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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 639
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials |
| USING A HAMMER; DRIVING A METAL WEDGE THROUGH A PIECE OF WOOD. PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO LT FOREARM. PUNCTURE, LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREARM FB-PIECE OF METAL FROM A HAMMER FLEW INTO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 31YOM L FOREARM INJ HAMMERING SHAFT OF WATER PUMP TODAY PIECE BROKE OF F AND WENT INT LT FOREARM PENETRATING WOUND FB L FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WEAS HAMMERING AT HOME AND THE PIECE OF WOOD FLIPPED UP AFTER BEING STRUCK WITH A HAMMER LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS HAMMERING NAILS AND GOT A NAIL IN HIS FOREARM DX// FB LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes |
| HAMMERING CHISEL,CHISEL FRAGMENTED TODAY P.W.LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT GOT FB IN ARM WHILE HAMMERING METAL. DX: AUCTE SUBCUTANEOUS FB R FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| GOT PIECE OF METAL IN LT FOREARM WHILE USING HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT HURT WHILE USING A HAMMER AT HOME. DX: MUSCLE PAIN RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT STRUCK LEFT FOREARM WIOTH A HAMMER FRACTURED ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT LEFT FOREARM WITH A HAMMER DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| PT WAS HANGING A PICTURE AT HOME AND DROPPED THE HAMMER ONTO LEFT FOREA RM ABRASION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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