Accidents - Hammers - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,714
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Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT HAND WITH HAMMER AT HOME FRACTURED HAND #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HAND WITH A HAMMER. DX L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
43 YO F CONTUSION TO HANDS HIT WHILE USING A HAMMER, CHORNIC WRIST PAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
CHOPPING WOOD WITH CLAW HAMMER&ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HAND >>LAC/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Tools
PT WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT AT HOME WITH HAMMER AND TOOL WITH WOOD, LAC ERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH A SPLITTING MAUL AND INJURED HAND DX: 2 CM. LACERATION, REPAIRED TO THE LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
RIGHT HAND STR. PT STRAINED HAND WHEN SWINGING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT DX TENDONITIS RT HAND - S/P DUE TO HAMMERING SOMETHING 2 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
HIT HAND WITH HAMMER. DX HAND CRUSHING INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT (L) HAND WITH A 16 OZ HAMMER, ACCIDENTALLY---CONTUSION (L) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
42 YOM WAS CHOPPING A CONCRETE BLOCK AND HIT HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls
LT HAND CONTUSION: REINFORCING A WALL, USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGE, MISSED, STRIKING HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
USING SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME WHEN SLIPPED W HAMMER STRIKING L HAND DX CONTUSION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls
PT HIT HAND WITH HAMMER AND THEN PUNCHED WALL DX; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Motor vehicles or parts
R HAND CONT W/CELLULITIS:PT UNDER CAR, FRIEND ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A STUCK BRICK CALIPER,STRUCK PT'S HAND WITH 2 1/2 # SLEDGEHAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT WITH HAMMER, DX; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HAND PAIN HIT WITH HAMMER LEFT WITH OUT TREATMENT #
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LT HAND WITH HAMMER 3 DAYS PTA. LT HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Motor vehicles or parts
L HAND CONT: WORKING ON CAR, REPLACING BRAKES,USING 22 OZ CLAW HAMMER TO POUND BOLT IN CALIPER,STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED HAND SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, NOW HIT SELF WITH HAMMER YESTERDAY, CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LT HAND WITH HAMMER DX: LT HAND INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER AT HOME 3CM LACERATION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
45 YOF HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER SUSTAINING CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
38 YO M LACERATION TO HAND HIT WITH HAMMER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HAND WITH A HAMMER, ?MECH >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT SMASHED HAND BETWEEN HAMMER AND PIECE OF STEEL DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER AT HOME DX// LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER, HIT LEFT SHOULDER WITH 2X4, TRYING TO SALVAGE LUMBER. DX-CONTUSION HAND STRAIN SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LEFT HAND CON. PT DROPPED A SLEDGE HAMMER ONTO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
28 YO MALE HIT HAND ON HAMMER CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAND AB-HIT HAND W/A HAMMER-METAL SHARD IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER. DX: LEFT HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER AT HOME INJURED HAND * LWOT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER. DX CONTUSION 1ST METACARPAL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hammers
44 YOM FIRST SUSTAINED BURNS TO LEFT HAND TWO DAYS AGO AFTER CONTACT WI TH HOT SURFACE AND THEN TODAY STRUCK TWICE WITH A HAMMER, DX: BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAND CONT. PT SMACKED HAND WHEN USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED HAND AT HOME WHILE SWINGING A HAMMER. DX; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK R HAND W/HAMMER AT HOME CONTUSED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
FX HAND WHEN STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAND CONT. PT HIT HAND WHEN USING A HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
SWINGING A HAMMER AND LAC TOP OF HAND ON METAL SIGN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LEFT HAND LAC. PT WAS USING A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF INJURNG HAN D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Pipes
HAMMERING PIPE IN GROUND CAUGHT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAMMER HIT RIGHT HAND, ACUTE HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HIT HAND WITH HAMMER YESTERDAY DX// LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAND CONT. PT SMACKED HAND WHEN USING A HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
L HAND PAIN AFTER HITTING W/HAMMER DX; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK L HAND W/HAMMER CONTUSED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
SMASHED HAND WITH HAMMER. DX CRUSH INJURY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER/ DX CONTUSION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HAND PAIN, WORKING ON A BUILDING, STRUCK LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER. DX-CONTUSION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HIT HAND W/HAMMER. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
SPLITTING WOOD WITH MAUL AND WEDGE, GOT SOMETHING IN HAND. DX; FB HAND .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WAS WORKING ON HER HOUSE AND HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER. DX. HAND CONTUS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH A HAMMER, C/O HAND PAIN. DX-HEMATOMA RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
FRACTURE HAND - 46 YO PRESENTS WITH LEFT HAND INJURY AFTER HITTING SELF IN HAND WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER YESTERDAY - UNABLE TO GRASP OBJECTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
28 YOM HIT RIGHT HAND WITH A HAMMER SUSTAINING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HELPING FRIEND BUILD CABINETS WHEN FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT ON HAN D WITH HAMMER. D: HAND CONTUSION, SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HIT HAND WITH HAMMER DX HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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