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Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2003 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 349
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:74
6-15 years old:214
26-50 years old:61

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/22/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK W/ A PENCIL SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
AT HOME DOING HOMEWORK AND A GRAPHITE PENCIL PUNCTURED THE SKIN OF HER RIGHT KNEE. DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS STABBED IN THE KNEE WITH A PENCIL BY A GIRL AT SCHOOL. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN RT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
RAN INTO WRITING PEN, CUT KNEE DX: LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED IN (L) KNEE W/ PENCIL ON SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTALLY. DX:PUNCTURE WOUND (L) KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD IN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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