Accidents - Hammers - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 660
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	16
16-25 years old:	111
26-50 years old:	455
50+ years old:	77

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PAIN WHILE HAMMERING DX. FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 39 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
PIECE OF STEEL CHIP FROM HAMMER STUCK IN L ARM DX: L ARM FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 34 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
PT HAMMERING AT HOME, GOT PIECE OF WOOD CHIP INTO LT LOWER ARM, FB LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 29 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
PATIENT WAS HAMMERING WHILE AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS LOWER ARM. DX-FOREIGN BODY LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 36 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON FOREARM WITH 10 LB SLEDGEHAMMER 4 DAYS AGO WHILE WORKING AT HOME. D: FOREARM CONTUSION, NEUROPRAXIA, TENOSYNOVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 45 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: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER DX - DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT HIT WITH HAMMER; FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
USING HAMMER & HIT ARM PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 15 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
STATES SHE WAS HIT ON THE ARM WITH A HAMMER DX RT ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF AND HIT PT'S ARM. DX: FB L ARM W/PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT GOT PIECE OR STEEL IN LT FOREARM ARM WHILE HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUST LACERATION TO FOREARM HIT WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT HITTING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND PIECE BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 27 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
27YOM USING A HAMMER ON BEARING AT HOME FB TO ARM DX FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
19 YO MALE CAUGHT FOREARM BETWEEN WOOD PILE AND HAMMER CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
WORKING ON HIS CAR WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.