Accidents - Hammers - 26-50 years old - Year 2005 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,242
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Date: 12/23/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAMMER FELL OFF SHELF / HIT HEAD DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WAS USING A HAMMER AND THE HAMMER FELL OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEA D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
M.E. PT OUT OF CONTROL, THREATENED BROTHER WITH HAMMER @ HOME, FAMILY C ALLED 9-1-1 DX TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
PT USING A HAMMER ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN HE DROPPED IT STRIKING SELF IN TH E HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HAD HAMMER FALL ON HEAD C/O PAIN HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Ladders
HOLDING LADDER FOR HUSBAND, HAMMER SLIPPED STRIKING HEAD. " SCALP LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials
44 YO HIT IN HEAD WHEN HAMMER FELL OFF ROOF LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME - REPORTS HE WAS REACHING OVERHEAD FOR HAMMER AND HAMMER FELL ON TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Beds or bedframes
ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH HAMMER TRYING TO TAKE APART A BED DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
A HAMMER DROPPED ON HEAD DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT REPORTS A CLAW HAMMER FELL FROM 2' HEIGHT AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD - AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY A MALLET FALLING FROM THE WA LL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
PT HIT HEAD WITH HAMMER; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUST LACERATION TO SCALP HIT SELF WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HAMMER FELL ON HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Hammers
HEAD CONCUSSION, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING HAMMER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, HEADACHES, EYES EOMI, NO LOC OR SOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PATIENT WAS USING A HAMMER, HAMMER HEAD FLEW OFF THE HANDLE & LANDED ON HIS HEAD SUSTAINING A LACERATION. DX - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR FX SKULL WHEN STRUCK BY HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT HEAD WITH HAMMER SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HEAD LACERATION.PT WAS USING A HAMMER OVERHEAD AND IT DROPPED ON HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
SCALP LACERATION - HAMMER WAS DROPPED ONTO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SCALP LACERATION.PT HAD A HAMMER FALL OFF A SHELF AND HIT PT IN HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT HEAD WITH WOOD MAUL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
WHILE USING HAMMER AT HOME HANDLE CAME LOOSE AND HAMMER HIT HEAD SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD WITH SLEDGEHAMMER DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
36 YO HIT IN HEAD BY HAMMER FX BASILAR SKULL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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