Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 6 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
PT. FELL ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 WAS WALKING ON A BOARD WITH SCREWS AND FELL - HIT SHIN ON SCREW. D: LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	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 LEG AGAINST A RUSTY NAIL DX: LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
BUMPED INTO EXPOSED SCREW ON BASKETBALL GOAL DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 10 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RUNNING AND FELL CUTTING LEG ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 12 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
PATIENT FELL LANDING ON A BOARD WITH NAILS; PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO LOWER LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 9 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
PT LAC LOWER LEG ON A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LAC LEG IN A NAIL 2 DAYS AGO AND DIDNT TELL MOM DX LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 WAS HELPING GRANDFATHER WHEN A BOARD WITH A NAIL FELL ONTO PTS RIGHT LEG. D: LACERATION RIGHT LEG - SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 CUT LEG FROM A NAIL IN A BOARD. D: LACERATION RIGHT LEG / SCABIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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, Swings or swing sets
PT HIT LEG ON RUSTY SCREW PLAYING ON SWINGS, LACERATION L ANTERIOR LOWE R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
LACERATION LEG - 10 YOF LACERATED LEFT LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL AT A S TORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT LAC RT LEG ON RUSTY SCREW +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 CUT LEG ON METAL BOLT. D: LACERATION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	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, Benches
LAC (R) LWR LEG, PT SUST INJURY WITH A SCREW FROM THE BENCH AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN & BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS A NAIL STUCK IN RT LEG JUST BELOW KNEE DX: FB LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 CUT LEG ON UNKNOWN OBJECT IN GARAGE (POSSIBLY A NAIL). D: LACERA TION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL VS. LEFT LEG DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
PATIENT CUT LEG ON A NAIL OR A BRICK WHEN JUMPING OFF A HOMEMADE BASKET BALL STAND ONTO A PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOP AT PARK; LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Treehouses or playhouses
PT WAS CLIMBING DOWN A TREE FORT, PT FELL AND A NAIL CAUSED A LAC TO RT SHIN + LT HIP +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 7 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
CUT ON NAIL; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GASH ON LEG, CUT LEG ON A NAIL. D: LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 14 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
14 Y.O. B MALE W/PW TO LEG. PT STS HE FELL ON A BOARD THAT HAD 2 NAILS IN IT. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 9 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED BY RUSTY NAIL;LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PLAYING IN THE PARK CUT LEG ON A SCREW OR BOLT STICKING OUT OF A PLANK - 2.5CM LAC RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CUT LEG ON RUSTY NAIL/ LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 14 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
LEFT LEG ABRASION WITH PUNCTURE- INJURED ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 11 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, Bedsprings or bedframes
PATIENT CUT LEG ON NAIL ON HEADBOARD OF BED AT HOME; LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 FELL ON RUSTY NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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, Fences or fence posts
CUT LEG ON A SCREW STICKING OUT OF FENCE DX: LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 LEFT SHIN - A NAIL FROM A BOARD WENT INTO SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 9 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
STEPPING OVER A BOARD WITH A NAIL, POKED ON LOWER LEG WITH NAIL. DX: P UNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG. AT NEIGHBORS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 8 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
CUT LEG ON A NAILPUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON AN EXPOSED NAIL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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, Ceilings and walls
CUT LOWER LEG ON NAIL ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 10 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
10 YO F CUT LEG ON NAILLAC LEG,KNEE,& ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 9 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CLIMBING A TREE AND LACERATED R LOWER LEG ON A NAIL PROTRUDING FROM THE TREE DX LACERATION R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 Y/O HISPANIC FEMALE SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LEG FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 11 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
RT LOWER LEG LAC- FELL ONTO A METAL BOLT @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PUNCTURE (L) LWR LEG, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL FROM A DOOR AT THESCHO OL, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	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
LACERATED LOWER LEG PLAYING AT HOME AND CAUGHT LEG ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT RUNNING AT HOME HIT RT LOWER LEG ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF SOFA, LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
CUT LOWER LEG ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 12 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
12 YOM CUT LOWER LEG WITH NAIL. DX: 5 CM LACERATION LT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 TRIPPED IN CLOSET, WHEN SHE FELL, SHE HIT A NAIL WITH LEG. D: LACE RATION TO LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY - REPAIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 10 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
10 YOM LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM NAIL STICKING OUT OF CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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