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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 124
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH A METAL HAMMER&CHISEL&WOODEN CHIP FLEW INTO LOWER LE G>>PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX CELLULITIS LEG/LOWER EXT SWELL'G/ANEMIA, MILD: PT HIT HIMSELF W HAMMER 3 D AOG. SINCE THEN LLE INC ERYTHEMATOUS AND ANK SWELL'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX HEMATOMA, LLE: W HAMMER'G WOOD 6D AGO AND HAMMER GLANCED L LOWER LEG 2IN SQ HEMATOMA W GENERALIZED EDEMA & BRUISING AROUND IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Tables |
| PT DROPPED A HAMMER ONTOP OF A GLASS TOP TABLE AND IT SHATTERED SUSTAIN ED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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