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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,080
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREHEAD LACERATION- BROTHER STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| SIBLING HIT PT WITH HANDLE OF A HAMMER. D: CONTUSION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT SELF IN FACE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER DX: FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 17 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE HIT HIMSELF WITH AT HAMMER CAUSING A LA CERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FACIAL LAC, PT WAS PULLING OUT A NAIL AND HIT FACE WITH A HAMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT STRUCK ON FACE WHEN HEAD OF HAMMER FLEW OFF HANDLE AT HOME; FAC IAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Not recorded | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hammers |
| A HAMMER FELL ON PATIENT HITTING HIS HEAD AT HOME; FOREHEAD HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HITTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A HAMMER AND METAL FLEW UP HITTING FOREHEAD DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| FELL WHILE HOLDING A HAMMER 30 MIN PTA-DX-ACUTE 2 CM LACERATIN L SIDE O F NOSE-REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT SELF IN HEAD W/ HAMMER.DX 1/2 " LAC FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| FACIAL LAC-WORKING ON HIS HOUSE-HIT SELF W/A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT PLAYING WITH HAMMER HITTING SELF IN FOREHEAD, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMER FELL AND HIT NOSE DISPLACED NASAL BONE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH HAMMER DX: FOREHEAD LAC + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| DX SMALL LACERATION TO CHEEK: USING HAMMER ON ROCK, PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AND STRUCK FACE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT SELF WITH HAMMER DX: CONTUSION TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 56 YOM WAS AT GUN CLUB IN PERCY; WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SL EDGE HAMMER. LACERATION, RIGHT EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| CHILD HIT ROCK WITH HAMMER AND PIECE OF ROCK FLEW INTO EYE. D: EYELID LACERATION, CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Bicycles or accessories |
| 6 YOMC ACCIDNETLY HIT IN CHIN WITH HAMMER WHILE FIXING BIKE/ LACERATION CHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| CONTUSION FACE - HIT SELF WITH HAMMER WHEN KNOCKING OUT PORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREHEAD LAC/38YOM WAS PULLING NAIL & HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN FOR EHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FACE LACERATION - 25 YOM WAS TAKING A NAIL OUT OF THE WALL USING A HAMM ER AND THE HAMMER BOUNCED BACK HITTING FACE RIGHT SIDE ABOVE LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| LACERATION EYELID AND PERIOCULAR AREA - 38 YOF WAS HELPING PUT UP SHUTT ERS AND A HAMMER FELL OFF THE ROOF HITTING THE RIGHT EYEBROW AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| STRUCK IN HEAD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AFTER IT BROK OFF LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT. FELL AND HIT A HAMMER WITH FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER LEFT FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| CUT FOREHEAD WHEN SIBLING USING HAMMER AND HANDLE CAME OUT AND HIT HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| *32YOM HIT IN NOSE W/HAMMER THAT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDDX: NASAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| LAC FOREHEAD; HIT BY HAMMER WHILE HELPING DAD TEAR DOWN COUCH TO GET IT OUT OOF DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT RAN INTO A HANDLE OF A HAMMER AND LACERATED EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT IN HEAD W/ HAMMER; BLUNT FOREHEAD TRAMA W/ LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| RIGHT EYEBROW LAC, PT WAS HELPING FATHER WITH WOOD WORKING AND DAD HITH IM IN THE HEAD WITH THE CLAW END OF HAMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS HIT W/MALLET.D: FOREHEAD LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH HAMMER BY SISTER AT HOME, INTENT NOT MENTIONED ; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT IN FACE WITH A HAMMER. CONTUSIONS TO FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| MANDIBLE CT-GOT HIT W/A HAMMER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| FX NOSE - HIT BRIDGE OF NOSE WITH HANDLE OF HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT IN FOREHEAD BY ACCIDENT W HAMMMER BY OLDER SIBLING AT HOME NO LOC D FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO NOSE AFTER HITTING HIMSELF BY ACCIDENT WITH A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMER FELL ON PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| CIP OF METAL FLEW INTO NOSE WHILE IN WELDING CLASS WHEN HE SLAMMED HAMMER DOWN/LAC NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 5 Y/O W/M SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREHEAD GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH A HAMM ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| MOM SAYS HAMMER FELL FROM CLOSET AND STRUCK PT'S NOSE. DX. NASAL FX W/ ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER ON ACCIDENT, CONTUSION L FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 5 YO M STRUCK ON FOREHEAD W/HAMMER LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT SELF ON FOREHEAD WITH HAMMER HE WAS USING AT HOME, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Tables |
| CONTUSION FOREHEAD - CHILD PULLED A HAMMER OFF TABLE AND IT HIT HER IN THE FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT REMODLING HIS KITCHEN REMOVING CABINET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND AND P IECE OF CABINET BOUNCED BACK AND HIT PT DX LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT FACE WITH HANDLE OF SLEDGE HAMMER, LACERATION L UPPER EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| BREAKING UP ROCKS, FRIEND SLEDGE HAMMERING ROCKS AND HIT IN HEAD WITH R OCK. FOREHEAD LACERATION, TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A HAMMER STRUCK HIMSELF IN FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS USING HAMMER AND METAL PIECE BROKE OFF. DX: METAL SLIVER L NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER LACERATION EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HAMMERING ON METAL AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF THE METAL BROKE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE FOREIGN BODY FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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