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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,522
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Date: 12/19/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
31 Y/O FELL AND HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON A BOARD, RAISED HEAD AND HIT A NAIL DX-LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WORKING AT HOME WHEN 2 NAILS ON A PIECE OF WOOD STRUCK HIM IN TH E HEAD C/O CUT. DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WORKING UNDER HER HOUSE WITH HER HUSBAND AND STRUCK HEAD ON A RU STY BOLT LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
50 YOM HIT HEAD ON HOOK IN BATHROOM LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS CRAWLING IN CRAWL SPACE AND HIT HEAD ON SCREW STICKING OUT. DX: SCALP LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
PT ROLLED ON A SCREW ON THE FLOOR DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
44 YOM HIT HEAD ON A NAIL SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC HEAD ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25 YOM CUT TOP OF HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BANGED HEAD AGAINST A NAIL. DX. HEAD LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD CT-HIT HEAD ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BENT DOWN AND HIT FOREHEAD ON WOODEN PEG RESULTING IN MINOR HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION SCALP HIT HEAD ON SCREW AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION OF HEAD WITH HEMATOMA - FELL, HITTING HEAD ON NAIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRATCHED HEAD WITH A NAIL DX SUPERFICIAL SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION L PARIETAL HEAD, WAS RUNNING IN APT, CAUGHT HEAD ON A SCREW THAT WAS STICKING OUT, OLD TOWEL RACK USED TO BE THERE. SMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PUNCTURE HEAD - 46 YO MALE REPORTS INJURY WHEN WORKING AROUND HIS HOUSE - PIECE OF LUMBER WITH NAIL HIT HIM IN THE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
43 YO MALE SCRAPED HEAD ON NAIL WHEN STANDING UP LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WRESTLING WITH BROTHER - HEAD SLAMMED INTO A NAIL. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP WHEN FELL ON RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH PW TO HEAD FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
81 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL ON BOARDWALK AT STEEL PIER CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/08/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
@ PLAYGROUND, GOING DOWN STAIRS, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A SC REW ON THE STAIRS>> SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT HEAD ON NAIL IN GARAGE. DX: SCALP LAC .5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
92 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX HEAD LAD: LAC S/P SCRAP'G R SIDE OF HEAD ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
88 YO MALE TRIPPED ON NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL AND HIT A NAIL AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP/HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP LACERATION: WORKING IN ATTIC, STOOD UP, HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
81 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON NAIL AND FELL ON BOARDWALK CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT.INJ.SCALP AT HOME WHEN IN ATTIC & HIT HEAD ON A NAIL. DX; 3 CM.LAC. SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
CUT TO HEAD ON SCREW WHILE CRAWLING UNDER BED DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
HIT HEAD ON EXPOSED NAIL IN WALL/PW SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STOOD UP QUICKLY AND HIT HEAD ON BOARD WITH NAIL PENETRATING HEAD CAUSI NG HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HEAD WITH SCREW;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Day wear
WALKING DOWN SIDEWALK CARRYING GRANDCHILD, NAIL CAUGHT HER PANTS CAUSIN G HER TO FALL, HIT HEAD. DX SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Decorative yard equipment
HEAD LAC-JUMPED UP HITTING SCREWS UNDER THE MAILBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RAN INTO NAIL;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SLIPPED AND FELL HIT HEAD ON A NAIL DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HEAD ON POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING OUTSIDE, HIT HEAD ON NAIL. DX PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
CUT FOREHEAD ON CARPET NAIL IN FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS STRUCK ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD WITH A SCREW THAT WAS STICKING OUT LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD LAC. PT HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL IN ATTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEAD CONTUSION: AT HOME PULLED BACK ON BOARD WITH NAIL IN IT, STRUCK SELF IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO HEAD, CUT ON NAIL DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT AT HOME HIT HEAD ON A NAIL/ DX 3CM SUPERFICIAL LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING AGAINST A NAIL AT A H OUSE PARTY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT BUMPED HEAD ON A NAIL. D : SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HUGE METAL HOOK. D: NO DX; PT LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/12/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
SCALP LAC-WRESTLING W/ DAD-HIT A NAIL ON WALL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STOOD UP IN HIS LOFT AND CUT HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SOME HOW HAD PUNCTURE WOUND FROM NAIL ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RAISED UP AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL LAST NIGHT. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RAN INTO A NAIL CUTTING SCALP DX: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACC HIT HEAD ONTO A METAL BOLT/SCREW IN THE GARAGE >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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