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Accidents - Hammers - Year 2007 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 750
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Date: 12/10/2007Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING A PIECE OF METAL. DX FB L ANTECUBITAL FOSSA#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER YESTERDAY AND NOW HIS ARM HURTS. D: CONT USION RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION ELBOW; BROTHER HIT ELBOW WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2007Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
65 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO ELBOW HAMMERING STEEL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO ELBOW*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2007Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED ELBOW WHEN USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME (LIFTING HAMMER) DX: LEFT ELBOW PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
11YOM USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK VEHICLE ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
13 YOM SPLITTING WOOD WITH A MAUL HIT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER LAC L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LEFT ARM WITH A HAMMER. D: LACERATION RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT ON ELBOW BY 3LB. SLEDGE HAMMER ONE WEEK AGO. ACCIDENTAL. ELBOW P AIN. D: EPICONDYLITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
51 Y/O M INJURED L ELBOW WHEN SPLITTING ROCK WITH MAUL AND STEEL WEDGE, PIECE OF METAL HIT ELBOW AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED HIS ELBOW WHILE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER.DX: ACUTE SEVERE NEURO PATHY PAIN, APPEARS TO BE ULNAR IN THE LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT BROTHER PLAYING WITH HAMMER HIT PT IN THE ELBOW DX// LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2007Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
ELBOW PAIN-SINCE USING A HEAVY HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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