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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,773
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 60 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 |
| FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | 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 |
| PATIENT USING NAIL GUN AND SHOT A NAIL INTO THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY USING A NAIL GUN AND SHOT A NAIL IN HIS ABDOMEN. DX-PUNCTURE, PENETRATING WOUND ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Christmas tree lights |
| PT SHOT NAIL INTO (L) #4 FINGER WITH NAIL GUN WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2006 | Age: 67 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 AND SHOT A NAIL INTO LEFT INDEX FINGER FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | 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 |
| FINGER FB-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT USING NAIL GUN AT HOME, NOW PRESENTS WITH FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT FOREARM, NAIL IN FOREARM, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2006 | Age: 52 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 |
| DOING FINISHING WORK WITH NAIL GUN P.W. LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 55 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 |
| 55 YOM, DOING SOME REMODELING AT HIS HOUSE, USING A NAIL GUN, WHEN SLIPPED, ENDED UP WITH ONE NAIL IN HIS FINGER. DX: PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 65 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAND FB-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2006 | Age: 54 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 |
| USING NAIL GUN AND SHOT NAIL IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| NAIL IN HAND WOUND: MAKING WOODEN BENCH AT HOME, USING *** NAIL GUN, SH OT NAIL INTO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| AT HOME AND SENT A TWO INCH NAIL INTO HAND FROM NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2006 | Age: 52 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 |
| LEFT MIDDLE FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND WHILE USING A NAIL GUN AND PUNCTURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL GUN WENT OFF 2 FT IN FRONT OF PT, 18 GUAGE NAILS GRAZED PT IN THE CHEST DX: ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT INJURED ELBOW WHILE USING A NAIL GUN. DX: LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS OR TENNIS ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2006 | Age: 74 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 |
| PT AT HOME USING NAIL GUN INJ L THUMB / DX NAIL PUNCTURE L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2006 | 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 |
| PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC HAND PAIN, WAS USING A NAIL GUN, SHOT NAIL INTO RIGHT THUMB. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREARM CT-SHOT A 3 INCH NAIL FROM NAILGUN-SCRATCHED ARM-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2006 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND - SHOT NAIL THROUGH HAND WITH NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | 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 |
| NAIL GUN BOUNCED AND PT NAILED THUMB TO BOARD. DX: L THUMB PW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Windowsills or frames |
| SOMETHING IN EYE AFTER USING A NAIL GUN ON A WINDOW FRAME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAND FB-ASSEMBLING A FRAME-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 59 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 |
| NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT INTO HAND/ PW LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2006 | Age: 59 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 |
| PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC FINGER PAIN, SHOT A NAIL WITH NAILGUN THRU LEFT FINGER. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 67 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 |
| PUNCTURE WOUND - 67 YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND SHOT A NAIL INTO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 70 Y/O W/M PRESENTED TO ED WITH 3" NAIL IN FOFREARM OCCURRED WHILE SHOT NAILGUN TWICE WHILE WORKING ON HIS HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN/UPPER TRUNK FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| WAS USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL INTO RT. WRIST. PUNCTURE WOUND, RIGHT WIRST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| FRAMING A PICTURE WITH A NAIL GUN AND SHOT NAIL INTO THIGH ADMITTED FOR EIGN BODY THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT RT FOOT WITH NAIL GUN, FB RT FOOT (NAIL) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 69 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 MIDDLE FINGER: INJURED WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2006 | Age: 73 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: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND: INJURED HAND WITH STAPLE GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| RT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN BOTTOM OF FOOT WITH A STAPLE GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| NAIL TO L 5TH FINGER W/NAIL GUN DX: FB, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2006 | Age: 54 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 IAR NAILER, NAIL WENT THROUGH FINGER/ PW, FB R 3RD FINGER NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 68 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 |
| 1 1/4 INCH NAIL IN THUMB FROM NAIL GUN. FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 55 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 |
| CUT FINGER WITH STAPLE GUN DX: R INDEX FINGER NAILBED LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 55 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 |
| LEFT HAND FB. PT INJURED HAND WHEN USING A NAIL GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| LAC TO FACE WHEN A NAIL GUN FELL AND STRUCK FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 70 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 |
| PUNCTURE LEFT HAND WITH NAIL GUN. PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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