Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 698
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	69
16-25 years old:	207
26-50 years old:	421

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT.INJ.L.THIGH AT HOME WHEN USING A NAIL GUN & SHOT A NAIL INTO THIGH. DX; P.W. L.THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
20 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO THIGH. PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF W/NAIL GU N W/NAIL. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
35 YOWM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE THIGH W/ A NAIL GUN. DX. PW TH IGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
TUMORS IN LOW BACK, INJURY TO R THIGH W/STAPLE GUN 2 WEEKS AGO, PAIN R LEG, NECK, BACK DX: LEG WEAKNESS AND RADICULAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DROPPED A SREW GUN ONTO LT THIGH DX: FB IN LT THIGH (SCREW)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
30 YO MALE WAS HIT IN THIGH WITH NAIL GUN,PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HEMATOMA RIGHT THIGH FROM NAIL GUN INJURY AT HOME WHILE WORKINGON HIS D ECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN DX: FB NAIL RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND-NAIL SHOT INTO THIGH FROM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING A ROOF NAILER AND NAIL WENT INTO LEFT THIGH DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Ceilings and walls
F.B. IN FEMUR. WORKING ON A WALL IN GARAGE WHEN NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT SELF WITH A NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
50 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO THIGH. PT GOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN SHOT IN TO LEG. PT ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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