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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,824
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2000:23
Year 2001:283
Year 2002:290
Year 2003:285
Year 2004:92
Year 2005:228
Year 2006:186
Year 2007:153
Year 2008:49
Year 2009:210
Year 2010:21

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
15 YR M HURT WRIST WITH PENCIL;DX LACERATED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
11 YR OLD FEMALE PUT PENCIL UNDER WRIST CAST TO SCRATCH AND COULD NOT R ETRIEVE IT AND THEN GOT CAST WET,NEEDS TO BE CHANGED,EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SUICIDE ATTEMPT-TRIED TO STAB WRIST W/A PENCIL & BOBBY PIN-PT DEPRESSED WANTS TO DIE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PRESENTS TO ER FROM HOME FOR PSYCH EVAL/WRIST ABRASION C/O CRAVED W ORD PEACE INTO WRIST WITH PENCILS- WRIST ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED ABRASION TO WRIST AFTER HIS FRIEND POKED HIM WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUST LAC TO WRIST FROM PENCIL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
RAN INTO PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
STATES HIS FRIEND WAS PLAYING WITH A INK PEN AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HIM ON THE WRIST WITH THE METAL CLIP CUTTING THE WRIST. LAC TO WRIST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
DX URI/GANGLION CYST: C/O CYST ON R WRIST THAT OCCASIONLLY ACHES AFTER WRIT'G FOR LONG PERIODS OF X
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED IN WRIST WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL, PT REMOVED PENCIL INTACT; PUNCTURE WOUND TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Desk supplies
REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF WRIST PAIN WHILE SHARPENING THE PENCIL >>WRIST INJUREY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED WRIST W/A PENCIL AT SCHOOL YEST, NOW W/MORE REDNESS, FB REMO VED; PUNCTURE WOUND TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN CAP UNDER CAST FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
H/O DEPRESSION, PTSD & RAPE, POKED SELF W/PENCIL IN WRIST AT SCHOOL & S TATES WANTS TO KILL SELF; PUNCTURE WOUND ON WRIST, SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
11 YO MALE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL TO OUTTER WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
10YOM WAS PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHO STUCK A PENCIL INTO HIS LT WRIST DX - SMAL PUNCTURE WOUND ON LT WRIST BY PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF IN WRIST WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL, DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURE WOUND TO WRIST WITH PENCIL. D: PUNCTURE WOUND ; P ENCIL LEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O PT STATES WAS ANGRY AND CUT WRIST WITH A PENCIL AND HER FINGERNAILS DX LT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/20/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN WRIST WITH PENCIL. POINT STUCK IN WRIST. DX FB WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
WRIST SPRAIN-PAIN STARTED WHILE WRITING IN SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
13 YO FEMALE CUT WRIST ON METAL PART OF ERASER ON PENCIL LACERATION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS INJURED AT SCHOOL WITH A PENCIL. DX WRIST CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Crayons or chalk
CHILD SUSTAINED PENCIL TIP TO WRIST WHEN REACHING FOR A CRAYON AT SCHOO L. D: FOREIGN BODY, WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STABBED W/PENCIL. DX: PW R WRIST W/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/PW WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL INTO PENCIL, PUNCTURE WOUND RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STABBED IN LEFT HAND WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL C/O SWELLING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
STATES WHILE PICKING UP PEN AT SCHOOL YEST TWISTED R WRIST. DX. SPRAIN R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED WRIST WITH A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL WHILE HOLDING PENCIL LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pens and pencils
15YOBF-FIRST DEGREE BURN LEFT WRIST-TRIED TO TATOO SELF WITH SALT & INK PEN & ICE AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Manual scissors
PT ACCIDENTLY STABBED IN WRIST C A SCISSORS WHILE TRYING TO RACHE FOR A PENCIL, SUSTAINED" WRIST LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL INTO A PENCIL AND INJURED WRIST. DX WRIST PUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PUNCTURED HER WRIST WITH A PENCIL LEAD WHEN SHE FELL ON A PENCIL AT HOME. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND - WRIST, LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
LACERATION WRIST - 12 YOF CUT HER LEFT WRIST THREE DAYS AGO WITH A PENC IL IN A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, REALLY WANTED TO HURT HERSELF
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/23/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT @ SCHOOL TRIED TO HURT SELF WITH A MECHANICAL PENCIL. DX ABRASION TO WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/07/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT GOT PEN CAP LODGED IN ARM CAST AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND RT WRIST WITH HEMATOMA, HAD PEN STUCK INTO RT WRIST WHILE AT SCHOOL, NOT STATED INTENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
ATTEMPTING TO SCRATCH L ARM IN A CAST WITH ERASER OF PENCIL - END CAME OFF AND IS STUCK IN WRIST DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FIGHTING STABBED WITH PENCIL IN LT WRIST, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL ACCIDENTALLY DX. PW WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PEN SPRING IN WRIST, FOREIGN BODY L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
10 YOM HAD WRIST PUNCTURED BY A PENCIL PUNCTURE WOUND R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT W/SELF INFLICTED LAC (L) WRIST MADE BY PENCIL. HX OF SUICIDE ATTEM PTS. DX: LAC (L) WRIST SUICIDAL IDEATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RT WRIST FB-STUCK SELF W/ PENCIL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO WRIST FROM A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
14YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT WRIST-WITH LEAD PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED RIGHT WRIST WITH PENCIL YESTERDAY - SWELLING AND REDNESS TO SITE. D: LACERATION RIGHT WRIST / CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED WRIST WITH PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WEARING CAST FOR PREVIOUS WRIST FX., HAS PEN CAP STUCK DOWN IN CAST; CAST REPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
PT. TRIPPED AND FELL AT SCHOOL TODAY WHILE SHARPENING HER PENCIL, TRIPP ED OVER NOTEBOOK. DX. SPRAIN L WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Football
PUNCTURE (L) WRIST, PT STRUCK WITH A PENCIL WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, NO BLEEDING..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2001Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2000Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2000Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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