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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,499
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| 81 Y/O MALE CAUGHT HAND ON A HOOK ON THE WALL AT HOME DX; AVULSION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2010 | Age: 75 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 |
| 75 YO F CUT HAND ON NAIL. DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2010 | Age: 82 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, Doors |
| 82 Y/O/M CUT HAND ON A NAIL ON DOOR AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO DX/ LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2010 | Age: 89 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, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 89 YOM CAUGHT RT. HAND ON PROTRUDING NAIL FROM BANISTER. LACERATION OF RT. HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 52 Y/O/M CUT HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME DX/ LEFT HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2010 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YOM PW TO HAND FROM A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | 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, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 53 Y/O MALE WAS WALKING IN GARAGE AT HOME & ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IN HAND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 87 YO F INJURED HAND ON NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2010 | Age: 66 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 |
| 66 YOM HIT LEFT HAND ON END OF A BOLT SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2010 | Age: 61 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 61YOM HIT LT HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF CEILING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | 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 YOF SUS PUNCTURE TO HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2010 | Age: 75 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 |
| 75YOM, NAIL STUCK IN HAND, PUNCTURE WOUND TO R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 65 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 |
| 65YOM WITH PUNC WOUND TO HAND FROM NAIL DX: PUNC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 53YOF-HAND PW-INJURED ON A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2010 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51 YOM, HAND HIT BOLT, HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2010 | Age: 72 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 |
| 72 YOM PT FELL AND CUT HIS HAND ON A SCREW. DEEP LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2010 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 55 YR OLD MALE ON DECK AT HOME HAS 32 GAUGE NAIL FROM NAILGUN GO THRU P ALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 54YOM GOT NAIL IN HAND DX: F.B. NAIL THROUGH HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2010 | Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT ON RUSTY NAIL ABRASION L HAND 56 YO M # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2010 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 66 YOF DX LACERATION OF LT HAND - DUE TO BEING STUCK BY A NAIL AT HOME YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2010 | Age: 75 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 |
| 75 YOM TAKING OUT THE TRASH LACERATED RIGHT HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PUNCTURE WOUND FROM A NAIL SEPTIC JOINT R HAND 72YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 53YOF HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 78 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 |
| 78 YOF, POKED HAND WITH RUSTY NAIL, HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 51 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 WENT INTO LEFT HAND AT HOME. PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND. 51 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | 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 |
| 64 YOM SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF A HAND BY A NAIL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 55 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 |
| 55 Y/O MALE USING NAIL GUN & SHOT NAIL INTO BACK OF HAND AT A FRIENDS HOUSE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 59 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, Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated |
| 59 Y/O B/M CUT HAND ON SCREW ON PIANO AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2010 | 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 |
| 65 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND FROM A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A BOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 73 YOM WAS BUILDING A DECK AND STARTED TO FALL AND THE NAIL GUN WENT OF F SHOOTING A NAIL IN TO HAND. DX: FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2010 | Age: 88 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 |
| 88 YOF HIT NAIL WITH HAND. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND TOP OF LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60 YOM, USING NAIL AIR GUN, NAIL WENT INTO HAND, PUNCTURE HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2010 | Age: 82 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 82YOF LACERATION TO HAND CUT ON NAIL ON WALL WHEN CLEAN THE WALLS AT HO ME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 97 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, Buckets or pails |
| 2 CM SIMPLE LAC. HAND: 97YOM THIS AM HE WAS TAKING A BUCKET THAT WAS HANGING ON A NAIL, CUT HAND ON NAIL, 2 CM LAC, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54 Y/O/M INJURED HANDON A NAIL AT HOME DX/ RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2010 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOM FELL AND CUT HAND ON A BOLT. DX. HAND LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 61YOF, IN THE ATTIC&ACC PLACED HADN ON A PROTRUDING NAIL >>PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2010 | Age: 78 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 |
| 78 YO M CUT HAND ON A NAIL. DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 69 YOM SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO HAND. DX: FB L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2010 | Age: 51 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, Rugs or carpets |
| CUT ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF RUG 51 YO M R HAND LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2010 | Age: 63 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 |
| 63YOM PUNCTURE WOUND & CELLULITIS TO HAND HIT BY RUSTY NAIL WHILE TEARI NG AN OLD BUILDING DOWN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2010 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YOM WITH LAC TO HAND FROM RUSTY NAIL/ LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2010 | Age: 79 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, Beds or bedframes |
| 79 Y/O MALE TRIPPED AND CUT HAND ON A SCREW ON BASE OF HEADBOARD AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2010 | Age: 53 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 |
| 53 YOM- @ HOME PT RAN R HAND OVER A SCREW-R PALM DX LAC R HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 64 YO M USING NAIL GUN, HAND SLIPPED, NAIL WENT IN HAND. DX FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 55 YO M WAS USING A NAIL GUN TO NAIL 2X4'S WHEN ACCIDENTALLY MOVED NAIL GUN ACROSS PALM & IT DISCHARGED NAIL. DX:FOREIGN BODY, HAND & WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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