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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 545
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | 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 WRIST CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| C/O IMPAILED NAILS IN R WRIST. PT DROPPED A NAIL GUN & IT FIRED TWICE. FB (NAILS) R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| GOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IMPALED IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT @ HOME,SHOT HIMSELF W/NAIL GUN IN LT WRIST ACCIDENTALLY. DX: PUNCTU RE WOUND LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTLY STUCK SELF WITH NAIL GUN. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO LE FT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 65YOM WHILE WORKING ON HIS DECK USING A AIR GUN,WHICH MIS-FIRED A NAIL, IT WENT INTO HIS WRIST;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| C/O PT STATES WAS USING NAIL GUN AND A NAIL WENT INTO RIST DX F.O.B. IN LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WAS USING A NAIL GUN AT HOME AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL INTO RT. WRIST. PUNCTURE WOUND, RIGHT WIRST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SHOT SELF WITH NAIL GUN DX. PW WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT WAS HELPING A FRIEND, DROVE A NAIL INTO HIS WRIST WITH A NAILGUN. DX-NAILGUN INJURY LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| /65YOM AT HOME HIT IN R LOWER ARM WITH AIRNAIL GUNDX/HEMATOMA R WRIST W ITH PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-NAILGUN SHOT A NAIL INTO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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