Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,038
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	16
6-15 years old:	810
16-25 years old:	194
50+ years old:	16

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/22/2003	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
PT RUBBED MARK INTO LT FOREARM WITH A PENCIL ERASER SHAPE OF 46 BECAUSE HE COULDNT AFFORD A TATTOO C/O PN, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 12 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
STABBED BY PENCIL YESTERDAY. PUNCTURE WOUND LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
BEING PUSHED BY FRIEND INTO BATHROOM AT SCHOOL, FIGHTING TO GO IN AND F ELL ON MECHANICAL PENCIL SHE HAD IN HAND, SCRAPED ARM; FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT TRIPPED CARRYING A PEN & PEN STUCK HER IN THE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
PUNCTURE WOUND - 11 YOM WAS AT HOME PLAYING AND DOVE OVER HIS FRIEND LA NDING ON THE FLOOR WHERE THERE WAS A MARKER, MARKER ENTERED R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 2 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 WAS SHARPENING PENCIL AND FELL WHEN SHE POKED HERSELF IN LT ARM WITH PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT STABBED WITH PENCIL TIP IN ARM AT SCHOOL; FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUN D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 11 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
PT. WAS STABBED IN LT. FOREARM TWICE AT SCHOOL WITH A PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 9 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
HAS A PENCIL ERASER STUCK UP CAST/ FB CAST, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING W/ FRIENDS-STUCK LEAD PENCIL IN LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	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
TRIP WHILE HOLDING PENCILS, STABBED ARM FB FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT FOREARM WHEN FELL ON PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING AROUND - POKED WITH PENCIL F B FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
14 YOM HIT WITH PENCIL IN ARM R FOREARM F.B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 8 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
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL DX. PW FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW LEFT LOWER ARM.PT INJURED FOREARM ON A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Pens and pencils
DEPRESSION, FRICTION BURN - 14 YOF STATES FEELING DEPRESSED, USED A PEN CIL'S ERASER TO CAUSE A FRICTION BURN ON HER LEFT FOREARM, SUICIDAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
SCRATCHING INSIDE CAST WITH HANGER AND PEN-DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL L AR M CAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT POKED IN ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL, LEAD STUCK IN FOREARM; POSS IBLE FB WITH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 13 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: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION: INJURED BY PENCIL AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	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
PUNCURE WOUND RT FOREARM-PT WAS STUCK WITH A PENCIL IN RT FORARM AT SCH OOL. NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANY LEAD IN ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 9 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 HAS PENCL IN ARM; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 12 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
GOT CAP OFF AN INK PEN STUCK INSIDE FOREARM CAST. ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE. HAD TO REMOVE FOREARM CAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING WITH FRIEND, STUCK BY PENCIL - FB IN FOREARM - LEAD TIP OF PEN CIL. F B REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
PUNCTURE (R) FOREARM, PT STABBED W/A PENCIL WHILE PLAYING W/A FRIEND AT THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, SWELLING & TENDERNESS, SENSATION INTACT, ROM NML.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. STATES FRIEND WERE TRYING TO MAKE TATTOO W/INK PEN YEST AEA NOW RED AND SWOLLE. DX. 2 DEGREE BURN L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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
FB LEFT FOREARM.PT WAS AT SCHOOL AND PLAYING AROUND WITH A PENCIL AND A CCIDENTLY JABBED PENCIL IN FOREARM AND PENCIL LEAD WAS EMBEDDED IN ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DEPRESSED X 1MO TRYING TO HURT SELF/SISTER DIGGING IN ARM/POKING SEL F WITH PENCIL, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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
14 YO MALE WAS POKED IN ARM WITH PEN PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 6 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
CHILD STABBED TEACHER AND HIMSELF WITH A PENCIL.DX ADHD- PSYCH EVAL SEL F INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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