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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 928
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 57 YO MALE HAS PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM PEN LACERATION PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Stairs or steps |
| TRIED TO PICK UP PEN,FELT DIZZY,WENT UP STAIRS & FELL FX HIP, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS GOING THRU HER PURSE WHEN SHE GOT THE GRAFITE FROM A MACHANICAL PENCIL UNDERNEATH HER FINGERNAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 75 YO FEMALE POKED SELF IN EYE WITH PENCIL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 62 YO FEMALE POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH PEN WHILE SHOPPING RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIETN STUCK A PENCIL IN HER RIGHT EYE. DX-SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-STABBED W/ PENCIL LEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| BACK PAIN-SLIPPED ON A PENCIL AT HOME AND LANDED ON BACK ON FLOOR. C/O PAIN TO BACK AND BUTTOCKS. UNABLE TO GET UP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| MVA- REST DRIVER HIT HEAD-ON, ON PASS SIDE PENCIL THAT WAS IN POCKET OF CAR DX FB TO LOWER EXTRIMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Pet supplies |
| PUNCTURE/FB ABDOMEN; BALL POINT PEN TIP STUCK INTO HIM AS HE WAS TANGLE D IN DOG'S LEASH & FELL ( PEN WAS IN POCKET) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| R WRIST INJURY WITH PENCIL DX PUNCTURE WOUND R WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN SINCE BENDING OVER ON TUESDAY AND PICKING UP PEN. HAS SEEN PCP AND WANTS PAIN CONTROL. D: LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY POKED IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A PENCIL WHEN SHE PICKED UP HER GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS HOLDING THE PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PAIN TO WRIST JOINT FROM WRITING WITH PENCIL DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2004 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| AMPUTATED DISTAL PHALANX R RING FINGER - DOG BIT FINGER WHEN TAKING A P EN OUT OF DOG'S MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/27/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials |
| 70 YO M BENDING OVER TO PICK UP PEN OFF FLOOR BECAME DIZZY & FELL SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| GOT PENCIL LEAD EMBEDDED IN FINGER THAT IS INFECTED NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FOREIGN BODY EAR - 64 YOM WAS SCRATCHING HIS LEFT EAR WITH A PEN AND TH E TIP BROKE OFF IN HIS EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| GOT A SPLINTER WHILE RUBBING HAND ON A PENCIL. DX. FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL L HAND SECONDARY TO CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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