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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 903
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT ARM ON NAIL AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 76 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL ON BOARDWALK AND FELL FRACTURE HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE ARM WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN DX: R UPPER ARM PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| PT.INJ.RT.UPPER ARM AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN HELPING HIM DO SOME PLUMBING & SNAGGED ARM ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL. DX; LAC.RT.UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRAPED ARM AGAINST NAIL DX. UPPER ARM ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT UPPER ARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED UPPER ARM ON A PROTRUDING NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 57 Y/O F INJURED R FOREARM WHEN STUCK WITH NAIL AT HOME. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND R FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PW RT ARM.PT HIT ARM ON A RUSTY NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 68 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK FRACTURE HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CUT UPPER.ARM ON EXPOSED NAIL ." LAC' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2005 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Footwear |
| FX R HUMOROUS;P.W. R FOOT/70YOM AT HM STEPPED ON A NAIL THAT WENT THROU GH BOOT INTO FOOT, THEN FELL LANDING ON R SHOULDER INJURING R ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 74 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON SCREW ON BOARDWALK AND FELL FRACTURE HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| NAIL IN WALL--STUCK IN ARM DX PUNCTURE WOUND BICEP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT ARM ON NAIL PRESENTS WITH PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| RT UPPER ARM LACERATION.PT HIT UPPER ATM ON ANAIL IN THE WALL AND LACER ATED ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials |
| A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT FELL ON PATIENT'S UPER ARM. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PAIN N THE RIGHT UPPER ARM AFTER MOM WALKED INTO A NAIL WHILE CARRING T HE CHILD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT PUNCTURED ON UPPER ARM BY A NAIL AT HOME. D: PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A FENCE AND A NAIL WAS STICKING OUT OF THE POST AND P UNCTURED THE UPPER ARM. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SUPERFICIAL ABRASIONS - STUCK SELF WITH NAILS WHILE ROOFING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 44 YOF CUT ARM ON NAIL LAC UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL AGST A NAIL IN A WALL DX 2CM LACERATION UNDER LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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