Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 890
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	75
6-15 years old:	571
16-25 years old:	126
26-50 years old:	117

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 34 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 FELL AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FOREARM WITH PENCIL IN ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PUT A TATOO ON ARM WITH INK FROM INK PEN - CELLULITIS TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 16 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 PICKING UP PENCIL AND ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF IN FOREARM A T SCHOOL, SMALL SWELLING/REDNESS AT SITE; PUNCTURE WOUND WITH FB TATTOO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT C/O WAS SCRATCHED ON LT ARM W/A PENCIL WHILE AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	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: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
CHILD FELL ONTO PENCIL WHICH PUNCTURED FOREARM. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, FORE ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SCRATCHED/ABRASION OF LT LOWER ARM WITH A PENCIL BECAUSE SHE WA S ANGRY. DX: SCRATCHES/ABRASIONS TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	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, Medical equipment, general
CHILD, WITH FOREARM CAST S/P FX 4 WKS AGO, WAS SCRATCHING INSIDE CAST W / PENCIL WHEN ERASER B/C DETACHED. D:FOREIGN BODY INSIDE CAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 6 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
PENCIL VS. R ARM DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 14 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: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Pins and needles
DX: ARM CELLULITIS/ INFECTION FROM SELF TATTO W/ PENS AND SEWING NEEDLE S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 16 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: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Pins and needles
DX: INFECTED/ CELLULITIS ON ARM FROM SELF TATTOO W/ PENS AND SEWING NEE DLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 16 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
PT STABBED BY PENCIL ON RIGH FOREARM DX: SUPERFICIAL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	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
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/FB FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 8 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
STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL TO ARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT LACERATED HIS ARM AFTER BEING STABBED BY A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 49 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
49YOM PENCIL LEAD IN FORARM FB FOREARM REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2006	Age: 21 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
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF WITH A PENCIL DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
RUNNING WITH A PENCIL LACERATION LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 14 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
STUCK PEN IN SKIN GRAFT, PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 8 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
PUNCTURE L FOREARM PT STRUCK W/A PENCIL BY ANOTHER KID IN THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, LEAD EMBEDDED, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RAN INTO SOMEONE HOLDING A PENCIL DX: F.B. (PENCIL TIP) IN L ARM, ARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
LEFT FOREARM ABRASION.PT WAS SCRATCHED IN FOREARM BY A PENCIL IN BACK P OCKET OF PANTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 7 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
PUNCTURE R FOREARM, PT STABBED W/A PENCIL BY A KID IN THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, DISCOLORATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	Age: 26 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
FOREARM FB-POKED W/A LEAD PENCIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT F.ARM ON A PEN'S SPRING AT SCHOOL "ABRS" +" DESTRUCTIVE SELF BEHAVIOR"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	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
GOT POKED IN LEFT FOREARM WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREARM, NO LEAD FOUND IN WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 16 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: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: L ARM ABSCESS WHEN PUNCTURED WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 16 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: L ARM MUSCLE STRAIN WHEN REACHING FOR PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 8 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 WITH PENCIL IN FA, DX; LEAD PENCIL SCRATCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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