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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,789
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 31 YOF LBP, BENT OVER TO PICKUP PENCIL DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 34 YOF DX HIP ABRASION - ACCIDENTALLY SAT ON PENCIL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 34 YOF DX LACERATION RT BUTTOCK - S/P DUE TO SITTING ON A PENCIL TIP AT HOME PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 26 YO M STUCK INK PEN IN ABD. DX FB ABD, *** SYNDROME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PEN, DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 39 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, Screwdrivers |
| 39YOF STATES SHE HAS SEVERAL PERSONALITIES STRUCK HERSELF IN ABDOMEN WITH SCREWDRIVER AND PENCILS;PUNCTURE WOUNDS ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE ***, THE CAR PT WAS DRIVINGWAS HIT HARD, PT SLID ON SEAT, STABBED IN BUT BY PENCIL DX: FOREIGN BOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LEANING FORWARD TO PICK UP A PEN BACK PAIN STRAIN LUMBAR SPINE SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Paper products |
| PT STATES SHARP LEAD FROM PENCIL THAT WAS IN TISSUE, BROKE OFF IN PTS B UTTOCK,TISSUE AND PENCIL IN PTS BAG, FB BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| SLIPPED ON A PEN & FELL. BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 49 YO FEMALE SAT ON A PENCIL ABCESS BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WITH RECTAL BLEEDING, INSERTED A PEN IN RECTUM, WHICH HE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| SUSPECT LOW SACRUM FX:GRANDDAUGHTER HAD MARKERS ON FLOOR, ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED ON ONE, FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 26 YOM BENT OVER TO PICK UP PEN - STRAINED LOWER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT BENT TO PICK UP A PENCIL. DX: LOW BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Day wear |
| RIGHT GROIN CELLULITIS. PT STUCK GROIN AREA WITH A BALL POINT PEN THAT WAS IN PANTS POCKET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 34 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 |
| CELLULITIS; PT STABBED SELF WITH STEILIZED BALL POINT PEN ATTEMPTING TO DRAIN AREA ON GROIN WHERE JOCK ITCH HAD BEEN SCRATCHED/IRRITATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2004 | Age: 28 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 ON A PENCIL. DX: L BUTTOCK PW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS BENDING OVER RETRIEVING PENCIL WHEN FELT CRUNCH IN HIP. CONTINUED PAIN. D: HIP PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-SINCE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STATES HE HAS A PLASTIC *** PEN IN HIS RECTUM AND COULD NOTREMOVE, A DMITTED TO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/25/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SAT ON A PENCIL AND PIECE OF PENCIL IS LODGED IN BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SAT DOWN ON COUCH AT HOME AND SAT ON A PENCIL THAT WENT PRETTY FAR I NTO CHEEK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/01/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PW PERINEUIM.PT SAT ON A 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 12/23/2001 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2001 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2001 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2001 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2001 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2001 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/27/2001 | Age: 30 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2001 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2001 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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