Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 50+ years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,458
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	687	Hand:	267
Knee:	144	Wrist:	83
Eyeball:	76	Foot:	68
Lower Arm:	67	Upper Leg:	30
Lower Trunk:	15	Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER; PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN ABDOMEN WITH A NAIL GUN PUNCTURING ABDOMINAL WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
STAPLED HAND WITH STAPLE GUN AT HOME. DX; FB HAND REMOVED, PUNCTURE W OUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POWER NAIL INTO FINGER F B FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN - PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Footwear
RIGHT TOE INJ. PT SHOT A NAIL GUN THROUGH SHOE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 68 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: Nail guns or stud drivers
LT THUMB LAC-CUT ON A NAILGUN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH NAIL GUN DX: F.B. REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
67 YOWM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE ARM WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH A NAIL GUN. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PENETRATING WOUND TO L MID FINGER, SHOT NAIL THRU FINGER WITH NAIL GUN WHILE INSTALLING WOOD SHIMS IN HIS GARAGE.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 64 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: Nail guns or stud drivers
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: COMPRESSED NAIL GUN TO FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-AT HOME-USING A NAIL GUN & SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PW 3RD FINGER. PT INJURED FINGER WHEN USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 52 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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT A NAIL IN HAND FROM A NAIL GUN WHILE FRAMING A DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT C/O GOT INJURED W/A NAILGUN TODAY - DX PUNCTURE WOUND LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURED BY NAILGUN; EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS WORKING ON HOUSE AND SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS HAND WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
HIT ON KNEE WITH NAIL GUN-PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
59 YOM SHOT SELF W/ NAIL GUN F'BODY (NAIL) THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS USING A NAIL GUN, GUN BACKFIRED ON HIM AND NAIL SHOT INTO HISFIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
/65YOM AT HOME HIT IN R LOWER ARM WITH AIRNAIL GUNDX/HEMATOMA R WRIST W ITH PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE TO KNEE WITH NAIL GUNDX: PUNCTURE WOUND L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER W/NAIL GUN. DX: FINGER PX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-NAILGUN SHOT A NAIL INTO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2002	Age: 62 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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-NAILGUN SHOT A NAIL THROUGH A BOARD & HIT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
LEFT HAND INJ, PT SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT FINGER W/NAIL GUN. DX: FINGER PX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURED WITH A NAIL GUN; FB REMOVAL RT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURED RT HAND WHILE USING A NAIL GUN. HYPOTHEMAL EMINENC E@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 52 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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WORKING ON A HOME PROJECT AND ACCIDENTALLY FIRED A NAIL INTO FINGE R W/ A NAIL GUN DX R INDEX FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	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: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS LT TUMB AND LT 4TH FINGER WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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