Accidents - Hammers - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,630
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	120
Year 2000:	102
Year 2001:	165
Year 2002:	84
Year 2003:	120
Year 2004:	216
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	135
Year 2007:	154
Year 2008:	283
Year 2009:	215
Year 2010:	15

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	122
16-25 years old:	180
26-50 years old:	883
50+ years old:	444

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
40 YOM WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON CONCRETE & PIECE OF HAMMER WENT INTO ARM. DX: FB L UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
46 YOM PT SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER & FELT POP IN UPPER ARM. BICEP MUSCLE DISRUPTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
HX OF PREVIOUS SHOULDER SURGERY-NOW HAVING INCREASED PAIN AFTER SWINGIN G A HAMMER DX R BICEPS MUSCLE STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN UPPER LEFT ARM FROM MAULS BEING HIT TOGETHER. DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM UPPER LEFT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT W/BUMPS ON ARM, ELBOW & ARMPIT X2-3DAYS, INJURED THUMB X1MONTH W/HAM MER; LIKELY BENIGN REACTIVE ADENOPATHY, POSS FROM PREVIOUS THUMB TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
HITTING A WEDGE WITH A MAUL, GOT METAL FOREIGN BODY IN UPPER ARM AT HOM E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
FOREIGN BODY IN R UPPER ARM FROM WHILE HE WAS HAMMERING AT HOME#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
USING HAMMER PIECE OF METAL HIT UPPER ARM. DX FB UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING A METAL OBJECT WHEN A PIECE FLEW OFF HITTING UPPER ARM >> PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PAIN AFTER USING SLEDGEHAMMER. DX- R UPPER ARM STRAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
LT DELTOID STRAIN AFTER USING A SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
FB L BICEP REMOVED/69YOM STS AT HOME WAS HAMMERING METAL AND PIECES CHI PPED OFF AND HIT L ARM. THINKS A PIECE IS STILL STUCK IN BICEP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT ARM WITH HAMMER, INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PAIN AFTER SWINGING HAMMER ALL DAY/UPPER ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
USING A HAMMER AND STRIKING METAL AND PIECE OF HAMMER METAL CAME OFF AN D STRUCK ARM FOREIGN BODY UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT FELT A POP WHILE HAMMERING LAST WEEK DX:TEAR RT BICEP MUSCLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HUMERUS FX-FELT PAIN WHILE USING A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT RUPTURED RT BICEP WHILE HAMMERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER DURING FIRE SCHOOL AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
BANGING ON WEDGE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER, METAL HIT UPPER ARM.DX; LACERATION UPPER . AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT INJ LT BICEP WHILE USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF METAL HIT ARM. DX: FB L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
FOREIGN BODY ARM - 25 YOM WAS HAMMERING METAL ON SATURDAY AND A PIECE F LEW UP AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN LEFT UPPER ARM, C/O DULL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
USING A HAMMER AT HOME AND NOW HAS ARM PAIN. RIGHT UPPER ARM STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
RT UPPER ARM LAC-AT HOME-HAMMERING METAL-FRAGMENT CUT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2001	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2001	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2000	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2000	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2000	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/1997	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Snow plows
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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