Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 50+ years old - Year 2007

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,733
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	863	Hand:	502
Wrist:	84	Elbow:	80
Lower Arm:	71	Lower Leg:	70
Upper Trunk:	30	Eyeball:	15
Lower Trunk:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/14/2007	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
59 YO MALE SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 71 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN, PUT A NAIL INTO LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 55 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
55 YOM USING NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO FINGERS FB FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
TESTING AIR NAILER AND IT STRUCK HAND. DX LACERATION TO L HAND#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT C/O ARM INJURY. PT NAIL GUN INTO ARM. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH PAIN TO LEFT HAND AFTER SHOOTING IT WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 63 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
65YOM WHILE WORKING ON HIS DECK USING A AIR GUN,WHICH MIS-FIRED A NAIL, IT WENT INTO HIS WRIST;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 53 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 RIGHT INDEX FINGER: INJURED WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 53 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
53 YO MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 62 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
PT PUT A NAIL THROUGH FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 66 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, House repair or construction materials
WAS ROOFING USING NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM NAIL GUN NOT WORKMENS COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 85 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
85 YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN; NAIL ACCIDENT WENT INTO RT. HAND. FOREIGN BODY, RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2007	Age: 57 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
PT HAD NAILGUN D/C NAIL INTO L 2ND KNUCKLE,PT PULLED NAIL OUT DX PUNCTURE WOUND 2ND NAILGUN L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
77 YO MALE HAS NAIL GUN WOUND TO HEAD AND CHESTCTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
C/O PT STATES WAS USING NAIL GUN AND A NAIL WENT INTO RIST DX F.O.B. IN LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	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
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME AND SHOT A NAIL INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 52 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
PUT NAIL INTO FINGER WITH NAIL GUN/ PW WITH RETAINED FB LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT PUNCTURED HAND WITH NAIL GUN. DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX FOREIGN BODY TO EYE: 1.25 INCH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN TO EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL REMOVAL FROM LT LEG: WORKING ON ROOF, SHOT SELF IN LT LEG WITH NAILGUN, NAIL IN LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 63 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
63YOM WHILE USING A AIR NAILER,ACCIDENTLY A NAIL WENT THROUGH MIDDLE FINGER;RIGHT THIRD DIGIT,FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 53 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
53 YO MALE SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
54 YO MALE SHOT NAIL INTO LEFT HAND WITH NAIL GUN F/B LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	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
HIT FINGER WITH TIP OF NAIL GUN. DX- PUNCTURE WOULD L MIDDLE FINGER JG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 54 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 INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS PUNCTURE WOUND: NAILGUN TO FINGERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL GUN WENT OFF NAIL WENT IN ELBOW NAIL FB IMBEDED IN ELBOW PT ELOPE D
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 70 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
PATIENT SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO INDEX FINGER , LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 55 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
HIT WITH A NAIL FRAME NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 54 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
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	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
PT INJURED FINGER WITH SCREW GUN AT HOME TODAY DX// PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 52 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL IN FINGERS WITH NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 59 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH NAIL GUN,PULLED NAIL OUT DX: PUNCT URE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT USING A NAIL GUN AND SHOT A NAIL INTO LEFT HAND THEN PULLED IT OUT S USTAINED A PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	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
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-AIR GUN MISFIRED NAIL INTO FINGER-@HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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