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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 183
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Date: 11/18/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A NAIL IN IS RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/23/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME, SCRAPED LWR BACK ON A BOLT CAUSING A LACERATION WITH CELLULITIS TO LWR BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX MECH LOW BACK PAIN W SPASM: C/O LBP AFTER YARDWORK, BENT OVER ON GROUND PULL'G NAILS W WERE LOOSELY IN A PIECE ON PLYWOOD SUDDEN SACRAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tools
DX SPRAIN LUMBOSACRAL: BENT OVER & NAILED A NAIL W FELT BACK GIVE OUT. W PN IN LOW BACK W WORK'G @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
PULLING NAIL OUT W/CROW BAR, HURT LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER SCREW FROM CARPET METAL STRIP FELL ON FLOOR CONTUSION HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/24/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STEPPED ON NAIL AND FELL THIS AM, R SHOULDER AND HIP PAIN DX: HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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