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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 153
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STEEL SHAVINGS GOT IN HIS FOREARM DX-LACERATION FOREARM, FOREIGN BODY FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX LEFT FOREARM LACERATION: CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, USING TWO SPLIT MALLETS, PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND CUT ARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT W/ HAMMER; CONTUSION LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HAD PX SINCE HAMMERING 3 DAYS AGO.DX: ACUTE TENDINITIS R FOREARM/TH UMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX RIGHT LOWER ARM STRAIN: INJURED ARM WHILE SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER AT OME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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