Accidents - Hammers - Year 2003 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,574
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	327
6-15 years old:	299
16-25 years old:	723
26-50 years old:	837
50+ years old:	386

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK WHEN A MAN WAS WORKING SWINGING A LEDGE HAMM ER ACCIDENTLY GRAZED PTS FACE CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
22 YO M USING HAMMER ACCIDENTLY HIT FACE CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 46 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
LAC ABOVE L EYEBROW PULLING A BOARD OFF GARAGE W/HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM. ETOH. DX. LAC FH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT ADMITS TO ALCOHOL AND COCAINE USE - PT STATES HE WAS CUT WITH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 54 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
DX FOREHEAD LACERATION: HAMMER FELL AND HIT PT'S FOREHEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
USING A HAMMER & IT SLIPPED HIT SELF IN THE FACE DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2003	Age: 13 months	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
HAMMER FELL ON PTS FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT FOREHEAD WITH A HAMMER DX: FORHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FOREHEAD LAC-HIT SELF W/A HAMMER ACCIDENTLY-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 36 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 C/O BEING HIT IN THE FOREHEAD WITH HAMMER ON ACCIDENT NO LOC RT SIDE OF NECK ABRASION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF IN HEAD WITH HAMMER/ EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION TO NOSE WHEN STRUCK BY A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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, House repair or construction materials
L EYELID ABRAS/9YOM STS WHILE USING HAMMER AT HOME, HIT BOARD & HAMMER BOUNCED BACK HITTING PT L OF L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN FACE WITH A HAMMER WHILE RIPPING OUT FLOORING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
27 YO MALE HAD HAMMER FALL ON HEAD LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
STRUCK SELF WITH HAMMER-LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH HAMMER DX. FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HAMMER FELL, HIT FACE DX. FACIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION EYE AREA - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A FLY ING HAMMER 2 X 2 CM LACERATION TO LEFT EYE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 25 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: Laceration
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN HEAD W/ HAMMER CLAW DX; 3.5CM FOREHEAD LC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT HEAD WITH HAMMER - LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
11 Y/O M ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD WITH HAMMER AT HOME. DX; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 18 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: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Bathtubs or showers
18 YOM USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UP BATH TUB LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A HAMMER AT HOME WHEN HE FELL SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 4 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
4 Y/O F INJURED NOSE WHEN SHE WAS STANDING BEHIND HER FATHER WHO WAS US ING A HAMMER AT HOME. DX; FACIAL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT BY BROTHER IN HEAD WITH A HAMMER AT HOME, INTENT NOT STATED ; PERIORBITAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 18 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
ACCIDENTALLY HIT RIGHT CHEEK JUST BELOW EYE WITH END OF HAMMER WHEN HAMMER SLIPPED WHILE PULLING OUT NAIL AT HOME. DX LACERATION RT CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	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
DX CHIN CONTUSION: USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO BREAK UP CONCRETE, PIECE OF CONCRETE FLEW UP AND HIT PT'S CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 40 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 RECEIVED CUT TO CHEEK WHEN HIT SELF WITH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
USING A HAMMER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS FACE WITH IT AND INJ TOOTH;PUNC TURED CHEEK;CELLULITIS NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
22 YOM - HIT SELF IN HEAD IWTH CLAW OF HAMMER, NO LOC DX - FOREHEAD LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
6 YOWM WAS IN BACKYARD WHEN HE TRIPPED AND HIT HIS NOSE ON A HAMMER. DX . LACERATION NASAL BRIDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 54 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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE FACE WHEN HE STRUCK A MAUL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A HAMMER DX: FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 52 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 ACCIDENLTY HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH HAMMER DX: 3.5 CM LAC TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT HIS HEAD WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME. DX-RIGHT FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 20 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
PT SEEN FOR FACIAL LAC WHEN HE STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD WHILE PULLING A NAI L OUT W/ THE CLAW OF THE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
51 YOWM WAS LYING ON HIS BACK HAMMERING WHEN THE HAMMER ACCIDENTALLY HI T HIS NOSE. DX. NOSE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIENT PULLED HAMMER DOWN AND HIT EYE; FACIAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
HEMATOMA FOREHEAD AND SUPERFICIAL CUT WHEN HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 28 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 BY METAL FROM SLEDGE HAMMER, FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	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
PT GOT HIT IN THE NOSE WITH A HAMMER DX: NASAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
44 YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE FACE WITH A HAMMER; LACERATION OF FO REHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
USING SLEDGE HAMMER, ROCK CHIP STRUCK CHIN AND LOWER LIP/ CHIN AND LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 20 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 LACERATION.PT WAS HITTING A NAIL WITH HAMMER AND NAIL POPPED UP AND HIT PT IN THE FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Bicycles or accessories
LT FOREHEAD LAC-AT HOME-HIT SELF W/ RUBBER MALLET-WORKING ON A BIKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FAC LAC, PT HIT HIMSELF IN THE FACE WITH A CLAW HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT SELF IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER WHILE PULLING A NAIL OUT DX: LAC LT SUPRAORBITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
5 YOM HIT IN NOSE WITH HAMMER CONTUSION NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT ON EYEBROW WITH SLEEDGE HAMMER HANDLE DX EYE BROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 56 years	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
CONTUSION FACE - PATIENT REPORTS TIP OF HAMMER FELL OFF AND HIT HER BET WEEN THE EYES - CHIPPING ICE WITH A HAMMER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WAS HIT WITH A WOOD SPLITTING MAUL DX: FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	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, Fences or fence posts
HELPING TO REPAIR A FENCE AND THE METAL PART OF A SLEDGE HAMMER CAME OF F AND HIT HER IN THE HEAD. NO LOC. DIZZY. DX. FACIAL CONT. /ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
17 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH HAMMER CLOSED FRACTURE NASAL BONE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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