Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,081
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Date: 12/30/2009	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
47YOM HIT LEG ON BOLT DX: LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED WITH A RUSTY NAIL. DX-ABRASION L LOWER LEG #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT LEG ON RUSTY NAIL IN STREET DX: LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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, Fences or fence posts
PT JUMPING FENCE AT HOME GOT NAIL STUCK IN LEG DX; FOREIGN BODY, PUNCTURE WOUND TO CALF,
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT HAD A NAIL FALL ON INNER ASPECT OF SHIN YESTERDAY, DX-RT SHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 FELL ON A BOLT THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE SIDE OF A TRAILER SUSTAI NED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
P.W. L SHIN/33YOM USING WHEELBARROW, WALKING BY WOOD THAT HAD PROTRUDIN G NAIL AND IT CAUGHT HIS L LOWER LEG AND STUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER LEG ON A NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNELT DOWN IN HIS YARD&ACC A NAIL WENT THRU INTO HIS CALF >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED ABRASION TO CALF WHEN SHE SCRAPED IT ON A NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT LEG ON A NAIL AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO DX// LEFT LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT STATES CAR ROLLED IN TO HER AND NAIL STUCK IN LOWER LEG. DX; PUCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	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
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 35 YO MALE PRESENTS W/CUT TO LEFT SHIN - FELL 8 ' OFF ROOF AND CUT LEG ON A SCREW - ONE HOUR PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT STUCK W NAIL ON R CALF. PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT LOWER LEG CAUSED BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 27 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIGHT CALF PW. PT WAS WORKING ON HIS DECK AND INJURED CALF ON A NAIL ST ICKING OUT OF WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
PT JABBED SKIN WITH EXPOSED NAIL FROM TABLE, LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED LOWER L LEG LAC AFTER CUTTING IT ON A SCREW WHILE @ THE GR OCERY STORE DX L LEG LACERATION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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 TO CALF, WHILE GRILLING AT HOME, BACKED IN TO A NAIL WHI CH POKED HER CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 34 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
COMES WITH ANTERIOR LOWE LEG INJUREY AFTER STRIKING A NAIL,?MECH >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	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 R TIB - FIB BY NAIL AFTER BACKING UP INTO IT. PUNCTURE WOUND R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO LEG FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
31YO HISP MALE AT HOMEWORKING AROUND HOUSE - SHOT SELF IN LEG WITH A NAIL GUN, DX FOREIGN BODY - REMOVAL R CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 50 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: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PRESENTS WITH PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING LOWER LEG REDNESS&SWELLING AFTER ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON A NAIL THUR HEEL @ HOME>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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