Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,597
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Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 72 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
HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO (L) PALM WITH A RUSTY NAIL--PUNCTURE WOUND (L) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 63 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 A NAIL AT HOME LAC RT HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 64 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
PT STATES FELL AND HAS A NAIL STUCK IN HAND DX RT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND CELLULITIS. CUT HIMSELF ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 57 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
CUT HAND ON SCREW/ LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 54 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
54 Y/O C/O HAND PAIN, STUCK NAIL IN HAND THIS A.M. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	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
PW RT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 59 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 STATES CUT HAND ON A SCREW DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 59 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
PT SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 52 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
PATIENT FELL AND HAND LANDED ON NAIL. DX; 6 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2008	Age: 53 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
STRUCK IN HAND WITH A RUSTY NAIL. DX. HAND PUNCTURE WOUND.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 61 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, Hammers
61YO WHITE MALE REMOVING A NAIL WITH HAMMER AT HOME-CUT L HAND WITH HAMMER, DX L HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 59 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
WORKING @ HOME & ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF INTO HAND WITH A NAIL FROM NAIL GUN>> PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 66 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 NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	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
HAND LAC-CUT ON A NAIL IN A BOARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 74 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER. DX: PW W/FB L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 55 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
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND - S/P PT STATES " A NAIL WENT INTO MY PALM" TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 59 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
HAND PW-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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
SHOT NAIL IN LEFT HAND WITH NAIL GUN AT CHURCH FB LT HAND *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT PICKED UP A STICK THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT AND STUCK IT IN HAND ACCIDENTALLY. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 53 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL WITH NAIL GUN IN HAND, C/O HAND PAIN. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 74 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
PATIENT HIT HAND ON A NAIL. DX-LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 65 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 RUSTY NAIL WHILE LOADING TRUCK AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAN D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	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
57YFC PICKED UP A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT AND PUNCTURE HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	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
CUT HAND ON SCREW IN BOARD/ LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH LAC TO HAND FROM A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/19/2008	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 LEFT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL AT HOME, NOW HAS INFECTION. DX; CELLULITIS HAND W ITH ADENOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
L HAND LAC/57YOM WHILE AT CAR DEALERSHIP CUT HAND ON A NAIL 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 83 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
FELL, LANDED ON NAIL/ PW RT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	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
CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL, 2 CM RIGHT HAND LACERTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 59 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
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A PROTRUDING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 63 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION HAND - 63 YO FEMALE SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE PALMAR ASP ECT OF THE RIGHT HAND BY A RUSTY NAIL SEVERAL MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS SCRATCHED ON HAND BY A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME DX: ABRASION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		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 A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 74 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
HOOKED HAND ON NAIL AT HOME DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 63 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
DX L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION: FOOSH, HAND HIT SCREW HEAD WAS EXPOSED ON A METAL RAIL RESULTING IN PUNCTURE OF L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 57 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
HIT HAND WITH NAIL DX: PUNC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Wood paneling and particleboard
MC FX-INJURED ON NAIL WHILE REMOVING WALL PANELS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 62 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
HIT HAND ON A RUSTY SCREW CAUSING LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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