Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2010 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,922
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Date: 12/22/2010	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
30YOM LAC FOREARM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
47 YOM PUNCTURE TO LEFT FOREARM S/P WORKING ON HIS HOUSE AND A NAIL STU CK IN HIS ARM$
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2010	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
38YOM CAUGHT LEFT FOREARM ON A PROTRUDING NAIL - LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2010	Age: 46 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
46 Y/0 PUNCTURED FOREARM WHEN STRUCK ARM ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 47 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
47YOM CUT LEFT FOREARM ON A NAIL LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2010	Age: 33 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
33 YO M USING NAIL GUN, SHOT NAIL IN ARM ACCIDENTALLY. DX FOREARM PUNCT URE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2010	Age: 27 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, House repair or construction materials
27 YO M WORKING AT HOME, PULLING UP BOARDS, NAIL STICKING OUT CUT ARM. DX FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2010	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, Fences or fence posts
A 40 YOM SUSTAINED LACERATION TO ARM FROM RUSTY NAIL IN FENCE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2010	Age: 45 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LAC' ARM MULTIPLE/SOFT TISSUE MASS L ARM, PROBABLE LIPOMA/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION: 45YOF FELL AGAINST EXPOSED SCREW. "V" SHAPE WD, BLDG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 46 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
RT FOREARM LAC.46YOF LACERATED FOREARM ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 28 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
28 YOF CUT RIGHT FOREARM ON TRAILER BOLT. DX-LAC 6 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
26 YOM PUNCTURED ARM W/NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX: PW L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 33 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
33YOM WAS DOING SOME WORK ON HIS HOUSE AND STUMBLED AND FELL CATCHING L EFT LOWER ARM ON RUSTY NAIL C/O LAC.DX: LACERATION W/ SUTURE REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
47 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM FROM A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 35 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
35 Y/O W/M PUNCTURED LOWER ARM WHEN HIT ARM ON BOLT ON TRUCK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2010	Age: 36 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
36YOM SUSTAINED INJURY TO RT FOREARM FROM A NAIL WHEN REMOVING A CABINET. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND, RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2010	Age: 31 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
31/Y/O/M FELL INTO BOARD WITH NAILS AT HOME INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2010	Age: 27 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
27 YOM RT FOREARM PUNCTURE FROM ROOFING NAIL. DX**: FOREARM PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2010	Age: 37 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
PUNCTURE FOREARM - 37 YO MALE JUMPED OFF A SHORT ROOF ON BUILDING HE WA S TEARING DOWN AND A NAIL WENT INTO LEFT FOREARM THROUGH SPLINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 45 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
45YOM CUT ARM ON A RUSTY SCREW. DX. L FOREARM PUNCTURE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 41 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
41YOM WITH A NAIL IN LOWER ARM, NOT WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 28 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
28YOM LACERATION TO FOREAM FELL IN THE GRASS WHILE CARRYING A BOARD WIT H SCREWS IN IT SCREWS WENT INTO PTS ARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2010	Age: 46 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
46 YOM, USING NAIL GUN , NAIL WENT INTO FORARM, FOREIGN BODY ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 35 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
35YOM SUSTAINED A PW TO LOWER ARM WITH A NAIL AS HE WAS FIXING A CABINE T AT HOME PW TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2010	Age: 34 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
34 Y/O WM STUCK IN LEFT ARM WITH A NAIL, RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEF T LOWER ARM*
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/08/2010	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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
32YOM, GOT STUCK INTO ARM WITH A NAIL WHILE REMOVING CABINET @ HOME >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 37 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
37YOF SCRAPED FOREARM ON A NAIL DX: LAC RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2010	Age: 43 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, Chair, recliner
43 YOM, LACERATION TO FOREARM, PT. CUT FOREARM, UPHOLSTERY NAIL, STICKI NG OUT ON A RECLINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2010	Age: 35 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, Tool sheds
35 Y/O/M CUT ARM ON A NAIL IN SHED AT HOME DX/ RIGHT ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2010	Age: 35 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
35 YOM, NICKED SELF ON FOREARM ON NAIL DX: ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2010	Age: 30 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
30 Y/O/M CUT ARM ON A SCREW AT HOME TODAY DX/ RIGHT ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 31 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
31 YR OLD MALE HELPING FRIEND MOVE AND ABRADED ARM ON EXPOSED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2010	Age: 42 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: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
42YOM, ACC PUNCTURED ARM WITH A NAIL WHILE MOVING AN OBJECT, NOW WITH R EDNESS/SWELLING TO SITE>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2010	Age: 32 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
32 YOM INJURED FOREARM WITH NAIL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2010	Age: 29 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, Stairs or steps
29 YOM WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS AND A NAIL RIPPED THRU PT'S JACKET DX. ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 45 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, Heaters or heating systems
FOREARM LAC-45YOF-TRIPPED ON SPACE HEATER-FELL-CUT ARM ON NAIL IN THE W LL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2010	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
38 YR OLD MALE FELL AND CUT ARM ON A NAIL AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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