Accidents - Hammers - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 937
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	161
16-25 years old:	111
26-50 years old:	539
50+ years old:	124

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG AFTER HITTING IT WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes
CHOPPING WOOD WITH A METAL HAMMER&CHISEL&WOODEN CHIP FLEW INTO LOWER LE G>>PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT LEG WITH CLAW OF HAMMER. DX LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALY HIT W HAMMER. LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LEG W/CLAW OF HAMMER. DX: R LEG LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING METAL, RLL LAC W/FB DX; RLL LAC, FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
DX CELLULITIS LEG/LOWER EXT SWELL'G/ANEMIA, MILD: PT HIT HIMSELF W HAMMER 3 D AOG. SINCE THEN LLE INC ERYTHEMATOUS AND ANK SWELL'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED LEG INJURY AFTER STEPPING ON A HAMMER AND IT FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIS SHIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
DX HEMATOMA, LLE: W HAMMER'G WOOD 6D AGO AND HAMMER GLANCED L LOWER LEG 2IN SQ HEMATOMA W GENERALIZED EDEMA & BRUISING AROUND IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
BLOW TO LOWER LEG WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HEMATOMA LT LOWER LEG *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UP ROCKS A PIECE FLEW HITTING LOWER LEG >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT (L) SHIN WITH A HAMMER HAS LAC AND CONT TO SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Chairs
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE THE LOWER LEG BY STRIKING SELF WITH A H AMMER WHILE TAKING APART A CHAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEG AFTER HITTING IT ACCIDENTALLY WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Tables
PT DROPPED A HAMMER ONTOP OF A GLASS TOP TABLE AND IT SHATTERED SUSTAIN ED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
16 YO M LACERATION TO LOWER LEG ACCDENTIALLY HIT BY HIS BROTHER WITH A HAMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT SELF WITH HAMMER DX: CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER, MISSED OBJECT HE WAS AIMING AT, HAMMER HIT RIGHT LOWER LEG DX: CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 45 YO FEMALE STATES SHE WAS USING HAMMER OVER HE R HEAD AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HER HAND AND THE CLAW PART STRUCK HER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LOWER LEG CT-HIT LEG W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
42YOM TWO WEEKS AGO AT HOME,ACCIDENTLY HIT CALF WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER; CALF CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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