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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 936
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Electric Christmas decorations |
| 40YOF, PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, USED HAMMER, PAIN IN WRIST & F INGER SINCE THEN, L INDEX FINGER & WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 33 YOM, USING HEAVY HAMMER, WRIST STARTED HURTING, SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 11 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 |
| DROPPED HAMMER ON WRIST AT HOMEDX: WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT WAS HIT IN ARM WITH A HAMMER, ABCESS TO RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT HIT WRIST W/HAMMER. DX: R WRIST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| 13 YOM HIT IN THE WRIST WITH A HAMMER DX: WRIST FRACTURE (POSSIBLE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| HURT WRIST USING SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME. DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| REMODELING HOUSE USING HAMMER AND HURT WRIST WRIST SPRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WITIH CONTUSION TO WRIST FROM USING A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 22 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 WAS DOING FRAMEWORK IN HIS GARAGE AND STRUCK HAMMER REAL HARD AGAINS T A PIECE OF WOOD STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT AT THE FAIR SWINGING A VERY LARGE WOODEN HAMMER TO GET A HIGH SCORE AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT WRIST FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 47 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: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT SUSTAINED A SMALL CUT TO LT WRIST TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE A BEARING WI TH HAMMER- DX- LT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT BREAKING UNSPECIFIED OBJECT WITH HAMMER GOT FOREIGN BODY IN WRIST FOREIGN BODY LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| 17 YO M CONTUSION TO WRIST USING HAMMER ON PRY BAR HAMMER SLIPPED AND H IT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| USING SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME WHEN L HAND SLIPPED TWISTING WRIST DX SPRAIN L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes |
| WRIST STRAIN-USING A HAMMER & CHISEL TO DEMOLISH A BRICK WALL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Hammers |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME-PAIN AFTER USING A HAMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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