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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 336
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Electric Christmas decorations |
| 40YOF, PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, USED HAMMER, PAIN IN WRIST & F INGER SINCE THEN, L INDEX FINGER & WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 33 YOM, USING HEAVY HAMMER, WRIST STARTED HURTING, SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT AT THE FAIR SWINGING A VERY LARGE WOODEN HAMMER TO GET A HIGH SCORE AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT WRIST FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT SUSTAINED A SMALL CUT TO LT WRIST TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE A BEARING WI TH HAMMER- DX- LT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT BREAKING UNSPECIFIED OBJECT WITH HAMMER GOT FOREIGN BODY IN WRIST FOREIGN BODY LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes |
| WRIST STRAIN-USING A HAMMER & CHISEL TO DEMOLISH A BRICK WALL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Hammers |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME-PAIN AFTER USING A HAMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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