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Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - Year 2007 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 137
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/11/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SLIPPED W/NAIL GUN AND SHOT KNEE. DX: FB R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/09/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE KNEE WITH A NAIL GUN SUFFERING TRAUMA TO THE KNEE, NAIL IS IN KNEE. DX-NAIL GUN NAIL IN RT KNEE JOINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT A NAIL SHOT INTO FLEXED KNEE WITH A NAIL GUN DX- PUNCTURE WOUN D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL IN KNEE FROM NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT.INJ.L.KNEE AT HOME WHEN USING A NAIL GUN & SHOT NAIL IN KNEE. DX; P.W. L.KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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