Accidents - Pens and pencils - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,150
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	41
Year 2001:	424
Year 2002:	211
Year 2003:	292
Year 2004:	216
Year 2005:	104
Year 2006:	181
Year 2007:	66
Year 2008:	90
Year 2009:	263
Year 2010:	258

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/27/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
17YOM WAS AT SCHOOL WRITING, ACCIDENTALLY POKED A MECHANICAL LEAD PENCIL INTO PALM OF HAND. DX - LT PALM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
16 YO F INJURED HAND ON INK PEN LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
20 YOM WAS PUNCTURED W/PENCIL 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L HAND ABSCESS, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
25 YOF, PENCIL STUCK IN PALM PUNCTURE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
INFECTION HAND - 24 YO MALE STATES HE GAVE SELF A HOMEMADE TATTOO WITH A PENCIL ON LEFT HAND - NOW AREA IS RED AND TENDER TO TOUCH - BURNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Pens and pencils
DX HAND PUNCTURE WD: 17YOF R HAND PN X 1D AFTER CLEAN' ROOM @ ACC STABBING HAND W/ #2 PENCIL INTO R PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
16 YOF PW TO HAND FROM A PENCIL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
23YO HISP MALE AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED R PALM WITH PENCIL DX PUNCTURE WOIUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
16 YOF PUNTURE WOUND L HAND W/ FB, BOTHER STABBED HER IN HER HAND W/ A PENCIL AND THE TIP BROKE OFF, FB REMOVED IN THE ED DRESSING APPLIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
16 YOF HAS LAC TO LEFT PALM FROM A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
23 YOF PENCIL POINT STUCK IN LEFT HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT HAND DOWN ONTO PENCIL; PENCIL IMPAILE D R HAND. FB R HAND, REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
HAND STR. PT STRAINED HAND WHENH WRITING WITH PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
23 YOM, STABBED HAND WITH PENCIL, PUNCTURE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS A PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
INJURED HAND WITH A PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD. DX. HAND PUNCTURE WOUND.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 21 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: Pens and pencils
DX FB R DORSAL HAND: PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN BACK OF R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
16 YOF PRESENTS WITH A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT HAND SUSTAINED FROM A PEN CIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX RT HAND LACERATION - S/P PT FELL ON A PEN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED BY A PENCIL. DX LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
FOOLING AROUND C FRIEND, WHO ACC STABBED PTS HAND C PENCIL WHOSE TIP BR OKE OFF " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2007	Age: 23 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: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
SCRATCHED HAND WITH PEN LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PALM PUUNCTURE WOUND-CAUSED BY LEAD PENCIL-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH INK PEN IN RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
HORSING AROUND, STRUCK HAND ON A PEN/PECIL PONIT " HAND PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL STAB ON PALM L W O T
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND-PENCIL BROKE OFF IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED IN LT PALM HAND BY BALL POINT PEN BY FRIEND @1800 YEST WITH PUS DRAINAGE, PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
18 YOM WAS HOLDING PENCIL AND A PERSON WALKING BY ACCIDENTLY JAMMED THE PENCIL INTO HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED WITH PENCIL TO LEFT HAND 12 DYS AGO, PT THINKS 3-3MM PIECE OF A PENCIL LEAD STILL PRESENT. C/O SWELL HAND. DX. (L)HAND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT HAND FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT HAND WITH A PEN DX: L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ACCIDENTALLY BROKE OFF A PIECE OF PENCIL IN HAND. DX FB HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK PENCIL IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS CLEANING HOUSE AND PENCIL WITH NO LEAD PUNCTURED PT'S PALM RT HAND; PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
17 YO FEMALE CUT LEFT ARM WITH PEN CAP CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Pins and needles
PATIENT BROKE TIP OF PENCIL IN HAND ONE YEAR AGO, NOW HAVING PAIN IN HA D, SISTER USED NEEDLE TO LOOK FOR LEAD; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ATTEMPTED TO GIVE HIMSELF A TATOO WITH PEN ON L HAND, ACUTE LOCAL L HAND INFECTION SECONDARY TO SELF TATOOING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS PLAYING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT HOME WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HI S RIGHT HAND ON A PEN THAT SHE WAS HOLDING PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Buckets or pails
PT STABBED BY PENCIL WHEN FELL WITH PENCIL IN HAND AND HIT MOP BUCKET; PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO R HAND.PENCIL STILL IN HAND.DX FB R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED ACCIDENTALLY W/A COLORING PENCIL. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUST. LAC. TO HAND FROM PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
LACERATION HAND - 20 YOF BROKE A PEN IN HAND LACERATING PALM OF LEFT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED WITH A PENCIL FEW HOURS PTA-DX-ACUTE R PALMER SUPERFICIAL FOREI GN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURED HERSELF WITH A PENCIL- PUNCTURE TO THE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2001	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2000	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2000	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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