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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 171
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/05/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 34YOM FIRED A NAIL GUN INTO A 2X4, NAIL DEFLECTED & HIT HIM IN CHEST. DX - PENETRATING INJURY TO PERICARDIUM AND/OR HEART |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/12/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 6 YO M WITH AN INJURY TO WALL OF LIVER WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THAT AREA BY ACCIDENT WITH A NAIL GUN DX: FB TO LIVER AREA 1 MG, ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 52 YOM INJURED CHEST WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN.D X-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST WALL, TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 38YOM STATES WAS USING A NAIL GUN 3 WEEKS AGO & IT KICKED BACK INJ.BACK & SHOULDER,STILL HAVING PAIN IN BACK. DX; THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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