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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,423
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/21/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils |
76YOF WAS CUTTING AN ERASER OFF PENCIL AT HOME TODAY & CUT LT 2ND DIGIT. DX - LT 2ND FINGER LACERATION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/29/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
45 YO F PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/21/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
10 YR GOT PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER;DX FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/09/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
DX PUNCTURE WD, RIF: 7YOM STAB THE MEDIAL PORTION OF RIF W A PENCIL @ SCHOOL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/09/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Pens and pencils |
15YOF, ACC STABBED FINGER WITH SHARPENED PENICL @ SCHOOL >>ABRS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
11YOM HAD A PIECE OF LEAD PENCIL STUCK UNDERNEATH RT 3RD FINGERNAIL; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8 YOM INJURED FINGER WITH PENCIL LEAD AT SCHOOL, FOREIGN BODY. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils |
FINGER LAC, 42 YOM CUT FINGER ON A PLASTIC PEN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/14/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
6YOF-FINGER FX-PT WAS HOLDING A PENCIL-MOTHER GRABBED THE PENCIL-PT GRA BBED IT AWAY & HEARD A "POP" IN FINGER-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
12YOM PT TOOK PENCIL FROM TEACHER FOR A TEST, ACCID STABBED HIMSELF IN R 4TH FINGER WHILE GRABBING IT. SMALL PUNCT. DX R FINGER PUNCTURE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Pens and pencils |
6YOF; PT POKED HER FINGER WITH A SHARP PENCIL X2 DAYS AGO; LOOKS INFECT ED NOW. D: CELLULITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
10 YOF SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO A FINGER FROM PENCIL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Pens and pencils |
5 YO MALE CUT FINGER ON A PENCIL DX FINGER ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/30/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8YOM FOREIGN BODY FINGER HAS PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER NO FURTHER INFORMATI ON |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/24/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Pens and pencils |
A 22 YOM TO ER WITH FINGER PAIN AND INFECTION, HAD BEEN WRITING WITH PE NCIL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/14/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
5 YR M PUNCTURED FINGER WIHT PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
7 YO F STUCK BY PENCILO PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/01/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
9 YR F POKED FINGER WITH PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
5 YOM WHILE AT SCHOOL TODAY WAS POKED IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A PENCIL STILL HAS PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/11/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8 YOF SUS PUNCTURE TO FINGER AFTER STICKING HERSELF WITH PENCIL POINT% |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/12/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
FINGER FB-60YOF HAD A PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD JAMMED UNDER THUMB NAIL AT HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils, Bags |
21YOM REACHED IN HIS BAG FOR A PENCIL AND GOT STUCK WITH THE TIP OF PEN CIL C/O LEAD IN RIGHT RING FINGER.DX:LACERATION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/24/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
9 YOF-PT NOTICED A PPC OF LEAD IN R HAND/THUMB-UNABLE TO REMOVE IT-LEAD FROM PENCIL DX FB R THUMB (REMOVED) * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/17/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
14 YR F POKED FINGER WITH PENCI;DX PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/14/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
A 11 YOM SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO FINGER WITH PENCIL WHILE AT SCHOOL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/11/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
THUMB PW-7YOF-STABBED SELF W/ A LEAD PENCIL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
9 YR OLD MALE DX FOREIGN BODY UNDER LT THUMB - WOOD PENCIL STUCK UNDER THUMB. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
7YOM CUT FINGERON A PENCIL THAT WAS IN DESK. DX. FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND. * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/01/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils, Basketball |
12 YR M PUNCTURED FINGER WITH PENCIL WHEN PLAYING BASKETBALL;DX PUNCTUR ED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils, Benches |
15YOF HAS A SPRING FROM A PEN, EMBEDDED IN HER RT THUMB, SHE WAS RUNNIN HER HAND UNDER A BENCH, IN CLASS. DX; FB REMOVAL FROM RT THUMB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/24/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
FINGER PW-8YOM-STUCK SELF W/A LEAD PENCIL-2 DAYS PTA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/19/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Pens and pencils, Tables |
12 YO MALE PICKING UP A PENCIL OFF THE GROUND AND TABLE LEG WENT INTO H AND. DX FINGER CONTUSION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/14/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils, Manicuring devices |
51 YOM HAS PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER FOR YEARS & TRIED TO DIG IT OUT W/TWEEZERS TODAY. DX: LWBS, PW FINGER. |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 04/14/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
26 YOF SUS FB TO FINGER AFTER GETTING LEAD FROM PENCIL STUCK IN FINGER% |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/08/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
9 YO M JABBED IN FINGER WITH PENCIL PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/31/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils |
A 10 YOF CUT FINGER ON A PENCIL ERASER, LACERATION TO FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
24 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX FOREIGN BODY IN LT 3RD FINGER - S/P HX OF LEAD (PEICE) FROM PENCIL STUCK IN FINGER. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8YOM TRING TO SHARPEN PENCIL WITH THUMBNAIL, PENCIL LEAD STUCK UNDER NA IL; FB REMOVED |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/26/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8YOF DOING HOMEWORK LAST NIGHT, STUCK HERSELF IN FINGER WITH PENCIL LEA D; PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/18/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Pens and pencils |
11 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX FINGER INJURY - S/P "PUNCHED HER FINGER" W/PENCIL JUST PTA. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
18 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT CAME IN WITH PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN LEFT THUMB. DX; FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT THUMB WITH REMOVAL, PENCIL LEAD |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/11/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
5 YO FEMALE - STABBED FINGER WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL. DX FB FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/11/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
15YOF ACCIDENTLY GOT POINT OF PENCIL UNDER RT SECOND FINGERNAIL; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/09/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
19YOM FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER PUT HAND IN POCKET GOT POKED BY A PENCIL* |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
5 YOF GOT PIECE OF LEAD FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL STUCK UNDER LEFT THUMB NAIL SUSTAINING FOREIGN BODY |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
11 YOM INJURED FINGER FROM PENCIL. DX-PUNCTURE LEFT INDEX FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Pens and pencils |
24YOF HAS PAIN IN THUMB AFTER WRITING A LOT AT SCHOOL THUMB SPRAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils |
8 YR F CUT FINGER ON METAL PART OF PENCIL;DX LACERATED FINGERS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Pens and pencils |
MOTHER STATES PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD UNDER THUMBNAIL OF RIGHT HAND DX FOR EIGN BODY TO RIGHT THUMBNAIL REMOVED |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/08/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Pens and pencils |
P.W. R IND FING/12YOM 12YOM AT SCHOOL GOT METAL SPRING FROM PEN STUCK I N R IND FINGER. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/07/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Pens and pencils |
4 YR M CUT FINGER WITH METAL PART OF PEN;DX LACERATED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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