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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 151
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING, MISSED AND HIT LEG WITH CLAW OF HAMMER/ LAC LT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX RIGHT THIGH PENETRATING FOREIGN BODY: USING SLEDGEHAMMER, METAL SLI VER FLEW AND STRUCK LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT CHOPPING WOOD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER & WEDGE. WEDGE BECAME AIR BORNE & HIT HIS ANTERIOR LEFT LEG. DX: LEFT LEG CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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