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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 597
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT THIGH WITH A NAIL GUN / NAIL STUCK IN THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FB RT THIGH.PT HAD A NAIL GUN ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED AND BECAME IN LODGE D IN RT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 19 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO THIGH. PT WAS SHINGLING A ROOF W/A NAIL GUN & ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THE LEG W/A NAIL. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT INJURED THIGH WHILE USING NAILGUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| RT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND - ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL INTO THIGH VIA A NAIL GUN. PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH. PT HAD PULLED NAIL OUT BEFORE ER VISIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FB RT THIGH .PT WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND A NAIL WENT IN THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT AT FRIEND'S HOUSE USING A PORTER-CABLE NAIL GUN AND GOT NAIL IN LEFT UPPER LEG DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| STAPLE GUN TO RT THIGH. FOREIGN BODY RT THIGH@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| INJURY TO LEG WITH A NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 59 YOM SHOT SELF W/ NAIL GUN F'BODY (NAIL) THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 44-YOM HAD A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN IN HIS THIGH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| ACCIDENTAL FIRED NAIL GUN 16 PENNY INTO LATERAL THIGH. FOREIGN BODY RI GHT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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