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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 525
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| PATIENT WALKING UP STEPS WHEN PENCIL CAME OUT FROM BINDER STABBING HIS THIGH; PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear |
| 10YOM AT SCHOOL,WAS STRUCK BY A GRAPHILIC PENCIL,WENT THROUGH HIS JEAN'S INTO THE UPPER LEG;FOREIGN BODY LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WITH PENCIL STUCK IN THIGH, WAS RUNNING AND IMPALED SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT WITH TIP OF PENCIL LEAD IN THIGH; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD IN THIGH F'BODY THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| ABRASION RIGHT THIGH-STABBED THIGH WITH PENCIL-MOTHER WORRIED ABOUT LEA D POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Chairs |
| PATIENT SAT ON TOP OF A PENCIL WHEN SITTING IN A CHAIR, STUCK PENCIL IN RIGHT THIGH. DX-FOREIGN BODY THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 7 YOF ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HERSELF WITH A PENCIL, TO RT THIGH, HAS GRAPHITE IN LEG. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURED UPPER LEG WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Outerwear |
| 14 YOM HAD PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER R LEG FROM A PEN IN PANT'S POCKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 14YFC STUCK IN UPPER LEG WITH A PENCIL/PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 15 YOM STABBED WITH PENCIL PUNCUTRE WOUND L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX SUPERFICIAL FOREIGN BODY (PENCIL POINT) RT THIGH - ACCIDENTALLY STUCK TO THIGH BY PENCIL WHILE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL LEAD EMBEDDED IN UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS STUCK IN THE UPPER LEG WITH A PENCIL CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 12 YO STUCK BY PENCIL LEAD PUNCTURE TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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