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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 280
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| 30YOM WITH FRIEND TRYING TO PUT A TIRE ON IT'S RIM. FRIEND HIT TIRE WI TH A SLEDGEHAMMER BOUNCED BACK STRUCK MALE IN CHEST - CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 34 YO M HIT SELF WITH HAMMER ACCIDENTALLY. DX CHEST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| SM. METAL SHARPNEL L CHEST NEAR BREAST: 43YOM WORKING ON WIFE'S CAR, HITTING HAMMER ON HAMMER, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO CHEST, 2 WKS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 21 YOM BACK PAIN AFTER SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER AT HOME BREAKING UP FLOOR DX: UPPER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 12YOM- PT WAS WORKING ON A DECK, USED A HAMMMER TO NAIL WHEN IT POPPED AND HIT HIM TO THE CHEST. DX .25 PUNCTURE TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools |
| DX L LOWER RIB INTERCOSTAL STRAIN: 69YOM C/O R LOWER CHEST WALL PN STARTED AFTER CHOP' WOOD W MALLET & WEDGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls |
| 42 YOF WAS SWINGING HAMMER INTO WALL WHILE DOING RENOVATIONS AT HOME BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Saws |
| 40 YOM TRIPPED ON A HAMMER WHILE CARRYING A SAW. DX: BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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