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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 649
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CAUGHT LOWER ARM ON NAIL;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO LEFT FOREARM AFTER STEPPING ON STICK WITH NAIL IN I T WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL, STICK FLEW UP CAUSING NAIL TO HIT PT IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| SCRAPED RT FOREARM ON A NAIL, IN THE WALL, HE CAME FROM A REHAB TREATMENT CENTER. DX RT FOREARM ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 11 YOM FELL AND LANDED ON NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT CAUGHT ARM ON A NAIL, LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL ;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT FOREARM AGAINST A RUSTY NAIL ON A FENCE >>PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| WAS RUNNING AND EITHER HIT A NAIL OR BOOKSHELF. LACERATING R FOREARM# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CHILD PLAYING IN YARD WHEN FELL AGAINST PIECE OF WOOD THAT HAS NAIL STI CKING OUT OF IT. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, FOREARM, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PW TO L ARM FEW DAYS AGO FROM NAIL, HE PULLED IT OUT, NOW RED AND DRAIN ING. DX. CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST A NAIL SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS BUILDING A FORT IN WOODS WITH FRIENDS & STOOD ON A OLD PC OF WOOD THAT BROKE & PT FELL ONTO A RUSTY NAIL DX: LACERATION LEFT FORARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL INTO AREA WITH SCREWS AND NAILS, HURT ARM. DX FOREARM ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREARM AB-SCRATCHED ON A SCREW-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WITH PW TO ARM FROM A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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