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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,648
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 69 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 WITH PW TO HAND FROM NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT DX INJURY OF LT 4TH FINGER - 53 YR OLD BLACK MALE ARRIVED W/HX OF NAIL GUN WENT INSIDE FINGER TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 63YOM WAS SHOT IN HAND WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 51 YO WAS USING A NAIL GUN AND SOT SELF IN THE FINGER DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 52YOM ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A FRAMING NAIL GUN IN LT HAND; HAND PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| NAILGUN WOUND TO GROIN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YO WM HAS NAIL IN FINGER USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND, FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| PT SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME, FX TO 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 53 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 |
| 53 YOM, SHOT NAIL THROUGH FINGER WITH NAIL GUN, FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING IN GARAGE, SET A NAIL GUN DOWN BESIDE HIM, IT ACCIDENTALLY FIRED, SHOOTING NAIL IN CHEST. DX-NAIL GUN INJURY-CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SHOT SELF IN CHEST ACCIDENTALLY W/NAIL GUN; HAD GUN TURNEDE WRONG WA Y. PULLED NAIL OUT. DX:PENETRATING NAIL WOUND CHEST/UPPER ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/12/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT DX NAIL GUN INJURY TO ABDOMEN (ACCIDENTAL)/ETOH INTOX - ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF JUST PTA,WAS DRINKING *** W/A FRIEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 70 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 |
| 70 YOM, USING NAIL GUN 3 INCH NAIL TO HAND, FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2009 | Age: 62 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAND LAC-SHOT NAIL INTO HAND FROM NAIL GUN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 58 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| USING NAIL GUN INJURED UPPER LEG PUNCTURE THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| LOADING A NAIL GUN & LAC R INDEX FINGER DX LAC OF FINGER TIP * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOOT PUNCTURE-WHILE USING A NAIL GUN PT SHOT NAIL INTO FOOT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO EYE FROM WORKING WITH A NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| DX OPEN TUFT FX O L MID FINGER: PT IN SL DISTRESS AFTER SMASH'G L MIDDLE FINGER DP W NAIL GUN ACC THIS AFTERNOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND: 52YOM HELPING FRIEND, WAS USING 16 PENNY** NAILG UN, GUN DOUBLE-SHOT,WENT INTO HAND, DID TAKE NAIL OUT, P.W. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN, PUT A NAIL IN WRIST CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| HAND PW. PT INJURED HAND WHEN USING A NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 58 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 WAS USING NAIL GUN AND THERE IS A NAIL STICKING OUT OF LT THUMB DX: FB LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| DX ANEMIA-MILD/PLAPITATIONS/CELLULITIS FINGER: PT PUNCTURED L INDEX FINGER W NAIL GUN 72HRS AGO & HAS MILD SWELL'G & TTP & ERYTHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| SHOT NAIL IN CABINET W/NAILGUN LEANED AGAINST IT TIP OF NAIL STUCK ABD PUNCTURE WOUND ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 78 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 WITH PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTIN G SELF WITH NAIL GUN. DX PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 63 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: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| REPROTS IN OCTOBER ACC SHOT SELF INTO FINGER WITH A NAIL FROM NAILGUN,R EMOVED THE NAIL&DIDN'T SEEK MD ATTENTION, C/O FINGER PAIN>POST TR ARTHR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 53 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 |
| FB (NAIL) TO LT HAND FROM *** NAILER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 72 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: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 72 YO MALE SHOT A FRAMING NAIL INTO HIS RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 62 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-USING PNEUMATIC NAIL GUN-NAIL SHOT INTO HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2009 | 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. & F.B.'S IN THE INTRAMUSCULAR AREA OF THE R LOWER DISTAL THIGH LATERALLY:WORKING IN SHED W/NAIL GUN,ONE OF THE NAILS WENT IN UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2009 | 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 |
| NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO L 3RD FINGER AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX. PW L 3RD F INGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| FX FINGER W/ NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| WAS NAILING WITH NAIL GUN WHEN PT SHOT NAIL INTO HAND. FOREIGN BODY L HAND, REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 55 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 |
| 55YOF WAS USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME ACCIDENTLY SHOT NAIL STRIKING RT INDEX FINGER;FINGER PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 57 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 |
| C/O R INDEX FINGER INJURY DUR TO NAIL GUN. FOREIGN BODY, PUNCTURE WOUN D, INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2009 | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE FINGER ON NAIL FROM NAIL GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Air compressors |
| PT WAS CONNECTING AIR HOSE TO NAIL GUN WHEN IT EXPLODED. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT WAS CONNECTING CANISTER TO PNEUMATIC NAIL GUN WHEN IT EXPLODED. DX: L HAND 2ND/3RD DEG BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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