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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 176
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2004:15
Year 2007:91
Year 2010:68

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/26/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
SPRAIN LOWER LEG - 59 YO MALE CO SHARP PAIN OF THE LEFT POSTERIOR THIGH - SLIPPED ON A PEN INSIDE HIS HOUSE AND DID A "SPLIT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2007Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LEG WHEN A 2 YR OLD CHILD, A RELATIVE, STABBED HIM WITH A PEN. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2007Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SUST. A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE LEG WHEN HE WAS STABBED IN THE LEG WITH A PEN BY A 2 YR OLD CHILD. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND, LT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT WITH BALL POINT PEN;. DX- 1 CM SHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: 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)

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