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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 836
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT WITH HAMMER; WRIST CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SWINGING A HEAVY HAMMER BREAKING UP FLOOR TILING STRAINED RIGHT WRIS T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| PAIN TO WRIST AFTER SWINGING HAMMER DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT C/O RT ARM INJURY.PT HIT RT ARM WHILE HAMMERING NAILS. DX WRIST SPRA IN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT HAND WITH HAMMER - LEFT WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Tables |
| PATIENT WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UP A TABLE AND INJURED HIS WRIST. DX-LEFT WRIST CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| HIT HAND WITH HAMMER TRYING TO OPEN WINDOW-LACERATION RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| LEFT WRIST SPR. PT WAS USING A HAMMER AND SPRAINED WRIST AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| LT WRIST CT-HIT WRIST W/A HAMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT WITH HAMMER; WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| USING A HAMMER,HIT WRIST ON THE WOODEN PART,L WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT L FOREARM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, BUCKEL FX DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 26 YO MALE HIT HAND WITH HAMMER SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.PT HAD A HAMMER FALL AND HIT PT IN THE WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| LT WRIST SPRAIN-HAMMERING WHILE BUILDING NEW GARAGE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes |
| PATIENT WAS HITTING A CHISEL WITH A HAMMER, PIECE OF STEEL FELL HITTING HIM IN THE WRIST. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST WITH FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 34 Y.O. W MALE W/WRIST SPRAIN. PT INJ SELF WHILE HAMMERING W/A HAMMER @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT RECEIVED BRUISE TO WRIST WHEN HIT WRIST WITH A HAMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX CONTUSION RIGHT WRIST: HIT SELF WITH HAMMER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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