Accidents - Hammers - Year 2007 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,115
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	80
16-25 years old:	348
26-50 years old:	447
50+ years old:	239

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK ON WRIST BY HAMMER THAT FEL 2.5 FEET. D: WRIST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL, WAS STRUCK WITH SHRAPNEL SUSTAINING A LT WRIST INJUJRY. DX-LEFT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND WITH FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 27 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 STRUCK WITH A HAMMER BY DAUGHTER. DX WRIST CONTUSION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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
14 YOF INJ WRIST USING HAMMER SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST-USING HAMMER-WRIST POPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
STRAIN R WRIST; FRIDAY NIGHT PICKED UP SLEDGE HAMMER, NO IMMEDIATE PAIN WRIST HAS BEEN ACHING SINCE SATURDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Wooden containers
MINOR WRIST LACERATION, 2 CM: USING A HAMMER TO POUND ON SKID, HIT WRIST AGAINST 2X4, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 38 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
CONTUSION WRIST WHEN ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT SWINGING A HAMMER NOW HAS PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Hammers
70YOM WHILE AT HOME WAS USING A HAMMER,WAS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING AF IST;ACUTE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
R WRIST TENDONITIS/57YOM WAS HAMMERING REPETITIVELY 4 DAYS AGO AND DEVE LOPED PAIN. PAIN PERSISTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT HAMMERING, MISSED NAIL AND PULLED THE ULNAR WRIST AREA. C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. XRAY -, DIAGNOSIS- WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT SPRAINED A WRIST WHILE USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT WRIST LACERATION: USING HAMMER TO PULL NAILS FROM WOOD, HAMMER SLIPPED AND INJURED WRIST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. DX: FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 60 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
PT SUS STRAIN TO WRIST WHEN HAMMERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT HIT WRIST W/HAMMER 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 23 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
HIT IN WRIST WITH HAMMER BY SON, C/O PAIN, DX; WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER AND CUT WRIST ON SHARP METAL. DX: R WRIST LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
33 YOM USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UP ROCK GOT PIECE OF METAL FROM HAMMER IMBEDDED IN L WRIST - FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	Age: 49 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 LEFT WRIST CONTUSION: HIT SELF WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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