Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 26 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
LACERATION TION TO ARM 26 YO CUT ARM WHEN FELL ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 38 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
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FOREARM ON A NAIL, ?MECH/TETANUS HISTORY >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 37 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
FOREARM PW-INJURED ON RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREARM FROM RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 40 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, Lawn mowers
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON SCREW ON LAWN MOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 40 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
PW RT FOREARM.PT INJURED FOREARM ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
P.W. R FOREARM/46YOM AT HOME THIS MORNING FELL ONTO A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT. NAIL WENT INTO ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	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
SCRATCHED ARM ON NAIL - NEEDS TETANUS SHOT SCRATCH TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 38 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 CUT HIS LT LOWER ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL WHILE AT HOME. DX: LT LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Soccer
PT CUT ARM ON A NAIL WHILE PLAYING SOCCER NAIL WAS ON A FENCE DX// LAC LEFT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 38 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
HIT ARM ON POINT OF NAIL DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 38 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
38 YO MALE FELL ONTO A NAIL LACERAION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 30 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD RUSTY NAIL INTO ARM-ARASION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 36 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
36 YO FEMALE CUT RIGHT FOREARM ON SCREW LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 28 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 STUCK NAIL IN ARM OUT OF ANGER DX RT LOWER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 49 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, Doors
PT CUT FOREARM ON A NAIL IN SCREEN DOOR DX: DEEP LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	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
DRILLED A SCREW INTO MY ARM. L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 26 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
FELL AGAINST EXPOSED NAIL/PW FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	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
LEFT FOREARM LAC.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	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
RT FOREARM LAC.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LACERATED LOWER ARM ON A NAIL. DX: ONE CM. LACERATION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 28 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
FOREARM AB-SCRATCHED ARM ON A NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	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
PT W/NAIL THROUGH L FA. DX. PW L FA. PT ELOPED AFTER TREATMENT.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 44 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
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING LOWER ARM AGAINST A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A 2X4 LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 49 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 HUNG FOREARM ON A NAIL SUSTAINED LACERATION LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 30 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
PT ON HIS ROOF AT HOME AND SLIPPED DOWN THE ROOF CATCHING LOWER ARM ONA NAIL LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 27 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, Ceilings and walls
PUNCTURE FOREARM - 27 YO FEMALE REPORTS MOVING THINGS AROUND AT HOME AN D ARM STRUCK NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 44 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 LAC LT ARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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