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Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 299
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:149Face:71
Upper Leg:71Upper Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/25/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN THRU INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF LEFT HAND. DX: REMOVAL OF NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9YO BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT IN BACK W/NAIL GUN AT HOME, 2.5 IN NAI L EMBEDDED IN THORACIC SPINE, NOW W/BACK PAIN; PENETRATING CHEST WOUND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/21/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Eyeglasses
NEAR FATHER WHO WAS USING NAIL GUN - SPLINTER WENT OVER EYEGLASSES UPPER LID CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING WITH NAIL GUN AT SCHOOL, SHOT SELF WITH NAIL INJURING FINGER. DX; FB FINGER REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL GUN INJECTED NAIL INTO RIGHT UPPER LEG FOREIGN BODY RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
CUT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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