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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 918
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: USING SLEDGEHAMMER, IT FLEW OFF HUB AND HIT PT'S HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| A HAMMER FELL ON PT. HEAD AT HOME. DX..SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HAMMER FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 49 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY HAMMER LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMER DROPPED ON HEAD THIS AM. HEAD INJURY & SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT SELF ON HEAD WITH HAMMER TRYING TO TAKE A NAIL OUT HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SUPERFICIAL HEAD LAC - HAMMER BOUNCED OFF CABINET AND HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| DROPPED HAMMER ON HEAD, ?LOC, DIZZINESS DX: CONTUION SCALP, POSSIBLE CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Ladders |
| 28 YOM HAD HAMMER FALL FROM LADDER HIT ON HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT-WAS SWINGING A HAMMER WHEN HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD DX-SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hammers |
| 30 YO M SLEDGE HAMMER FLEW OFF HANDLE, HIT IN HEAD. DX R SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT ON HEAD WITH HAMMER THAT FELL FROM ABOVE HIM/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT WITH HAMMER TO HEAD, FX SKULL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH CLAW HAMMER SCALP LAC CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT HIT ON TOP OF HEAD WITH MALL HAMMER. DX: SCALP LACERATION & CONTUSION TO HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT C/O PAIN TO RT MASTOID AREA AFTER HIT BY A HAMMER YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| 47 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT'S HUSBAND WAS DOING SOME GARAGE WORK & THE H AMMER SLIPPED & STRUCK PT IN THE HEAD @ HOME. E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| 36 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/12/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| USING CLAW HAMMER TO HAMMER OVERHEAD, STRUCK HEAD LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| HEADACHE.PT HAD A HAMMER FALL AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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