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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,321
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 8YOF PUNCTURE WOUND UPPER ARM/ HAND POKED WITH PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| UPPER ARM STAB WOUND-14YOF-ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF W/A PENCIL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STABBED IN THE UPPER ARM WITH A PENCIL WHILE PLAYING WITH A CLASSMETE, DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 10 Y O STUCK W/ A PENCIL AT SCHOOL PUNCTURE WOUND UPPER LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT WAS JABBED IN LEFT UPPER ARM WITH PENCIL FROM RE-USABLE PENCIL, FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STUCK IN UPPER ARM WITH PENCIL YESTERDAY, LEAD IN ARM; FB REMOV ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STABBED WITH PENCIL, FOREIGN BODY IN SHOULDER,CELLULITUS OF ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Stairs or steps |
| PT WITH FRACTURED ARM, SLIPPED ON A PENCIL ALL THE WAY DOWN STAIRS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STABBED IN ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL AND PIECE BROKE OFF IN ARM DX// FB RIGHT UPPER ARM REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STABBED TO R UPPER ARM W/ MECHANICAL PENCIL DX: FB ARM, SUPERFICIAL INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STABBED IN UPPER ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL BY CLASSMATE, HAS NONBLEEDIN G PUNCTURE UPPER ARM &LEAD STUCK IN ARM LEAD SHOULD COME OUT ON ITS OWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| ANOTHER CHILD ON THE BUS STABBED HER WITH A PENCIL UPPER ARM CONTUSION CH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| UPPER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND-ACCIDENTLY JABBED W/ PENCIL-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT WAS STABBED IN RIGHT ARM WITH PENCIL YESTERDAY. DX; FOREIGN B ODY TO RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL, RAN INTO ANOTHER STUDENT WITH A PENCIL, CAUSING APUNC TURE WOUND TO LT UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNCTURE RIGHT UPPER ARM-STABBED WITH PENCIL BY BROTHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS STABBED IN LEFT ARM BY CLASSMATE WITH PENCIL YESTERDAY. D: PEN CIL INJURY TO RIGHT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 11 YO BM PUNCTURED ARM WHEN PENCIL STUCK IN ARM AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| CLASMATE STABBED VS POKED PT UPPER ARM W/A PENCIL AT SCHOOL TODAY, INT ENT NOT STATED/UNCLEAR,+SMALL TENDER WOUND; L-UPPER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| UPPER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND-ACCIDENTLY STABBED W/ INK PEN BY BROTHER-@ HOM E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PUNC TO ARM STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL DX: PUNC TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT POKED WITH PENCIL TO LT ARM/HUMERUS AT SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX SKIN ABRASION - S/P STABBED W/A PENCIL TO LT UPPER ARM BY ANOTHER STUDENT X 2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STABBED IN UPPER ARM WITH A PENCIL, PENCIL POINT STILL IN SKIN DX FB IN UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| UPPER ARM AB-SCRATCHED W/ LEAD PENCIL-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 9YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT UPPER ARM-PENCIL POINT STUCK IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 10YOM STABBED IN THE LEFT UPPER ARM WITH THE BUTT OF A PEN. STABBED BY BROTHER AT HOME. 1CM CUT - DX PUNCTURE WOUND, UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 11YOM-FOREIGN BODY LEFT UPPER ARM-PENCIL LEAD IN ARM-ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FELL JUMPING UP TO CATCH A THROWN PEN DX. HUMERUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STABBED IN THE UPPER ARM WITH A PENCIL BY ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CLA SSROOM, INTENT NOT STATED; PUNCTURE WOUND ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STATES HE WAS STABBED IN RIGHT UPPER ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT STABBED IN UPPER ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL; LEAD IN ARM, OPEN P UNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO ARM FROM A PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT UPPER ARM W/A PENCIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PEN CAP STUCK IN CAST- CAST ON RIGHT ELBOW DX: PEN CAP STUCK IN CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2001 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2001 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Pins and needles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2001 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2001 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2000 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2000 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2000 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2000 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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