Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,231
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Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O HAND LAC WITH RUSTY NAIL. DX ABRASION LFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
55YOM TWO DAYS AGO,HAD A NAIL GO INTO THE HAND AT HOME; PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT WAS REMOVING NAILS FROM OBJECT AND CLAW HAMMER CAME BACK CUTTING HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPPED HAND AGAINST NAIL AT HOME DX// LAC RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT BY NAIL, DX; PALM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HURT WHEN HAND SLIPPED ON BOLT AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND. DX: LACERATION TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME DX: DEEP PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PATIENT FELL OUT THE DOOR AND CAUGHT HAND ON A NAIL. DX-LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
3 INCH NAIL STUCK IN HAND W/NAIL GUN AT HOME. DX. PW R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
FELL AGAINST WALL, HIT NAIL/HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCTURE HAND - 60 YO MALE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD INTO THE DUMPSTE R AND NAIL IN WOOD PUNCTURED PALM OF RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL EMBEDDED IN LT HAND, RICHOCHETED ATER FIRED FROM NAIL GUN/ FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 80 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R HAND P.W./80YOM AT HOME WAS WORKING IIN GARAGE WHEN HE PUNCTURED HAND ON RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 52 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUT HAND THROUGH NAIL THAT WAS STICKING UP PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
78YOM WAS HOME DRIVING A NAIL WITH HAMMER,ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND; HAND AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH CELLULITIS FROM A WOUND TO HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Riding power lawn mowers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A NAIL WHILE ON RIDING LAWN MO WER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON A NAIL-@ STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
56 YO FEMALE CUT HAND ON NAIL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 57 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RAN A SCREW INTO HAND. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CUT HAND ON NAIL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, CAUGHT L HAND ON NAIL, RIPPED SKIN ON HAND. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS DOING SOME CARPENTRY AT CHURCH AND CUT HAND ON A SCREW DX; DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED, FELL STRIKING BACK OF R HAND ON NAIL ON FLOOR CAUSING LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O HAND PUNCUTURED ON SCREW. DX PUNCTURE WOUND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND PW. PT STUCK HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO L HAND ON NAIL DX; HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON A NAIL. DX. 1 CM R HAND LACERATION JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIGHT HAND PW. PT STUCK HAND AGAINST A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
57 YO M LACERATION TO HAND LOG FELL OVER HAD NAIL IN IT *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT FINISHING NAIL STUCK IN HAND YESTERDAY, NOW W PAIN AND SWELLING DX: HAND INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH A NAIL SUSTAINED A PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LEFT HAND FOREIGN BODY: STRUCK SELF WITH NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LIFTED A BOARD, SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO HAND FROM NAIL THAT WAS IN WOO D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAND PW. PT STUCK HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT ON NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 74 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
2 P.W.-L PALM & L KNEE/74YOM AT HOME TRIPPED AND FELL ON PILE OF OLD BO ARDS THAT CONTAINED OLD RUSTY NAILS STICKING OUT FROM THEM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RECEIVED LAC TO BACK OF R HAND FROM NAIL @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT HAD A NAIL PUNCTURE PALM OF L HAND WHILE USING NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HAND LAC-FELL ON SCREW ON DECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LAC L HAND/59YOF CUT L HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF A PALM FROM A RUSTY NAIL IN THE WOODS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
71YOM PATIENT WAS HELPING SON IN THE YARD,WHEN HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION FROM A NAIL; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL AT HOME AN D HIT A HAND ON A NAIL 3 CM LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PT CUT HAND ON TIN AT HOME WHEN NAILING TIN UP AND FELL ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
88YRS FEMALE, PT GOT HURT WHEN STRUCK A NAIL IN THE CLINIC OFFICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL AGAINST BOLT LAC. HAND WITH TENDON INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A PROTRUDING SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL AT CARDIAC REHAB, STRUCK A BOLT HEAD, DX-LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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