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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 580
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Date: 10/28/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
82 YO MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON NAIL ON BOARDWALK LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2007Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Caulking or spackling compounds
PULLING A SCREW OUT OF CAULKING GUN, HIT CHIN " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT STEPPED ON A NAIL AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED PAIN IN JAW AND PRESENTED FOR A CHECKUP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CAUGHT EYELID ON A NAIL " LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
PT WAS PULLING NAILS W/CROWBAR AND SLIPPED W/CROWBAR HITTING PT'S FACE. DX: FACIAL LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2007Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT, WHILE AT HOME. DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WALKED INTO NAIL STICKING OUT OF CEILING AT HOME TODAY DX// FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AT HOME HITTING FACE AT WASHER DX: ABRASIONS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
LACERATION EYEBROW WHEN HAMMER CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM WHILE TAKING NA ILS OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FOOT CAUGHT ON NAIL & FELL ONTO WOODEN PORCH @ HOME DX NASAL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/15/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
53 YO F PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREHEAD PT WAS PULLING OUT A NAIL WITH PLIERS ONE HIT HER IN FOREHEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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