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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 723
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Date: 11/17/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT HAMMERING NAILS AND MISSED NAIL, HIT THIGH WITH HAMMER; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND - 36 YOF SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE BACK OF HER R IGHT THIGH WHEN SHE FELL ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 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 EMBEDDED IN THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 44 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
HIT LEG ON POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNCTURE TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2003Age: 28 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 HIT RT LEG ON A NAIL DX: RT THIGH AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Step stools
39 YO F STANDING ON STEP STOOL, FELL, CUT THIGH ON SCREW. DX R THIGH LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT THIGH AB-@ HOME-HIT RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION LEFT THIGH-SUS SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH AFTER SCRATCHI NG IT ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STRUCK RIGHT UPPER LEG AGAINST A SCREW STICKING OUT OF A SHELF CONTU SION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2003Age: 38 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
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT INTO THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
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
PT WITH 3-1/2" NAIL IN THIGH FROM NIAL GUN ACCIDENT. D: FOREIGN BODY & PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2003Age: 44 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
PT FELL ONTO SPIKE INJURING THIGH DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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
29YOF-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH=FELL ON RUSTY NAILS-4 HOURS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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