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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 271
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 55YOM C/O SNEEZING & LT EYE SWELLING AFTER FIRST DOSE OF ***, DOCTOR PR ESCRIBED AFTER STEPPING ON NAIL YESTERDAY. DX - ALLERGIC RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| DX TOXIN EXPOSURE FROM GALVINIZED NAILS: PT BUILDING A FENCE, PT PUT GALVANIZED NAILS IN MOUTH/NOW DECIDED HE HAS HEAVY METAL POISON'G, SX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| PT.WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE IN HIS BARN,WIFE SAID SHE SAW A FIRE BALL OVER HIS HEAD BELOW A NAIL IN BARN ROOF. DX; LIGHTNING INJ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2001 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2001 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2000 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/1999 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/1998 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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