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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 800
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Date: 11/14/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRAS R THIGH/40YOF STS SCRATCHED R THIGH ON A NAIL AT HOME THIS AM. AL SO STS SHE FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT ON TREE SPIKES - THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRUCK BY A RUSTY NAIL ABRASION RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS THIGH WITH HIS NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
RT LEG PAIN, 2-1/2 INCH 18G NAIL SHOT INTO THIGH, UNABLE TO DISLODGE DX: FOREIGN BODY IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
THIGH WAS CUT ON A BOLT ON A DIRT BIKE WHILE RIDING BIKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW RT THIGH.PT INJURED THIGH ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO BOARD WITH NAIL, ACIDENTLY INJURING THIGH C/O BLEEDINGDX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED LEFT ANTERIOR THIGH WITH RUSTY NAIL TODAY. PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT HIMSELF IN LEG WITH NAILGUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
26 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO THIGH. PT SLIPPED & FELL WHILE ON A ROOF & LANDE D ON A ROOFING NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IMBEDDED RT THIGH-SUS INJ TO RT THIGH WHEN HE RAN RT THIGH INTO A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT HIT IN LEG WITH NAIL IN BOARD DX: PUNCTURE TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRATCHED THIGH ON RUSTY NAIL ABRASION RECEIVED TETANUS SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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