Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2008 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 789
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
11 YOM LACERATED MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND ON NAIL S TICKING OUT OF WALL AT CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8 YO M NAIL IN L FINGER TRYING TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF A CLOSET GOT NAIL IN FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PLAYING ON PORCH AND SCRAPED FINGER ON A NAIL. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Jewelry
C/O FINGER PAIN&SWELLING STATUS POST A MEATL WASHER VERSUS A RING GOT S TUCK IN THE FINGER>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: FINGER LAC 1CM ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON NAIL LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME, PUT A WASHER ON RT 4TH FINGER GETTING IT STUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON NAIL-LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CAUGHT FINGER ON A RUSTY NAIL STUCK IN A TREE. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER CONT/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON THE SHARP EDGE OF A NAIL LACERATION SECOND LEFT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Treehouses or playhouses
PT WAS PLAYING IN A TREEHOUSE WHEN A NAIL PUNCTURED HER R MIDDLE FINGER . HAS SMALL WOUND ON FINGER. BLEEDING CONTROLLED. DX R FINGER PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PLACED A WASHER ON FINGER WHICH WAS STUCK. DX: FB R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BOLT STUCK ON PINKY FINGER DX: RING STUCK ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT A METAL WASHER ON FINGER. CANT GET IT OFF AND NOW FINGER IN PAI N. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT BY NAIL STICKING THROUGH A BOARD 2 CM LACERATION TO WEB SPACE BETWEEN INDEX AND LONG FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Jewelry
FELL DOWN STAIRS, RING CAUCHT ON A NAIL, PT HANGING->SERVERED THE FINGE R>> AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT A THICK STEEL NUT ON FINGER. DX: L FIFTH FINGER FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON NAIL. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
12 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER ON PICTURE HOOK AT HOME. DX; LAC R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAS LARGE LUG NUT STUCK ON RT 4TH FINGER, SWELLING & ABREASIONS DX: LUG NUT ON FINGER, REMOVED, ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CAUGHT HIS FIUNGER ON AN EXPOSED NAIL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON NAIL 2 DAYS AGO, SHALLOW SCRATCHED SCABBED OVER-AREA AROU ND SWOLLEN AND REDDENED, WOUND INFECTION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
RUNNING IN PARENTS ROOM AND FELL - CUT FINGER ON A NAIL IN THE FLOOR. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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