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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 654
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Date: 10/26/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC. TO SHOULDER FROM A NAIL STICKING OUT OF WOOD DX: SHOULDER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN SHOULDER WITH NAIL GUN REMOVED NAIL HIMSELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO POSTERIOR SHOULDER. FELL INTO NAIL. DX; 5 CM RT SHOULDER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CAUGHT SHOULDER ON NAIL ON FRONT PORCH. DX: LACERATION RIGHT SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE (R) SHOULDER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME, NO ACTIVE BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TIGHTENING A BOLT, FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER/ RT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PATIENT WAS PUTTING UP A PICTURE AND CAUGHT HIS SHOULDER ON A NAILAT HO ME. DX-LACERATION LEFT SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CTURE UPPER SHOULDER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL, C/O PAIN,SLIGHTLY BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS PULLING NAILS OUT OF A WALL; SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LAC (L) SHOULDER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL FROM THE WALL AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED UPPER ARM ON NAIL DX ABRASION TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
21 YOM C/O PUNCTURE WOUND TO SHOULDER. DX: NAIL PUNTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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