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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 815
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 69 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, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO THIGH. DX: PENETRATING TRAUMA L THIGH THROUGH & THROUGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| STUCK IN L THIGH W/NAIL DX; PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT HIT LEG ON NAIL ON A BOARD PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 27 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 |
| THIGH PW-HIT A RUSTY NAIL WHILE REMODELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 31 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 |
| PUNCTURE WOUND R KNEE OVER PATELLA PUNCTURE W/DIRTY RUSTY NAILIN BATHRO OM AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 11 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| MOTHER STATES PT WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE AND HIT A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A CABINET DX LACERATION TO INNER THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| PW ON THIGH FROM NAIL 4 DAYS PRIOR HEALING PW WITH TETANUS UPDATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | 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 SCRATCHED BY RUSTY NAIL IN LEFT THIGH. ABRASION LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO THIGH FROM A NAIL ON A FENCE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED HER L THIGH W/ A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A BOARD HAPPENED YESTERDAY. HAS SOME REDNESS TODAY. DX L THIGH PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | 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 WALKED INTO RUSTY NAIL IN GARAGE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 43 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 |
| FELL ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME AND INJURED HIS RIGHT THIGH. PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIGH* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| CHILD FELL ONTO RUSTY NAIL. PUNCTURE TO THIGH. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, ABRAS IOLN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT FELL WHILE OUTSIDE AND LANDED ON AN OLD BOARD WITH NAILS - CUT THIGH . D : LACERATION UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Swimming |
| CUT RT THIGH ON A SCREW WHILE SWIMMING AT ***DX LACERATION UPPER LEG DX LACERATION UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PATIENT CUT THIGH ON A NAIL; THIGH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 6 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 |
| SCRATCH TO R POSTERIOR THIGH, PT FELL & CUT BACK OF R LEG ON SCREW STICKING OUT OF A BOARD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 43 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, Refrigerators |
| #PT HELPING FRIEND MOVE FRIDGE/FELL WITH FRIDG ON TOP OF HIM INTO A RET AINING WALL BOLT/LACERATION TO L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | 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, Fences or fence posts |
| CUT THIGH ON A RUSTY NAIL WHILE MOVING FENCE. DX-LACERATION THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 ABRASION ON L THIGH WHEN WAS SCRAPED BY NAIL. ? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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