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Accidents - Hammers - Year 2004 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 998
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:260
26-50 years old:667
50+ years old:69

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/02/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
BROKE WINDOW OUT OF "PARTS" CAR WHEN HAMMER WENT THRU WINDOW, CUT L WRI ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT WRIST WITH A HAMMER C/O WRIST PAIN RT WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
38 YO MALE HIT LEFT WRIST WITH HAMMER CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Hammers
PT C/O OF WRIST PAIN, PT IS A MASON WORKER, USES PICK HAMMERS REPEATEDL Y, SUSTAINED" RT CARPEL TUNLE SYSNDROME"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2004Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS USING A HAMMER TO PULL OUT NAILS, HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HI M ON THE WRIST. CONTUSION OF RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
WRIST STR. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION TO WRIST WHEN A HAMMER FELL ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PAIN IN WRIST AFTER HITTING FATHER. PAIN WORSE AFTER USING HAMMER ALL DAY AT NEIGHBORS. DX ; FRACTURE WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2004Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIENT WAS HIT ON THE WRIST WITH A HAMMER ACCIDENTALLY. DX-LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
WAS WORKING ON A DEMO CAR WITH A HAMMER AND HIT HIS RT HAND AND RT WRIST. CONTUSION TO RT HAND AND RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT WRIST WITH A CLAW HAMMER DX: L WRIST LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
21 YOF HAD BEEN USING A HAMMER WHILE REMODELING AT HER HOME; DEVELOPED PAIN IN RT. WRIST. SPRAIN, RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2004Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
LT WRIST FB-BEATING METAL W/A HAMMER-SLIVER OF METAL HIT WRIST-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER AND INJURED WRIST DX LT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Fences or fence posts
PT HIT WRIST WITH SLEDGEHAMMER AND THEN FELL OVER AND HIT SHOULDER ON F ENCE. D: WRIST SPRAIN, SOFT TISSUE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT WRIST WITH A HAMMER CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT HIT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER INJURY TO LEFT WRIST DX: FX LT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT HIT WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS LT WRIST.+
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hammers
PT MISSED WHILE SWINGING MAUL TO CHOP WOOD. DX: CARPAL-CARPAL DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
WAS USING A HAMMER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT WRIST WITH THE HAMMER INJURING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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