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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 612
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HEMATOMA TO ARM WHEN USING A HAMMER TO HAMMER NAILS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 45 YO HAMMER BROKE AND METAL PIECE STRUCK ARM FOREIGN BODY FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT HIT RT FOREARM WITH HAMMER AND INJ IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| 40 YOM WAS HIT WITH HAMMER CLAW LAST NIGHT P/W FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| L FA FB HAMMERING METAL DX; FB L FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT LOWER ARM WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| SLEDGE HAMMER FELL ON ARM, DX; CONTUSION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS STANDIG NEAR HIS DAD WHO WAS USING A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE HAMMER AND LODGED IN HIS L FOREARM. DX FB L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| HIT ARM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. DX FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Scaffolding |
| FOREARM PAIN-AFTER USING A HAMMER & LIFTING SCAFFOLDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PATEINT HURT WHEN HITTING 2 HAMMERS TOGETHER. PEICE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND FELL INTO ARM. DX: PUNTURE WOUND TO RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| WORKING AT HOME WHEN A METAL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF HAMMER AND PENETRATED A RM. DX FB ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT STRUCK FOREARM WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. D:FOREARM CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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