Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,185
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Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER W/NAIL GUN. DX: PW /FX R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN DX: L INDEX FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	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
PUNCTURE WOUND DIGITS LEFT HAND-WAS USING A NAILGUN AND ACCIDENTALLY PU NCTURED 2ND, 3RD & 4TH DIGITS WITH A 3 1/2" NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 60 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL THROUGH FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND L FINGER - HIT FINGER WITH NAIL WHEN USING NAILGUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 58 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
FX L IND FING/58YOM USING NAILGUN AT HOME WHEN NAIL WENT THROUGH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 52 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
NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL THRU THUMB - REMOVE NAIL AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
USING STAPLE GUN WHEN IT MISFIRED INTO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 58 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
FB RIGHT THUMB. PT GOT A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN INTO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
SHOT NAIL GUN THROUGH FINGER - PUNCTURE WOUND - FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 63 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
DX LEFT THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND: NAIL OF NAIL GUN WENT THROUGH THUMB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
FINGERS FB-NAILGUN SHOT THROUGH 2 FINGERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 53 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
PUNCTURE R 2ND FINGER; SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 62 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
USING NAIL GUN - 8 PENNY NAIL THROUGH LEFT INDEX, MIDDLE & RING FINGERS PW FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. WAS WORKING ON HIS HOUSE, SHOT A NAIL THROUGH HIS FINGER WITH A NAILGUN - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	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
51 Y M WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND NAIL WENT INTO BOARD AND THRU INTO HIS FINGER. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	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, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
STAPLE FROM STAPLE GUN WENT INTO PT'S FINGER. DX: FB/PW L FIFTH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
54 YOM SHOT SELF WITH A NAILGUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	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
PT USING A PNEUMATIC STAPLE GUN AT HOME WHEN SHE SHOT A STAPLE INTO LEF T INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 55 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
NAIL GUN ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 65 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
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME WHEN HE SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FIN GER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 56 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 PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB: STRUCK THUMB WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 56 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 THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND: INJURED FINGER WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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