Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,698
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	354	Eyeball:	281
Finger:	266	Hand:	220
Lower Trunk:	164	Foot:	144
Upper Leg:	138	Knee:	61
Internal:	16	Shoulder:	16
Wrist:	16	Neck:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 27 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 HAS PEICE OF PENCIL IN FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 29 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
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. SAT DOWN ON A BROKEN PENCIL PUNCTURING BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK W/ A PENCIL SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 28 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
PT JAMMED PENCIL IN HAND. DX: PW R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
RIGHT HAND ABSCESS. PT STUCK HAND WITH A PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL BROKE IN HAND. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED WITH A PENCIL; HAND PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A PEN FROM THE FLOOR AND SUSTAINED CERVICAL AND SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS GOT PENCIL STUCK IN SHOULDER DX:FOREIGN BODY TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT PINKY: ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT C/O PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN 4TH LT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 30 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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT SAT DOWN ON COUCH AND SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH FROM PENCIL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
FB SENSATION.PT SWALLOWED A PART OF A PENCIL SHE WAS CHEWING ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 33 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 ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HAND WITH PENCIL TIP, PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
LT CORNEAL AB-POKED SELF IN EYE W/A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
SAT ON BALL POINT PEN. DX L LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
RIGHT LUMBAR STR. PT WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PEN AND STRAINED BAC K.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 35 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
PT C/O PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FOOT AFTER STEPPING ON A PENCIL THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN POKED SELF WITH A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STUCK IN THUMB W/PENCIL. DX: FB R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 39 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, Floors or flooring materials
PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT - 39 YOM STEPPED ON A "LEAD REFILL" OF MECHANICAL P ENCIL THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR EARLY THIS MORNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS SHE ACCIDENTLY POKED HER LEFT EYE WIT H TIP OF A MECHANICAL PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX LT EAR PAIN - C/O LT EAR PAIN AFTER A LEAD PENCIL TIP BROKE WHILE IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 48 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RT EAR FB-PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
30 YOF STEPPED ON PENCIL LEAD IN FOOT F;BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
45 YOM SEEN FOR LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER REACHING FOR A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 32 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
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT ACCIDENTLY POKED EYE WITH A PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	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
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND - 46 YOF WAS REACHING INTO CLOSET AND STUCK SELF LEFT PA LM WITH A NEWLY SHARPENED PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 38 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
38 YO M THINKS PENCIL ERASER IS IN EAR SINCE SEPTEMBER 2002. DX R EAR F OREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 32 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
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/PEN. DX: R CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO WRIST WHEN FELL ON PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT.REPORTED SCATCHING RT.EAR WITH BALL POINT PEN PEICE FELL INTO EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY RT.EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
43 YOFSTUCK PENCIL IN EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
SAT ON A SHARPENED PENCIL -THROBBING -TENDERNESS PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT GLUTEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH PENCIL POINT. DX. R EYE INJURY WITH NO NOTED FOR EIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
28YOF-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT-STEPPED ON INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB R EAR; STUCK PENCIL IN EAR & ERASER CAME OFF IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	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 SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND INJURY TO RT PALM OF HAND WITH LEAD PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
CORNEAL ABRASION - 41 YOM ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PEN CIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	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
PENCIL STUCK IN HAND-DX-ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND R PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RESIDENT OF STATE SCHOOL W/ FB R EAR.STUCK PENCIL IN EAR.DX FB RT EAR- RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED R THUMB WITH A PENCIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	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
PT "IO GOT HIT IN MY EYE W/A PENCIL" DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN CAP IN L EAR.SENT FROM STATE SCHOOL.DX FB LT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN EAR WITH PENCIL PREVIOUS DAY TRAUMATIC RUPTURE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED FINGER ON ICK PEN, PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER WITH PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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