Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,155
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Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS WORKING ON A DESK AND A RUSTY NAIL SCRAPED THE OUTSIDE OF LEG. PT REQUESTS A TETANUS SHOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT LEG ON A NAIL LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON BOARD AND PROTRUDING NAIL CAUGHT PT ON CALF. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT NAIL IN SHIN 10 HOURS PRIOR - NEEDS TETANUS PW LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RLL LAC ON RUSTY NAIL DX; RLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WALKING AND STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A SCREW THAT WAS STICK ING OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WRESTLING WITH SON, HIT NAIL STICKING OUT OF DRESSER, LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT R LOWER LEG ON A NAIL WEEK AGO AT HOME DX LACERATION L LEG
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAD SEIZURE AND HIT HEAD ON LOWER LEG ON NAIL. DX; ABRASION T O LEFT LOWER LEG, SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX RT LEG LACERATION - STRUCK LEG AGAINST RYTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
PATIENT CUT LEFT LOWER LEG ON A BOLT ON HIS BED AT HOME HIT IT GETTING OUT OF BED. DX-LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
28YMC HIT LOWER LEG AGAINST A NAIL/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
29YOM WAS AT THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE FELL DOWN THE STEPS,SNAGGED LOWER LEG ON A NAIL;LEG INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATES ACCIDENTLY RUBBED LEG AGAINST A NAIL DX RT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Power lawn mowers
WHILE CUTTING GRASS, A SCREW WENT INTO LEFT LEG. PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEF T LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TRIPPED AND FELL AT FRIENDS HOME HITTING POINT OF NAIL DX: PUNC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH LAC TO LEG FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL DX: LOW LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION TO LOWER LEG FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT BROTHERS HOUSE AND STRUCK RIGHT LOWR LEG AGAINST A NAIL SUST AINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ladders
FELL FROM LADDER HIT LEG ON POINT OF NAIL DX: ABRASION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO LEG FROM A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WALKING AND CAUGHT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A SCREW SUSTAINED AN AVUL SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT LEG ON SCREW IN A BOARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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