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Accidents - Hammers - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 270
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:102
26-50 years old:167

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/06/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: HAMMER FELL ONTO CHEST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
47 YO M USING SLEDGE HAMMER HAND METAL INLODGE IN CHEST FOREIGN BODY CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT SELF IN CHEST WITH A HAMMER DX: CHEST LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT W/HAMMER 4 DAYS AGO, UNABLE TO BREATHE DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 24 YOM C/O PAIN LEFT RIB CAGE S/P LEANING ON A P IPE WHILE TRYING TO FIX IT THIS PAST TUESDAY, BANGING PIPE W/HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PENETRATING THORACIC WOUND. PT WS TRYING TO BREAK APART A PIECE OF META L AND A PIECE OF IT FLEW HITTING CHEST WHEN USING A SLEDGEHAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT PICKED UP A SLEDGE HAMMER INJURING HIS BACK AND NECK. DX-ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN, T3-T4 FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Clothing
PT STATES SHE FELL IN SNOW DRIFT AND HAD A HAMMER IN HER POCKET WHEN SHE FELL IT JABBED HER IN THE CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
BACK PAIN MID BACK TO LT SIDE. 2 DAYS AGO FELT PULL AND POP IN MID BACK WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER. DX; BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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