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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 488
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LEFT KNEE CONTUSION-TRIPPED ON A NAIL AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| USING NAIL GUN AT HOME, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT KNEE, HE PULLED THE NAIL OUT, EMBEDDED 1". DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. FB KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WALKING ON A DOCK WHEN SHE FELL ONMTO A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING UP FR OM A BOARD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ladders |
| PT STANDING ON LADDER AT HOME WHEN BOARD FELL WITH RUSTY NAIL HITTING HER IN THE KNEE DX:PUNCTURE WUND TO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL ONTO SCREW-LACERATION LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| STEP OVER HIS SLEEPING DOG, STEPPED ON METAL SCREW & FELL KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| P.W. R KNEE/67YOF SUSTAINED P.W. R KNEE WHEN FELL ONTO NAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT DX CELLULITIS S/P PUNCTURE WOUND RT KNEE - STUCK BY A NAIL X3 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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