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Accidents - Hammers - Year 2008 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 154
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:59
26-50 years old:94

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
16YOF WAS PULLING NAILS OUT USING A HAMMER,DEVELOPED PAIN IN ELBOW AFTER MOVING HAMMER BACK AND FORTH AT HOME;RT ELBOW FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
INJURY RIGHT ELBOW FROM USING A HAMMER FOR SEVERAL HOURS. DX-RIGHT LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS, RIGHT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCITENTALLY STRUCK ELBOW WITH A HAMMER, C/O ELBOW PAIN. DX-CONTUSION ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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