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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 568
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| LEFT ARM INJ. PT POKED ARM WHEN CARRYING A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| EAR FB-PENCIL ERASER REMOVED FROM EAR IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| R SHOULDER PAIN-OVERUSE SYNDROME: AFTER WRITING NAMES IN BOOK FOR SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| CONJUNCTIVAL TEAR-@ HOME-HIT SELF IN EYE W/ ERASER END OF PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STEPPED ON A PC OF GRAPHITE LEAD FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL REFILL AND IT WAS EMBEDDED IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT. STEPPED ON A PENCIL AND IT ROLLED AND SHE TURNED HER FOOT FX. FIFTH METATARSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| #1 SCRATCHING IN L EAR W/ ELECTRIC PENCIL & ERASER FELL OFF IN EAR FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT HAD A PENCIL LEAD STABBED INTO HER TOE. DX - FOREIGN BODY LEFT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2005 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| POKED EYE WITH ERASER END OF PENCIL LEFT SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 67 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 |
| PENCIL ERASER IN L EAR, SCRATCHING EAR W/PENCIL DX: FB L EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FB R THUMB/64YOM SUSTAINED P.W. IN TIP OF L THUMB FROM PENCIL LEAD 3 WE EKS AGO. CONTINUEING TO HAVE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STABBED HAND WITH A PEN YESTERDAY. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT HAD A PENCIL LEAD STUCK UNDER NAIL SUSTAINED " FINGER FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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