Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,060
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Date: 12/29/2009	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, Portable power drills and accessories
63YOM THAT IS RETIRED DRILLED A SCREW INTO FINGER ..LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	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
53YOF STUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT THIRD FINGER WITH A NAIL PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 74 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
FINGER PW. PT STUCK FINGER WITH A PROTRUDING NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 65 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
CAUGHT FINGER ON EXPOSED DOOR SCREW LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 53 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
PT WAS CLEANING AND GRABBED A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL ON IT, RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
^73 YO M SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHILEGETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND STRIKING HAND ON A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 76 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
PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT ON SCREW, HAS LAC DX;* (L) MIDDLE FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 72 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
C/O WORSENING RT MIDDLE FINGER PAIN,SWELLING&REDNESS AFTER CUTTING IT ON A NAIL A WK AGO>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
53YOM USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME AND SHOT A NAIL INTO LEFT THIRD FINGER F B FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 65 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
REPORTS ACC CUT RT INDEX FINGER ON RUSTY NAIL, ?MECH, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 72 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
72 YO STATES CUT FINGER ON A NAIL DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	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
DX FINGER LAC: C/O LAC TO R PINKY, SUSTAINED W TIGHTENING A BOLT, & LAC DORSUM OF R PINKY ON NEIGHBOR'G BOLT W CHANG'G TIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 61 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
ACC SCRAPED RT INDEX FINGER ON A NAIL @ HER HOUSE,?MECH >>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED FINGER ON A NAIL IN WOOD AT A CAMPGROUND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 52 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 LAC & PUNCTURED (L) "PINKY" WITH A SCREW DX;* FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT NAIL STUCK IN THUMB. DX: FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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 LAC TIP OF THUMB ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 65 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
65 YO F PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER STEPPED ON RUSTY NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 66 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
PW RT THUMB.PT INJURED THUMB ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 73 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 CUT THUMB ON RUSTY NAIL. DX: R THUMB PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	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
57YO WHITE MALE AT HOME PUNCTURED R THUMB WITH A NAIL DX ABSCESS WITH CELLULITIS - FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
FINGER INJURY FROM FOREIGN BODY, NAIL. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
53YOF WAS HANGING PICTURES AT HOME STRUCK FINGER ON A NAIL; PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 54 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
RT INDEX FINGER LAC.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING A HAMMER ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	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
56 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER, GOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IN FINGER AT FRI ENDS HOUSE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT HIMSELF WITH NAILGUN CONTUSION LT THUMB *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	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
CUT FINGER ON NAIL LACERATION FINGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 65 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
65YMC USING A NAIL GUN AND A NAIL WENT INTO THUMB/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 67 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
PATIENT STUCK A NAIL IN FINGER. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO 3RD FINGER, LEF T HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other unpowered garden tools
WORKING ON CULTEVATOR CUT FINGER ON BOLT LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 63 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 THROUGH FINGER 12 DAYS PRIOR FB - SKIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
FX;P.W. L MIDDLE FINGER/51YOM AT HOME STS ACCIDENTALLY DROVE NAIL THROU GH L 3RD FINGER WITH NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 55 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
PULLING DOWN BOARDS, BOARD WITH NAIL WENT INTO FINGER /PW RT INDEX FIN GER, REMOVAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 70 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
THUMB PW-HIT THUMB W/A NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT PRICKED HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON A RUSTY NAIL. DX-PUNCTURE-LT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	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 WITH LAC TO FINGER, HAMMERED A NAIL INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 65 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 THROUGH THUMB PW THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 79 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
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON A NAIL AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT THUMB ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 55 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 PUNCTURED THUMB WITH A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN AT HOME DX; PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATES INJURE FINGER TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT RT FINGER SPRAIN,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 57 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
HIT L 4TH FINGE RON BOLT DX: FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
C/O PROGRESSIVE FINGER PAIN&SWELLING SPREADING TO HAND AFTER SUSTAINEDA PUNCTURE WOUND FROM A NAIL ONTO WALL IN THE GARAGE>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A SCREW IN A BOARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 60 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
60 YOM SHOT A PNEUMATIC NAIL THROUGH RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER TODAY SUSTAINI NG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MIDDL. FINGER CUT W A NAIL & GOT PARANYCHIA. PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2009	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
PT CUT RIGHT THUMB ON AN ALUMINUM RIVET LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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