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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,581
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH HAMMER/NASAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Ladders |
| HIT IN HEAD BY HAMMER HUSBAND WAS HOLDING WHEN HE BEGAN TO FALL OFF HIS LADDER. DX; LACERATION FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT WITH HAMMER, DX; BROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | 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 |
| PT.INJ.RT.EYEBROW AT HOME WHEN USING A HAMMER & SLIPPED HITTING SELF. DX; RT.EYEBROW LAC.2CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT HIT A DRAIN PIPE WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE CHEEK DX: FB REMOVAL RT FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 32 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 WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON CONRETE AND GOT HIT IN HEAD DX: FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 30 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 |
| GOT HIT IN FACE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT SELF ON HEAD W/HAMMER WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A NAIL. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 24 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 HIT WITH END OF HAMMER-EYEBROW LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT HIT HAMMER IN FACE WHILE POUNDING NAILS, CONTUSION ABOVE LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS USING HAMMER AND HIT SELF IN FACE, NASAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2007 | Age: 5 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 |
| 5 YOM ACCIDENTALLY GOT HIT IN LT EYE WITH A HAMMER, BY COUSIN- BLACK EYE. DX: LT EYE ORBIT ECCHYMOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 2 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 |
| PT GOT A HOLD OF A HAMMER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF DX: CONTU ON FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HEAD WITH A HAMMER. DX-LACERATION EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| HAMMERING CEMENT CHIP HIT FACE LAC /WOUND TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 31YOM WAS HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH A HAMMER. DX - SUPERFICIAL MID FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 33 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: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PUNCTURE EYELID - 33 YO MALE REPORTS HAMMERING METAL AND A PIECE OF THE METAL STRUCK HIS LEFT UPPER EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATIENT WAS OUTSIDE WITH DAD @ HOME WH HAD A SLEDGE HAMMER WAS STRUCK ON CHEEK AND MOUTH ACCIDENTALLY. DX-LACE CHEEK AND SIDE OF MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials |
| LAC UNDER L EYE; @ HOME, SHINGLING WHEN HAMMER CAME UP & HIT CHEEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 70 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, Ladders |
| 70 YO HIT IN FACE BY HAMMER WHEN FELL OFF TOP OF LADDER WHILE MOVING IT LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials |
| FRIEND DROPPED HAMMER 6 FEET FROOM ROOF AT HOME INJURING FOREHEAD. DX; LACERATION FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 39 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 SELF IN HEAD WITH A HAMMER TODAY AT FRIENDS HOUSE DX// FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER HIT SELF IN FACE 1CM LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 40 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 |
| HIT SELF IN FACE ACCIDENTALLY TO FOREHEAD LAC WITH HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 28 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 28 YOM WAS REMOVING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF I N THE FACE SUSTAINING A LACERATION RIGHT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 24 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT USING HAMMER TO PULL NAIL,HAMMER SLIPPED STRIKING PT IN FACE CAUSING CONTUSION/LAC OVER R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 22YMC TRYING TO HIT SPIDER ON TRUCK TIRE WITH HAMMER AND HAMMER BOUNCED BACK CLAW HIT EYELID/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 30 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 |
| 30 YO HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH HAMMER LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 33 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 |
| HIT IN NOSE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HANDLE WHEN IT RECOILED HAS NOSE BLEED DX- CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 47 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 |
| FACIAL CT-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A FALLING HAMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | 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 |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT IN FACE WITH RUBBER HAMMER AT HOME. DX: LACERATION FACE . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN NOSE WITH A HAMMER DX: NASAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 29 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 |
| 29 YO M LACERATION TO NOSE HIT WITH HAMMER CLAW WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRY PIECE OF WOOD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMER FELL ON HEAD/ FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2007 | Age: 6 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 |
| HIT ON FACE W/HAMMER, LACERATION EYEBROW, LARGE BRUISE TO BOTTOM EYELID & SWELLING/CONTUSION AROUND EYE-SMALL SCRAPE EYEBALL-NRM VISUAL ACUITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 3 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE FOREHEAD FROM BEING STRUCK WITH A HAMME R AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 18 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, Other manual workshop tools |
| 18 YOM RECEIVED LAC TO FACE WHILE USING A HAMMER AND PRY BAR, WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM ON THE FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD WITH A HAMMER WHILE PULLING OUT NAILS AT HOME DX: SUPERIFICAL LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | 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 |
| ACC HIT ONTHE FACE BY A HAMMER HELPING A FRIEND " LAC'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 33 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 GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE HAMMERING DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 3YOF WHILE PLAYING WITH HER BROTHER AT HOME,WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH A HAMMER IN THE FACE; FACIAL LACERATION TO THE LEFT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2007 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HAMMER AND A CHIP WENT UP INTO FACE SUST AINED A FB TON FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PLAYING W/SIB,SIB TAPPING SOMETHING W/A REAL HAMMER,PT LEANED IN TO WAT CH,HIT W/CLAW PART OF HAMMER ON EYEBROW BY ACCIDENT,NO LOC;LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN FACE WITH A HAMMER BY A FRIEND AT HOME DX// FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 2 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 |
| DAD HOLDING A HAMMER, PT WALKED BEHING HIM ACC STRIKING F.HEAD ON IT " LAC'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD WITH A HAMMER, WHILE PLAYING WITH JUNK CAR, IN BACKYARD- NO LOC. DX; FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREIGN BODY FOREHEAD WHEN PIECE OF METAL HE WAS HAMMERING ON FLEW INTO FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 29 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS FRONT PORCH AT HOME WHEN HANDLE OF HAMMER FLEW OF F AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. DX. FACIAL CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2007 | Age: 12 months | 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 FOREHEAD LACERATION: HIT SELF WITH HAMMER, TRIED TO LIFT ABOVE HEAD AND IT DROPPED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 INJ.RT.EYEBROW AT HOME WHEN USING A HAMMER TO HIT NAIL & NAIL FLIPPE D UP & HIT HIM. DX; RT.EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | 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 |
| CLAW PORTION OF HAMMER HIT L SIDE OF FACE. DX FACIAL LACERATION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | 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 |
| LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION.PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF WITH A HAMMER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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