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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 334
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Date: 06/24/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPPED HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON SCREW. DX-3 CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
CHI,SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A NAIL PROTRUDING OUT OF A BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WALKING IN ATTIC HEAD STRUCK A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND TOP OF SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2006Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
IN HIS ATTIC AND BUMPED HEAD ON AN EXPOSED NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AND CUT SCALP ON NAIL; LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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