Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,728
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	81
Year 1998:	112
Year 1999:	275
Year 2000:	17
Year 2002:	101
Year 2003:	86
Year 2004:	189
Year 2005:	266
Year 2006:	126
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	234
Year 2009:	144
Year 2010:	76

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51YOF CUT RIGHT UPPER ARM ON RUST TACK PUNCTURE WOUND OF UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT NAIL IN UPPER ARM WITH NAIL GUN FOREIGN BODY IN UPPER ARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BUMPED ARM ON A NAIL DX: UPPER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BICEPITAL TENDONITIS, PT WAS TIGHTENING LUG NUTS ON A TIRE AT HOME, WHE N FELT A BURNING PAIN IN ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
AT HOME RAN INTO NAIL IN WALL INJURED UPPER ARM DX LACERATION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO UPPER ARM FROM A SCREW FIVE DAYS AGO AND IT GOT INFECTED ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STEPPED ON A NAIL AND FELL/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT NAIL INTO ARM WITH NAIL GUN FOREIGN BODY RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED UPPER ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL " ABRS/CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ladders
PT. CAUGHT ARM ON NAIL WHILE FALLING ON LADDER AT SHOP. DX. LAC L UPPE R ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
76 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL ON BOARDWALK AND FELL FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
57 Y/O F INJURED R FOREARM WHEN STUCK WITH NAIL AT HOME. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
68 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Footwear
FX R HUMOROUS;P.W. R FOOT/70YOM AT HM STEPPED ON A NAIL THAT WENT THROU GH BOOT INTO FOOT, THEN FELL LANDING ON R SHOULDER INJURING R ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
74 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON SCREW ON BOARDWALK AND FELL FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT FELL ON PATIENT'S UPER ARM. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS WORKING ON A FENCE AND A NAIL WAS STICKING OUT OF THE POST AND P UNCTURED THE UPPER ARM. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT UPPER ARM-@ HOME-INJURED ON A NAIL IN A BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT UPPER ARM ON A SCREW WHILE WORKIN G AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION LT.ARM.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE TO A WOUND IN ARM WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
82YOMC PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT UPPER ARM FROM RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT UPPER ARM LAC-CUT ON A BOLT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
81 YOF FELL AGAINST A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
RT UPPER ARM-PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON A RUSTY NAIL IN A FENCE POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE TO UPPER ARM FROM A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2000	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/1999	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/1999	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/1999	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/1999	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/1998	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/1998	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/1997	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/1997	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/1997	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/1997	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Footwear
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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