Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,993
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	406	Finger:	322
Foot:	207	Hand:	182
Internal:	161	Face:	160
Eyeball:	130	Ear:	121
Upper Leg:	92	Upper Arm:	68
Lower Arm:	45	Upper Trunk:	31
Knee:	15	Neck:	15
Pubic Region:	15	Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
STRUCK IN EYE BY PEN SON THREW AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS STABBED WITH A PENCIL WHILE IN JAIL. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT SCAPULAR AREA, ABRASIONS TO ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	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: Pens and pencils
SAT ON A PENCIL PW TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD BROKE OFF UNDER FINGERNAIL, UNABLE TO REMOVE/ FB LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
30 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK AN EYELINER PE NCIL IN EYE @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
KEEPS STICKING PENCILS IN EARS WHICH ARE INFECTED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
"SOMEONE STUCK A PEN IN MY EAR" DX: SUP. LAC. L EXT. EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE HAND - PATIENT REPORTS SHE POKED HER RIGHT HAND WITH A LEAD PE NCIL AT HOME - TIP OF PENCIL DID NOT BREAK OFF IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RECTAL BLEEDING SINCE PATIENT INSERTED A PEN INTO HIS RECTUM YESTERDAY, HE LIVES IN GROUP HOME, HISTORY OF THIS BEHAVIOR. DX FB RECTUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
DX:RSUBUNGUAL INFECTION. INFECTION UNDER THUMB NAIL AFTER GETTING PENCI L STUCK UNDER THE NAIL 3 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
32-YOF SUSTAINED A PENCIL LEAD UNDER HER FINGER NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK IN LEG WITH PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE TO WOUND TO LEG WITH INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO HAND FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Razors or shavers
SHAVING AND FELL ON MECHANICAL PENCIL..DX. LAC. TO KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
36 YO FEMALE POKED IN EYE WITH PEN CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL WITH PEN IN POCKET DX. PW CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ALLEGES HE SWALLOWED 9 SMALL PENCILS.NOW C/O ABD PAIN & RECTAL BLEEDING (SENT FROM JAIL)DX ABD PAIN/FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT LIVES IN A GROUP HOME, HE STUCK A PEN UP HIS RECTUM WHILE MASTU RBATING. DX ABRASION OF RECTUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils, Toilets
LIVES IN GROUP HOME, PLACE PEN IN RECTUM HIMSELF, BLED INTO TOILET AFTE R REMOVAL, PEN END ROUGH FROM CHEWING IT PRIOR TO THIS. ABRAS RECTUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL IN HIS STOCKING FEET, PENCIL PENETRATED THE SOCK INTO HIS FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX RIGHT THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND: SITTING AT DESK, TURNED TO GET UP, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO CONTAINER OF PENS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
COUNTY PRISONER, HE SWALLOWED SMALL PART OF PENCIL AND ERASER, HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND SWALLOW. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PENCIL ROLLED OFF DESK WENT TO CATCH PENCIL STABBED HAND DX PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
INFECTED RT RING FINGER-PT STRUCK PALM OF RT HAND 1 WK AGO WITH A PENCI L. NOW C/O SWELLING & NUMBNESS IN RT RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear
LIVES IN GROUP HOME, PUT A PEN INTO HIS OWN RECTUM, CARETAKER FOUND DRIED BLOOD ON PEN AND ON HIS SHIRT. DX RECTAL IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT WITH A PEN ON CHEST CHEST WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PEN AND STRAINED NECK AND BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX RT EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - S/P ACCIDENTALLY POKED RTEYE W/TIP OF A PENCIL TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX RT HEEL F.B - S/P BEING STUCK BY HER SON WITH REGULAR WOOD PENCIL TO RT INNER SIDE OF THE HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RECENT SURGERY ON ARM. WAS SCRATCHING ON INSIDE OF CAST WITH A PEN.BOTT OM HALF OF PEN BROKE. REMOVAL FB FROM CAST. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STEPPED ON A PENCIL, GOT LED EMBEDDED IN FOOT. FB RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUST. F.B.B TO FOOT(PENCIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK PENCIL IN GUM PUNCTURING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
POSSIBLE F.B. ING/28YOWM STS 15-20 MIN AGO SWALLOWED *** PEN TOP. START ED COUGHING & THEN STOPPED. THINKS HE COUGHED IT OUT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT - STEPPED ON A PENCIL GOT GRAPHITE IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
MENTALLY HANDICAPPED RESIDENT OF GROUP HOME, SHE PUT FELT TIP OF *** IN HER LEFT NOSTRIL. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT NARES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
EAR PAIN. PT STUCK A PEN CAP INTO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
44 Y/O F C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN - WAS USING EYE PENCIL SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT TIP OF PEN STUCK IN EAR. DX: L EAR FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING WITH A PENCIL AT HOME FELL TO THE FLOOR JABBING THE PEN CIL INTO THE SIDE OF FACE- CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT C/O A PEICE OF PENCIL WAS STUCK IN HER LT PALM - NOW IT HURTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
$PW RT FOREARM.PT PUNCTURED FOREARM WITH A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT C/O PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND WHILE WRITING PEN SOMEHOW WENT TH ROUGH PALM OF HAND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
HAD REMOVAL OF PEN FROM RECTUM IN EMERGENCY WARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN TIP WAS EMBEDDED IN PT'S ARM. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Screwdrivers
FOREIGN BODY RECTUM-C/O HAVING "***" STUCK IN RECTUM. STATES INSERTED O BJECT HIMSELF. DENIES ABD PN.USUALLY USES SCREWDRIVERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB IN RT EYE-HIT HER EYE W/ A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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