Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 26-50 years old - Year 2006 - Finger

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Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
USING A NAIL GUN AND PUNCTURED R THUMB#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND FROM SHOOTING HIMSELF WITH A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
FOREIGN BODY LEFT 5TH FINGER-STAPLE IN FINGER WHILE USING STAPLE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS USING NAILGUN AT HOME AND PUNCTURED MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND W ITH NAIL. PT PULLED NAIL OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL THROUGH MIDDLE FINGER WITH NAIL GUN DX: FB MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER WITH NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
P.W. L 1ST,2ND FING/46YOM AT HOME GOT NAIL STUCK IN FINGERS FROM NAIL G UN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS REPAIRING A STAPLE GUN WHEN IT MISFIRED AND STAPLE WENT INTO PT' S FINGER. DX. PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Ladders
PT DESCENDING LADDER WHEN STAPLE GUN WENT OFF AND STAPLE WENT INTO FING ER. D:FOREIGN BODY, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
WHILE USING A STAPLE GUN HE RECIEVED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
35 YOM WAS USING NAIL GUN AT HOME AND SHOT A FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND SU STAINING PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: PUTTING 2X4 ON RAILING, NAIL GUN FIRED TWICE 16 PENNY NAIL COMPLETELY THROUGH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
FB IN FINGER FROM A STAPLE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WHEN USING NAIL GUN AND STUCK NAIL IN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
CO WORKER STAPLED FINGER WIT H STAPLE GUN WHILE HE WAS HOLDING SHEETING / FB REMOVED RIF, NAIL BED REPR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL WITH NAILGUN IN HIS THUMB AT A FRIENDS HOUSE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER WHEN SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
P.W. L MID FING/34YOM AT HOME WAS USING NAIL GUN AND HIT TIP OF HIS FIN GER WITH NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO THUMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
F.B. 2ND FINGER - FIRED NAIL FROM NAILGUN THROUGH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
41YMC USING AIR NAIL GUN WITH FINISHING NAILS AND HIT FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER. DX: R FIRST FINGER FX W/FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
AT HOME USING NAILGUN NAIL WENT THROUGH FINGERS TO OR..NOT WORKMENS CO MP..PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O NAIL IN FINGER. PT SHOT NAIL THROUGH FINGER WITH NAIL GUN. DX PU NCTURE WOUND LFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL THROUGH FINGER WITH NAIL GUN; FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL GUN WENT THROUGH FINGER. DX- PUNCTURE WOUND L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACC SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER FROM ?NAIL GUN " FINGER PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
WOODEN BOARD FELL IN NAIL GUN CAUSING IT TO FIRE UP A NAIL THAT WENT TH RU FINGER " FINGER PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE PUT A NAIL IN HIS LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, House repair or construction materials
ACCIDENTALLY NAILED MIDDLE FINGER R HAND TO RAFTER WITH NAIL GUN, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING AIR OPERATED NAIL GUN, NAIL WENT INTO LEFT SIDE OF LEFT INDEX FINGER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
USING A NAIL GUN THAT BACK UP INTO FINGER " MALLET FINGER/SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE L THUMB; USING NAILGUN TO SHOOT NAILS INTO DRYWALL, SHOT NAIL THROUGH THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON SCREW GUN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS USING NAIL GUN AT HOME, SHOT NAIL THROUGH LT THUMB. DX - FOREIGN BODY PENETRATION (NAIL) REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE GOT A NAIL STUCK IN HIS RT INDE X FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
PW LEFT THUMB. PT INJURED THUMB WHEN USING A STAPLE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
HIT FINGER WITH A STAPLE GUN DX: L 5TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB: USING NAIL GUN AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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