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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 114
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELT SOMETHING HARD IN HIS COFFEE SCRATCH HIS THROAT.THINKS IT WAS THUMB TACK THAT FELL FROM CURTAIN.DX INGESTION OF FB(THUMB TACK). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| STATES SWALLOWED A NAIL. DENIES SOB OR TROUBLE SWALLOWING. DX; INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 51 Y/O M SWALLOWED FINISHING NAIL AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAVING DENTAL WORK DONE AND SWALLOWED A SMALL DENTAL SCREW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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