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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2003 - Shoulder

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 518
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Date: 12/04/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
CONT. (R) SHOULDER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING BIG BOLT FROM A 2ND FLOOR CONSTRUCTION SITE, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, ECCHYMOSIS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
61 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON NAIL ON BOARDWALK RIGHT SHOULDER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
F.B. RIGHT SHOULDER. NAIL GUN ACCIDENTALLY FIRED INTO SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRAIN SHOULDER - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LEFT SHOULDER PAIN - REPORTS HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT AT HOME LAST NIGHT AND FELT SHOULDER POP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED SHOULDER ON RUSTY NAIL - LACERATION SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WORKING AT HOME WHEN POKED ON SHOULDER WITH NAIL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
31 YO M ON A ROOF, STEPPED ON A NAIL, FELL OFF ROOF. DX LSHOULDER STRA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO RT. SHOULDER CAUSED BY NAIL. UNEMPLOYED. DX. DEEP ABR. TO RT. SH OULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INFECTION ON SHOULDER FROM GIVING SELF TATTOO WITH A THUMBTACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2003Age: 33 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
PT STRUCK IN SHOULDER BY BOARD WITH NAIL, PUNCTURE WOUND SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO SHOULDER WHEN STRUCK ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R SHOULDER SPR/35YOM 3 DAYS AGO WAS TRYING TO BREAK A BOLT LOOSE AND ST ARTED WITH PAIN IN ARM, NECK & SHOULD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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