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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 720
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HITTING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT PT IN THE CHEST DX/ CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING ON A PROJECT,AFTER FINISHED HAD CP ACROSS LOW CHEST TO RT;ACH Y,CONSTANT. NSTEMI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAS PUNCTURE WUND TO CHEST WALL FROM HAMMER HEAD FRAGMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING 7D AGO - HEAD OF HAMMER CHIPPED - STRUCK CHEST. PAIN SINCE PNEUMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT.STATES AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN USING A HAMMER TO HELP BREAK UP CEMENT & NOTED CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT INJURED HIS MID BACK AFTER SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER. CHART DOESN'T SPECIFY WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, OR IF WORK INJURY. DX: MID BACK SPASM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 69 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: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX PLEURISY: PRESENTS W SUDDEN ONSET L SIDED RIB PAIN W LAY'G ON H-WOOD FLOOR W L SIDE DOWN HAMMER'G NAILS INOT THE FLOOR BOARD; FELT POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Hatchets or axes |
| PT HITTING A HAMMER AGAINST AN AXE,PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF,FLEW INTO PTS CHEST,DX FOREIGN BODY L CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 36 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: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| LT CHEST WALL PAIN: HIT IN RIB WITH WOOD SPLITTING MAUL 1-2 WKS AGO, STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CONTUSION LT RIB CAGE, R/O FX: BREAKING DOWN SEMI TRUCK TIRES, BUDDYUSI NG SLEDGEHAMMER, OBJECT FLEW UP, HIT LT RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Motor vehicles or parts |
| STRUCK CHEST WITH HAMMER WHILE WORKING ON CAR/ CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS AND USING HAMMER AT HOME. DX: UPPER BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE SWINGING A MAUL. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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