Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2002 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,842
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	210
6-15 years old:	702
16-25 years old:	340
26-50 years old:	1,305
50+ years old:	283

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX:PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP. SCRAPED HIS HEAD AGAINST A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC. DX: SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL HIT HEAD ON NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
60 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL IN RUG AT CASINO CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON NAIL STICKING OUT FROM WALL AT HOME WHEN BEING CARR IED BY COUSIN; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RAISED UP, HIT EXPOSED NAIL DX. PW HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
60 YOF HIT HEAD ON SCREW LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bunk beds
TAKING BUNK BEDS APART & HIT HEAD ON NAIL. ACUTE HEAD INJURY/MILD CONCU SSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STATES BOARD W/NAIL IN IT FELL HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD. DX. LAC SC ALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
10 YOWM WALKE OUT OF A ROOM AND CUT HEAD ON A NAIL STICKING OUT FROM A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP LAC-AT HOME-WORKING IN ATTIC-HIT HEAD ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND - HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Thermal or sound insulation materials
SCALP LAC-IN ATTIC @ HOME-HIT HEAD ON A NAIL WHILE INSTALLING INSULATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOUND IN HER HOUSE AND HAD APPARENTLY STUMBLED AND FALLEN DOWN CUTTING HER HEAD ON A NAIL. CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON BOLT ON TRAILER//SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE AT ***, A SPOOL OF WASHER TUBING FELL AND HIT PT ON HEAD.D: CONT USION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5 Y.O. B MALE W/SCALP LAC. PT STRUCK HEAD ON NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
LAYING ON FLOOR, JERKED HEAD BACK AND A NAIL WENT INTO SCALP. DX. SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION SCALP - 29 YOM SCRAPED HEAD ON A NAIL IN THE ATTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP LACERATION.PT LACERATED HEAD ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME SHOT A NAIL INTO LEFT BOOT- THOUGHT IT WENT THROUGH FOOT- WENT BETWEEN TOES- PASSED OUT- CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO HEAD . PT HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD ON A NAIL PUNCTUREING H ER SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT AT A PUBLIC PLACE WHEN THERE WAS A NAIL STICKING OUT OF THE WALL FEL L STRIKING HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP LAC-SLIPPED-FELL-HIT HEAD ON A BOLT IN A BOAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Go-carts
RIDING GO-CART AND HIT HEAD ON SCREW OF GO-CART AT MIDNIGHT. DX. LAC S CALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
PT WAS TRYING TO PULL NAIL OUT OF BOARD. CROWBAR HIT IN FORHEAD .LAC T O HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
WORKING IN ATTIC AT HOME AND WALKED INTO A CEILING BEAM WITH AN EXPOSED NAIL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HEAD ON NAIL IN ATTIC LACERATION OP SCALP 1.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE CROWN OF SCALP ON NAIL IN ATTIC.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON BOARD CONTAINING NAIL AT NEIGHBORS. DX; LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TRIPPED BY DOG AND CUT HEAD ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF FLOOR. DX SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LAC BACK OF HEAD. WRESTLING AND HIT NAIL ON WALL DX: LAC REPAQIR SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON NAIL ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ANOTHER CHID THREW A NAIL @ HIM; SCALP LAC HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HEAD FROM NAIL WHEN SHE HAD SEIZURE AT CHURC H, PUNCTURE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Weight lifting
PT SCRAPED TOP OF HEAD ON A NAIL FROM BAR WEIGHTS, LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT BENT DOWN & CAUGHT HEAD ON A NAIL IN WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE TOP OF HEAD; POKED BY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST. LAC. TO SCALP ON NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON A LARGE RUSTY BOLT, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUSHED BY BROTHER HIT NAIL, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS HIT W/A BOARD W/NAIL IN IT. DX: SCALP LAC/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD LACERATION - LACERATED TOP OF HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRUCK HEAD ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL TO HEAD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Swings or swing sets
3-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER SCALP AS A RESULT OF STRIKING A PRO TUDING BOLT ON A SWING SET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD WITH NAIL DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
WALKED INTO A NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL AT A CLUB, CUT SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH A BOARD THAT HAD NAILS STICKING OUT OF IT, ABRASIO NS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RUSTY NAIL WENT INTO HEAD DX: PUNCURE WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
HEAD OF NAIL EMBEDDED IN SCALP STATES SHE BUMPED HEAD AGAINST WALL NAIL WAS IN WALL DX: FB REMOVED OCCEPITAL REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A BOLT AT HOME. DX-SCALP LACERAT- ION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
# 31YOM HIT HEAD ON NAIL AFTER SEIZURE DX-SCALP LAC/SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED HEAD WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A BOLT OR SCREW LAST NIGHT; CLOSED HEAD IN JURY, SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
SCALP LAC- HIT HEAD ON A BOLT HANGING FROM CEILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
STRUCK BY BOARD W/ NAIL; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON BOLT,LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED SCALP ON RUSTY NAIL ABRADING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
46 Y/O M C/O HAND LAC - SCRAPED TOP OF HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL. DX:SCALP ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pipes
PATIENT WAS COVERING PIPES UNDER HIS HOUSE, A NAIL STUCK IN HIS HEAD. DX-NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT JUMPING HIT HEAD ON SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
3 Y.O. W MALE W/SCALP LAC. PT WAS PLAYING IN A BARN, FELL BACK & HIT HE AD ON A NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bedsprings or bedframes
16Y/O M C/O HEAD INJURY- HIT ON HEADEITH BOARD AND NAIL.. DX: CHI CONCU SSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Mirrors or mirror glass
PT PULLED ON NAIL WHILE HANGING MIRROR WHICH FELL. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FACIAL LAC 2.2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL. PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF HEAD. DX: 1/2 CM LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX SCALP LACERATION: SCRAPED HEAD ON BOLT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX HEAD LACERATION: CUT HEAD ON NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIPPED OUTSIDE AT HOME & FELL BACKWARDS, STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON SOMETHING, ? TIN, ? NAIL. DX SUPERFICIAL LACERATION OF SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
FELL HITTING BASEBOARD WITH RUSTY NAIL IN IT;LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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