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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 228
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREIGN BODY WRIST - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME - NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL IN TO LEFT WRIST - GUN MISFIRED - NAIL REMOVED IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WRIST WITH A NAIL GUN. DX PUNCTURE WOUND TOWRIST AND HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. L WRIST/36YOWM WAS USING NAIL GUN AND NAIL PUNCTURED L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS USING A NAIL GUN THE BOARD WAS ON A ANGLE AND NAIL KICKED OFFTHE BOARD & STRUCK HIM IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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