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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 650
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | 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 IN HEAD WITH BOARD WITH NAILS IN IT. CHI. 39 YOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 38YOF HIT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47YOM, STRUCK HEAD ON A NAIL WHILE WORKING IN THE ATTICK >>SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 29YOM HIT HEAD ON NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF CEILING DX: LAC TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 42 Y/O/M HIT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC AT HOME DX/ HEAD ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2010 | Age: 26 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 |
| 26YOM SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF SCALP - HIT HEAD ON A NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 37 YOM INJURED HEAD FROM HITTING NAIL INTO TOP OF HEAD, LEFT BEFORE REGISTRATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/16/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 44YOM WITIH LAC TO HEAD ON A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2010 | Age: 49 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 |
| 49 YOM HIT HEAD ON BOLT IN GARAGE. DX: SCALP LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2010 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39YOM DOING SOME RENOVATING AROUND HOUSE WAS WALKING INTO ATTIC STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON NAIL;HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 49 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, Ladders |
| 49 YOM, PT WAS CLIMBING A LADDER AND HIT THE RIGHT TOP OF HEAD ON AN EXPOSED NAIL, PT HAS PUNCTURE TO HEAD DX: PUNCTURE TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2010 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42YOF WHILE IN HER BARN ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HEAD ON A NAIL; SCALP LACERATION,1CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 34YO FEMALE WITH HEAD LAC FROM A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| 34YOM WALKED INTO NAIL ON WALL LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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