Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Hand

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Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
77 Y.O. W MALE W/ABRASION TO HAND. PT SCRATCHED SELF ON A RUSTY NAIL @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT RT. HAND ON RUSTY NAIL DX: LACERATION W / ABRASION RT. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CAME TO ER DUE TO LT HAND WOUND WITH A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE LACERATED HER RT HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CAUGHT HER LEFT HAND ON A SCREW ON WALL AT HOME AT 2140, WHEN GETTING UP FROM GREEN SOFA RECLINER SHE TRIPPED. DX LACERATION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
P.W. L HAND/55YOM INJURED FINGER ON A DIRTY SCREW. STS WASHED HAND THOROUGHLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK A NAIL INTO TOP OF R HAND WHILE PRYING WITH CROWBAR. R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL ON STAIRS AND HIT HAND ON RAILING WITH NAIL STICKING OUT AND DEVELOPED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO STICK WITH NAIL PUNCTURING HAND DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fishing
FISHING UNDER BRIDGE AT CREEK REACHED UP CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION LEFT HAND-CUT LEFT HAND ON A SCREW HEAD AT HOME. HAS 3CM LAC ERATON ON LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT ON NAIL CLEANING CUPBOARD-LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND - 54 YOM WITH PUNCTURE INJURY RIGHT HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
63 YO M W/NAIL IN HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX ABRASION RIGHT HAND: SCRAPED HAND ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALL SHOT A PENNY NAIL INTO HAND WITH A NAIL GUN F.B. REMOVED FR OM L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Saws
RT HAND LAC - WHILE USING A SAW IT HIT A NAIL AND KICKED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
54 YOM CUT WEB SPACE BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON A RUSTY BOLT DX- 1 CM LACERATION ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT WAS MOVING A CABINET AND CUT HER RIGHT HAND ON A NAIL. DX-2CM RIGHT PALM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND - NAIL WENT THROUGH HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO HAND FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
57 YOM CUT R PALM ON NAIL IN WALL DX;3CM LACERATION TO R PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
LAC (R) HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL FROM A DOOR AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NORMAL ROM, NO TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HAND ON NAIL C/O BLEEDING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND CAUSED BY NAIL.DX. PUNCTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS R H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC R HAND ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS POKED IN HAND W/NAIL WHILE WEEDING. DX: PW R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO TACK INJURING HAND C/O PAINDX; PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
"I FELL AND CUT MY HAND ON NAIL" DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT HAND ON RUSTY NAIL; LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R HAND LAC/54YOWM CUT R HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
70 Y.O. W MALE W/HAND LAC. PT INJ SELF ON A NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND LACERATION - WAS WALKING DOG AND GOING DOWN SOME STEPS AND THE DOG TOOK OFF AND LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A BANNISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE TO HAND FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH NAIL C/O REDNESS AND SOME SWELLINGDX; PUNCTUR E WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HAND ON NAIL SKIN AVULSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HERE FOR TETANUS IMMUNIZATION GLOBULIN INJECTION HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND FROM NAIL ON FRIDAY. DX: PW R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinet or door hardware
PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM OF L HAND FROM A SCREW WHEN PUTTING IN A DOOR KNOB WHEN THE SCREW SLIPPED. PW L HAND $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUT NAIL INTO HAND 4-5-02. LACERATION LEFT HAND DELAYED TREATMENT. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT LEANED HAND AGAINST WALL AND PUNCTURED HAND ON NAIL STICKING OU T OF WALL. DX: PUNCTURE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAAD NAIL STUCK TO HAND C/O PAIN AND BLEEDING DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND HAND - VICTIM STATES SHE HIT HER RIGHT HAND AGAINST A RU STY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Screwdrivers
PT "WAS TIGHTENING A SCREW AND SCREWDRIVER WENT INTO THE PALM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON NAIL. DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
61YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND PALM RIGHT HAND-JABBED ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT IN HAND WITH RUSTY NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
STAPLE FROM RUNNER CARPET STUCK IN HAND - PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPPED HAND ON NAIL CAUSING LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
$PW RT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL OFF OF A DOCK, HIT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL. LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT R HAND ON A NAIL. R HAND SKIN TEAR $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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