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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 616
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 15 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 |
| PENICIL LEAD BROKE OFF IN LEFT FOREARM. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LEFT ARM INJ. PT POKED ARM WHEN CARRYING A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 9 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 |
| PT AT HOME USING A PEN TO ITCH INSIDE OF CAST ON ARM NOW PEN IS STUCK DX FB PEN INSIDE SHORT ARM CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| ABRASION LEFT FOREARM-SCRATECED SELF WITH PENCIL-SELF INFLICTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 10 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 |
| LOWER ARM HAS PENCIL LEAD IN IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PATIENT HAS ARM IN CAST, REACHING FOR PENCIL AND FELT CRACK AND THEN SH ARP ARM PAIN, CAST CRACKED AT SCHOOL; FOREARM PAIN, CAST BREAKDOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2005 | Age: 3 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 |
| DRAWN WITH MARKER ON HIS ARMS RASHES ABRASION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2005 | Age: 5 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 |
| PT FELL ON A SHARP PENCIL, PW LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| MARKER LID STUCK IN CAST, REMOVAL & CAST REPLACED DX FOREARM FX HEALING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2005 | Age: 7 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 |
| STUCK W/ A PENCIL BY HIS BROTHER PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOREARM FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 15 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 |
| PATIENT STABBED IN ARM WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL; FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STUCK IN L FOREARM WITH PENCIL. SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND. DX: FOREIGN BODY FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | 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, Glass doors or doors with glass panels |
| RUNNING, TRIPPED OVER PENCIL & SLID INTO GLASS DOOR. GLASS BROKEN BY ELBOW. DX: LAC FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | 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 D ABRSSIONS - S/P STABBED W/A PENCIL BY SISTER TO LT ARM/LEG YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 11 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 |
| FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUND-SOMEONE STABBED PT W/A PENCIL-@SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 13 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 |
| 13 YOM HAS TIP OF PENCIL IN FOREARM AFER SCRATCHING POISON IVY AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2005 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT STABBED IN ARM WITH A PENCIL 2 DAYS AGO C/O SWELLING AND PAIN AT SIT E + PUNCTURE WOUND + FB IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 9 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 STABBED BY ANOTHER STUDENT TODAY WITH LEAD PENCIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND L FOREARM. INTENT UNKNOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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