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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 224
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools |
| HITTING A WEDGE WITH A MAUL, GOT METAL FOREIGN BODY IN UPPER ARM AT HOM E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREIGN BODY IN R UPPER ARM FROM WHILE HE WAS HAMMERING AT HOME# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING A METAL OBJECT WHEN A PIECE FLEW OFF HITTING UPPER ARM >> PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| PAIN AFTER USING SLEDGEHAMMER. DX- R UPPER ARM STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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