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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2008 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 575
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Date: 11/27/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABD PW-FELL ONTO SHARP POINT OF A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
FELL STRIKING BACK ON SCREW STICKING OUT OF WALL AND LAC BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED LEG ON A NAIL STICKING OUT IN GARAGE. DX. ABRASION HIP, LEG, KN EE, THIGH AND ANKLE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT SELF TO GROIN W/NAIL GUN. DX: PENETRATING TRAUMA/FB GROIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/10/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
REPORTS FALLING @ HOME IN THE GARAGE LANDED ONTO A SCREW THAT WENT THRU BUTTOCK>> PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRATCHED BACK ON A NAIL AT HOME DX// ABRASION BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIP AB-FELL-HIT HIP ON A NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT BUTTOCKS ON SCREW;DX LACERATED LOWER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
26 YO FELL ON NAIL INJURED BACK SPRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
CLIMBING UNDER THE BED&ACCIDENTALLY SCRAPED BACK AGAINST A NAIL >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
78 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON NAIL ON BOARDWALK CONTUSION HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A NAIL GUN. DX-FOREIGN BODY TRUNK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
57 YO FEMALE SAT ON NAIL THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM CHAIR AT CASINO F/B BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX SUPERFICIAL ABDOMINAL WOUND - S/P AFTER A NAIL WENT INTO PT'S ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RECEIVED ABRASION TO LOWER BACK WHEN FELL AND HIT NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
CRAWLING UNDER THE TABLE&CUT BACK ONTO A SCREW, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Motor vehicles or parts
STRAIN LOW BACK - 54 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LUMBAR BACK PAIN - REPORTS O NSET WHEN PULLING ON A BOLT IN CAR ENGINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PT RAN BEHIND SHED IN BACKYARD AND CUT BUTTOCKS ON A LONG SCREW ON FENC E POST; BUTTOCK LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WALKING TO BUS STOP, SLIPPED IN MUD IN VANCANT LOT, FELL ON BOA RD WITH LARGE NAIL IN IT, NAIL EMBEDDED IN HIP; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/18/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT PLUGGING SOMETHING IN BEHIND COUCH, CUT BACK ON NAIL THAT WAS I N WALL, OR STAPLE STICKING OUT OF COUCH; BACK LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT STEPPED ON SCREWS AT *** AND FELL, C/O LOW BACK, LEG ANDNECK PA IN. DX-LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SAT ON A NAIL ON STREET AND PUNCTURED BUTTOCKS. DX: BUTTOCK PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/09/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
SAT ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A CHAIR. DX- BUTTOCK PUNCTURE WOUND #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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