Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2002 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 920
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	653
16-25 years old:	221
26-50 years old:	45

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED WITH A PENCIL. LEAD REMAINED IN RT LOWER ARM FB REMOVAL RT L OWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL IMPALED IN FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS AT SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS JABBED WITH A PENCIL CAUSING A PUNCTURE WO UND TO HIS RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE (L) FOREARM, PT SUST INJURY WITH A PENCIL BY ANOTHER STUDENT A T THE SCHOOL, C/O MILD PAIN, ROM NORMAL, NO PULSE DEFICIT.'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIMSELF IN ARM WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL, LEAD EMBEDDED IN FOREARM; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT.C/O PAIN TO LT.FOREARM SUSTAIN AT SCHOOL WITH LEAD PENCIL DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LT.FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO ARM FROM PENCIL WHEN AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL ON PENCIL @SCHOOL WITH PENCIL GOING INTO RT FOREARM, PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL ON PEN INJURING ARM, R FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RT FOREARM FB-STUCK A PENCIL INTO ARM-AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT USING A PENCIL NOW WITH A STAB WOUND IN RIGHT FOREARM. DX RIGHT FOREARM PUNCURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O (R) FA PAIN. ASSAULTED BY ANOTHER STUDENT W/A A PENCIL. DX 4.0 CM (R) FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS ON SCHOOL BUS & WAS STABBED IN ARM BY ANOTHER STUDENTWITH A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
LEFT FOREARM ABRASION.PT INJURED FOREARM ON A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
@ 7YOF STABBED WITH INK PEN IN ARMDX-PUNCTURE WOUND LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STAB WOUND TO (R) FOREARM. STABBED BY ANOTHER W/ PENCIL. DX: PUNCTUREWO UND (R) FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 12 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: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
12 YOM JABBED SELF W/ PENCIL PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT "POKED" WITH PENCIL ACCIDENTALLY WHILE GETTING OUT OF CAR. D: ABRA SION TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
ARM NUMBNESS. PT WAS WRITING NOTES IN CLASS WITH A PENCIL AND ARM WENT NUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STABBED WITH INK PEN IN RIGHT FOREARM TODAY. SUPERFICIAL PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT LOST PEN CAP IN CAST ON ARM; FB REMOVED AND CAST REPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT HAD A SMALL PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IMPALLED IN HIS FOREARM. DX-FOREIGN BODY FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
$PW RT FOREARM.PT PUNCTURED FOREARM WITH A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils, Tables
TRAUMA (R) FOREARM, PT REACHING FOR A PENCIL ON A TABLE & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN TIP WAS EMBEDDED IN PT'S ARM. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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