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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 270
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: HAMMER FELL ONTO CHEST AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2003 | Age: 47 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 47 YO M USING SLEDGE HAMMER HAND METAL INLODGE IN CHEST FOREIGN BODY CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT SELF IN CHEST WITH A HAMMER DX: CHEST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT W/HAMMER 4 DAYS AGO, UNABLE TO BREATHE DX: CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 24 YOM C/O PAIN LEFT RIB CAGE S/P LEANING ON A P IPE WHILE TRYING TO FIX IT THIS PAST TUESDAY, BANGING PIPE W/HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PENETRATING THORACIC WOUND. PT WS TRYING TO BREAK APART A PIECE OF META L AND A PIECE OF IT FLEW HITTING CHEST WHEN USING A SLEDGEHAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT PICKED UP A SLEDGE HAMMER INJURING HIS BACK AND NECK. DX-ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN, T3-T4 FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Clothing |
| PT STATES SHE FELL IN SNOW DRIFT AND HAD A HAMMER IN HER POCKET WHEN SHE FELL IT JABBED HER IN THE CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| BACK PAIN MID BACK TO LT SIDE. 2 DAYS AGO FELT PULL AND POP IN MID BACK WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER. DX; BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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