Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Date: 12/29/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doorsills or frames
64 YOM HAS NAIL TO LEFT HAND THAT FLUNG OFF THE TOP OF A DOOR JAM AND H IT LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
SCRAPE FINGER ON NAIL WHILE USING A CROWBAR FINGER ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Footwear
PT CUT FINGER ON A NAIL WENT THRU SHOE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT, S USTAINED" FINGER LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Saws
PT SAWING WOOD AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTLY INJURIED FINGER ON A NAIL, SUSTAINED " THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS WORKING ON A WALL AND FELL WITH HER HAND HITTING A NAIL C/O PAIN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
67 YO MALE PUT THUMB IN NAIL ON CHAIR AT CASINO PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION FINGER - 54 YOM CAUGHT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON A NAIL SUST AINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL HITTING LT THUMB ON A NAIL AT HOME, LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LEFT THUMB LACERATION.PT LACERATED THUMB ON A NAIL FROM WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTALLY IMPALED FINGER ON A NAIL RESULTING IN CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT ON A RUSTY NAIL; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAILING WOOD & GOT NAIL IN LRF. REMOVAL OF NAIL FROM LRF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND SHOT A NAIL THROUGH HIS LEFT THUMB FOREIGN BODY FINGER- NOT STATED IF AT WORK- SHEET STATES UNEMPLOYED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FX FINGER WHEN STRUCK WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WAS NAILING ON BOARD AND HIT HAND WITH NAIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOU ND TO MIDDLE LEFT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THUMB LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON A SPIKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE WOUND L INDEX FINGER WITH CHIP FX - SHOT NAIL IN FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HIT FINGER ON A NAIL ON THE DECK DX: L INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCHED THUMB ON RUSTY NAIL 2 DAYS AGO DX PUNTURE TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING A BOLT AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD PW TO FINGER FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED LT INDEX FINGER ON NAIL, NOW SWOLLEN DX: CELLULITIS W/ INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN INTO FINGER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND RT INDEX FINGER, POKED FINGER WITH A CARPET TACK WHILE HELPING MOTHER CLEAN AFTER FLOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Screwdrivers
STRUCK FINGER W/SCREW FROM SCREW DRIVER DX: L THUMB NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON A SHARP NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME WHEN HE SHOT A 3.5 INCH NAIL INTO LEFT THU MB HE EXTRICATED THE NAIL HIMSELF PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ON NAIL WHEN HAND SLIPPED/ LAC RIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STUCK TACK IN FINGER VERY PAINFUL CAN'T REMOVE DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC L MIDDLE FINGER - CAUGHT FINGER ON A BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
54 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER WITH NAIL WHILE USING NAIL GUN AT HOME. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT THUMB CAUGHT ON RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WORKING WITH NAIL AND NAIL GUN AT HOME AND NAIL WENT INTO FINGER AND COULDN'T GET OUT FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
63 YOM NAILED HIMSELF IN THE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT PUNCTURED BY RUSTY NAIL AT HOME. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT HITTING A NAIL WITH HAMMER AND NAIL HEAD CUT THUMB LEFT THUMB LACERA TION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
P.W. L 5TH FING/53YOF SUSTAINED P.W. L 5TH FINGER WITH TACK FROM CURTAI N ROD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CUT HIS THUMB ON A RUSTY BOLT. DX-SILMPLE LACERATION 1CM THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FALLING AND WENT TO CATCH HERSELF WITH HAND OUTSTRETCHED AND LANDED ON BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT FLAP LIKE LACERATION LEFT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IN FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND/FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
62 Y/O W/M STUCK RUSTY NAIL INTO FINGER AND PUNCTURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STATES SHE STUCK A NAIL IN HER FINGER PICKING UP A BOARD IN YARD DX LT FINGER PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
PT C/O PAIN AND SWELLING RT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER HURTING FINGER WITH NAIL LAST WEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT FINGER ON NAIL; PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM NAILGUN WENT INTO FINGER. DX. LAC/CONT L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO 2X4 WITH NAIL STICKING OUT NAIL PUNCTURE BASE OF RT THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND - 60 YOM IS DEVELOPING CELLULITIS IN A PUNCTURE WOUND SU STAINED TODAY ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A SHEET METAL SCREW LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL THROUGH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ON NAIL - PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS RT 2ND AND 3RD FI NGERS WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL HITTING FINGER ONA PROTRUDING SCREW OUT OF THE FLOOR FINGER CUT AVULSION RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
59YOM CUT TO FINGER ON SCREW ON WALL AT HOME DX/LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND FROM NAIL - PUNCTURE WOUND INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
65 YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND NAILS AND NAILS SHOT THOUGH LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINER. NAIL WAS REMOVED FROM FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIGHT RING FINGER CELL. PT INJURED FINGER ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O LACERATION TO FINGER WITH RUSTY NAIL AT HOME THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER-SUS PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT INDEX FINGE ON AN OLD NAIL WHILE PULLING UP CARPET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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