Accidents - Nail guns or stud drivers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 651
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB TO FINGER, REMOVED. PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SHOT NAIL IN FINGER WITH NAIL GUN AT HOME DX: FX OF LT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER INJURY FROM NAIL GUN PUTTING NAIL IN FINGER. DX-ACUTE LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE, LEFT INDEX FINGER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME AND SHOT A NAIL INTO INDEX FINGER FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER LAC-USING CONCRETE NAILGUN ON FLOOR-CUT ON THE CONCRETE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN - 2" NAIL IN L THUMB. NAIL L THUM B REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
65 Y/O USING A NAIL GUN, SHOT A NAIL THRU 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS LEFT HAND DX-FOREIGN BODY 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SHOT NAIL FROM PNEUMATIC NAILER INTO THUMB. DX: FB L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2008	Age: 59 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: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers
DX PUNCTURE WD L INDEX FINGER W BONY INJ/SKIN PUNCTURE WD: INJ LIF W NAIL GUN FRI. STATES IT W GLANC'G BLOW BY A BRIGHT NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT NICKED BY A NAILGUN/ PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING AUTOMATIC NAILER, NAIL WENT INTO FINGER/ FB LLF, PW LLF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS BUILDING A CHICKEN COUP AND SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER. DX: R FOREFINGER FB/PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 72 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: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Tool sheds
DX R THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND: ACC SHOT SELF IN R THUMB ASSEMBL'G A CHILD'S OUTSIDE STORAGE UNIT WITH NAIL GUN...NAIL RICHOCCHETTED OFF METAL PART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME USING A NAIL GUN, PUT A NAIL IN FINGER CAUSING A PUNCTUR E WOUND TO LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SHOT NAILGUN AND NAIL HIT LT THUMB PUNCTURE THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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