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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 428
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HITTING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT PT IN THE CHEST DX/ CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING 7D AGO - HEAD OF HAMMER CHIPPED - STRUCK CHEST. PAIN SINCE PNEUMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT.STATES AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN USING A HAMMER TO HELP BREAK UP CEMENT & NOTED CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT INJURED HIS MID BACK AFTER SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER. CHART DOESN'T SPECIFY WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, OR IF WORK INJURY. DX: MID BACK SPASM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Hatchets or axes |
| PT HITTING A HAMMER AGAINST AN AXE,PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF,FLEW INTO PTS CHEST,DX FOREIGN BODY L CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| LT CHEST WALL PAIN: HIT IN RIB WITH WOOD SPLITTING MAUL 1-2 WKS AGO, STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CONTUSION LT RIB CAGE, R/O FX: BREAKING DOWN SEMI TRUCK TIRES, BUDDYUSI NG SLEDGEHAMMER, OBJECT FLEW UP, HIT LT RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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