Accidents - Hammers - Year 2002 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 442
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	36
16-25 years old:	45
26-50 years old:	330
50+ years old:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
RT WRIST LAC-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS-AFTER HITTING & BREAKING GLASS W/A HAMMER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 48 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: Other
Product: Hammers
DROPPED A HAMMER ONTO WRIST;GANGLION NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HAMMERING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX: LEFT WRIST CONTUSION: HIT WRIST WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN: USING HAMMER AT HOME, FELT POP TO WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
USING HAMMER YEST. PM, HIT WRIST AT HOME. DX. CONT L WIRST, FB L WRIST .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIENT WORKING AT HOME AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT WRIST WITH HAMMER. D; WRIST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST - HIT WRIST WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT WAS PLAYING W/SLEDGE HAMMER AND HANDLE PIECE IMPALED WRIST.DX: WOOD EN FB L WRIST/HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT WRIST CONTUSION: STRUCK SELF WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT WRIST STRAIN: BENT WRIST BACK WHILE SWINGING HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT WRIST WITH HAMMER DX CONTUSION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
WRIST PAIN WHILE USING HAMMER. DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
$RT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS HAMMERING AND WRIST BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT HIT ARM WITH HAMMER, THEN FELT DIZZY AND FELL TO FLOOR WHI LE AT ***; WRIST CONTUSION, VASO-VAGAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
RIGHT WRIST PAIN. PT WAS POUNDING WITH A HAMMER AND INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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