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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SUICIDE ATTEMPT-TRIED TO STAB WRIST W/A PENCIL & BOBBY PIN-PT DEPRESSED WANTS TO DIE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| NURSING HOME PATIENT UPSET WITH WIFE USED A PEN TO CAUSE INJURY TO WRIST. DX-ABRASIONS WRIST, DEMENTIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT PRESENTS TO ER FROM HOME FOR PSYCH EVAL/WRIST ABRASION C/O CRAVED W ORD PEACE INTO WRIST WITH PENCILS- WRIST ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Beds or bedframes |
| PUNCTURE WOUND RT WRIST:SITTING ON HER BED,PENCIL LAYING ON BED, SLID OVER BED, RUNNING PENCIL INTO HER WRIST, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUSTAINED ABRASION TO WRIST AFTER HIS FRIEND POKED HIM WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUST LAC TO WRIST FROM PENCIL# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| RAN INTO PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STATES HIS FRIEND WAS PLAYING WITH A INK PEN AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HIM ON THE WRIST WITH THE METAL CLIP CUTTING THE WRIST. LAC TO WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| DX URI/GANGLION CYST: C/O CYST ON R WRIST THAT OCCASIONLLY ACHES AFTER WRIT'G FOR LONG PERIODS OF X |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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