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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,004
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Date: 12/16/2003Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED KNEE WITH A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2003Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT KNELT DOWN ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT KNEE ABRASION-SCRAPED RT KNEE ON A NAIL WHILE WORKING IN HIS KITCHEN .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2003Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PW LEFT KNEE.PT WAS ON ROOF AND KNELT DOWN AND A NAIL PUNCTURED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT KNEELED ON BOARD W/NAIL YESTERDAY. DX: PW R KNEE, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
13/4 INCH NAIL EMBEDDED INTO LEFT KNEE FROM NAIL GUN DX: NAIL LODGED IN LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT. STATES PUT NAIL THROUGH L KNEE W/NAIL GUN AT 11:30 AM. DX. PUNCTUE WOUND, CONTAMINATION OF SYNONIUM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT KNEE FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
35YOF LANDED ON NAIL WITH KNEE, INJURING R KNEE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNELT DOWN ON A NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
32 YO M NAIL FROM NAIL GUN SHOT INTO KNEE. DX FB TO R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/26/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT KNEE ON RUSTY NAIL; PW KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT SELF IN KNEE WITH NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LACERATED KNEE ON ROOFING SCREW DX: RIGHT KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT KNELT DOWN ONTO NAIL AT FRIEND'S. DX: PW L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO A NAIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO WENT INTO LEFT KNEE CONTINUED PAIN AND SWELLING INFECTED BURSA KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/09/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Bunk beds
L KNEE WOUND - HIT KNEE ON BOLT OF BUNKBED FRAME WHEN CLIMBING DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT KNELT DOWN ON BOARD W/NAIL. DX: PW R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO KNEE AFTER FALLING ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Electric motors
LT KNEE PAIN. TWISTING A NUT LOOSE ON MOTOR AND LT KNEE TWISTED. DX; KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNEELED ON A THUMB TACK W/ LT KNEE. PUNCTURE WOUND LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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