Accidents - Pens and pencils - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 30
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT REPORTS, SON ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HER IN THE FINGER WITH A PENCIL DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 52 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
WAS SWEEPING UP PIECES OF PENCIL WITH HAND WHEN HAD PUNCTURE WOUND FROM GRAPHITE WHICH STILL IN THE FINGER>>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/PUNCTURE WOUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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