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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Neck

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 485
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1998:24
Year 2000:70
Year 2001:12
Year 2002:15
Year 2003:30
Year 2005:68
Year 2006:119
Year 2007:70
Year 2008:73

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Screwdrivers
TORTICOLLIS:WORKING ON HIS *** BOAT RIPPING CARPET OUT,REMOVING SCREWSW /HAND HELD SCREWDRIVER ALL DAY,WHEN STOOD UP FROM POSITION,PAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT NECK AGAINST A NAIL DX: NECK ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PICKING UP A NAIL WHILE BENDING UPPER BACK PAIN CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
IN HIS BASEMENT PLAYING AND LACERATED NECK ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HELD NAILS IN HIS MOUTH WHILE PANELLING, THINKS THAT HE SWALLOWED ONE, C/O A POKING FEELING IN HIS THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON RUSTY NAIL YESTERDAY. DX: PLANTAR PW R FOOT, CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O TACK IN BACK OF NECK - HAPPENED IN SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2000Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/1998Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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