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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,630
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets |
| PT WT LACERATION TO RT THIGH ON A NAIL IN CARPET AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinet or door hardware |
| 5 YOWF FELL AGAINST A SCREW FROM A DOOR KNOB. DX. LACERATION THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers |
| PT HAMMERING NAILS AND MISSED NAIL, HIT THIGH WITH HAMMER; LEG CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUST PUNCTURE TO UPPER LEG WITH NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LEG GAVE OUT AND TWISTED, CAUGHT ARM ON NAIL AND HUNG ON IT UNITIL HE COULD RIP IT OFF/ FX RT FEMUR, EXTENSIVE LAC LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL ON NAIL ON PORCH AND PUNCTURED UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. L THIGH/64YOM SUSTAINED P.W. L THIGH 5 HRS AGO ON A RUSTY NAIL IN THE BARN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK IN LEG WITH A SMALL NAIL (NOT STATED HOW IT HAPPENED ). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL AT HOME CUTTING RT THIGH ON A NAIL RT THIGH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WALKING HER DOG IN YARD @ HOME, DOG WENT TO CHASE ANOTHER DOG CAUSING PT TO FALL ON BOARD W/NAIL IN IT, 7" LONG LAC TO THIGH. DX LAC RIGHT TH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE WOUND - 36 YOF SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE BACK OF HER R IGHT THIGH WHEN SHE FELL ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT CUT THIGH ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL EMBEDDED IN THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT LEG ON POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. L THIGH/57YOF WHILE AT SISTERS HOUSE, FELL ONTO A RUSTY NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH FROM NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other containers |
| DROPPED WOODEN BOX THAT HAD NAIL STICKING OUT OF IT-HIT THIGH DX PW TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT RT LEG ON A NAIL DX: RT THIGH AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL ON ROOFING NAIL;PW THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| NAIL VS. THIGH DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Step stools |
| 39 YO F STANDING ON STEP STOOL, FELL, CUT THIGH ON SCREW. DX R THIGH LA CERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THIGH FROM NAIL ON LICENSE PLATE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ONTO NAILS INJURING THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT THIGH AB-@ HOME-HIT RUSTY NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LACERATION LEFT THIGH-SUS SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH AFTER SCRATCHI NG IT ON A NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT STRUCK RIGHT UPPER LEG AGAINST A SCREW STICKING OUT OF A SHELF CONTU SION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT INTO THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT WITH 3-1/2" NAIL IN THIGH FROM NIAL GUN ACCIDENT. D: FOREIGN BODY & PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT CUT LEG ON NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF WOOD AT HOME 3 DAYS AG O, SWELLING WITH REDNESS/PAIN; CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Football |
| PATIENT CUT THIGH ON SCREW IN POCKET WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT SCHOOL; THIGH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX LEFT THIGH LACERATION: SCRAPED THIGH ON NAIL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF THE PATIO AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT UPPER LEG ON A NAIL THAT W AS STICKING OUT LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| PT. WAS PLAYING WITH BOARDS THAT HAD NAILS IN THEM AT HOME, ONE NAIL CUT PT. ACROOS THIGH. DX: RT. INNER THIGH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT FELL ONTO SPIKE INJURING THIGH DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 29YOF-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH=FELL ON RUSTY NAILS-4 HOURS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| 22 YO MALE GOT 4" NAIL FROM NAILGUN IN UPPER LEG F/B FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUNDS LEFT THIGH: FELL ON 4X4 WITH NAILS POKING THROUGH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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