Accidents - Hammers - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,000
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	192
Year 1998:	329
Year 1999:	179
Year 2000:	398
Year 2001:	636
Year 2002:	671
Year 2003:	270
Year 2004:	352
Year 2005:	133
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	366
Year 2008:	720
Year 2009:	297
Year 2010:	280

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	242
16-25 years old:	971
26-50 years old:	2,947
50+ years old:	839

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
HITTING HAMMERS TOGETHER W/FRIEND, PIECE OF METAL WENT IN R CHEST DX: PNEUMOTHORAX, CHEST FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 28 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
CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 49 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
WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO C/O UPPER BACK PAIN DX- MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
WAS HIT IN UPPER BACK WITH HAMMER BY 3 YEAR OLD BROTHER AT HOME, DIAGNO SES NOT STATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes
24 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO CHEST PIECE OF METAL IN CHEST WHILE USING HAMME R AND CHISEL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN CHEST WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER BROTHER SWUNG BACKWARDS AT HOME DX: RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
BACK PAIN HITTING TREE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER DX: THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 29 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
CHEST WALL STRAIN-PAIN AFTER SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER-1 DAY PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HITTING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT PT IN THE CHEST DX/ CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING ON A PROJECT,AFTER FINISHED HAD CP ACROSS LOW CHEST TO RT;ACH Y,CONSTANT. NSTEMI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
HAS PUNCTURE WUND TO CHEST WALL FROM HAMMER HEAD FRAGMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING 7D AGO - HEAD OF HAMMER CHIPPED - STRUCK CHEST. PAIN SINCE PNEUMONIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT.STATES AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN USING A HAMMER TO HELP BREAK UP CEMENT & NOTED CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED HIS MID BACK AFTER SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER. CHART DOESN'T SPECIFY WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, OR IF WORK INJURY. DX: MID BACK SPASM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/15/2008	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX PLEURISY: PRESENTS W SUDDEN ONSET L SIDED RIB PAIN W LAY'G ON H-WOOD FLOOR W L SIDE DOWN HAMMER'G NAILS INOT THE FLOOR BOARD; FELT POP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 38 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: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Hatchets or axes
PT HITTING A HAMMER AGAINST AN AXE,PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF,FLEW INTO PTS CHEST,DX FOREIGN BODY L CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
LT CHEST WALL PAIN: HIT IN RIB WITH WOOD SPLITTING MAUL 1-2 WKS AGO, STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 36 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION LT RIB CAGE, R/O FX: BREAKING DOWN SEMI TRUCK TIRES, BUDDYUSI NG SLEDGEHAMMER, OBJECT FLEW UP, HIT LT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Motor vehicles or parts
STRUCK CHEST WITH HAMMER WHILE WORKING ON CAR/ CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT WAS MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS AND USING HAMMER AT HOME. DX: UPPER BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 56 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: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE SWINGING A MAUL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
C/O TRAUMATIC RIB PAIN AND BRUISING, CHILD SWUNG SLEDGEHAMMER, HEAD CAME OFF IT HIT PATINET. DX-CONTUSION CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT WAS HITTING 2 HAMMERS TOGETHER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS CHEST. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
16 YOM HIT CHEST WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 50 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
CHEST WALL CT-ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF W/ SLEDGEHAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls
CHEST WALL PAIN; TEARING DOWN BASEMENT WALL THIS AM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN NOTED PAIN TO L SIDE OF CHEST RADIATING TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT AT HOOME SLEDGEHAMMERING CEMENT CHEST PAIN/ DX UPPER CHEST MUSCULAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT WAS USINGA HAMMER WHEN HE THINKS A FB SHOT UP AND HIT HIM IN THE CH EST- PT HAS A FB IN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIETN C/O RINB PAIN, FELL ON A HAMMER. DX-CONTUSION RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Tree stands
BUILDING TREE STAND AND HAMMERING AND CARRYING MATERIALS AND DEVELOPED SCAPULAR PAIN T6 COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT GOT PIECE OF HAMMER IN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 46 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION OF LT RIB, FOOT, TIB/FIB: BREAKING DOWN TIRES WITH SLEDGE- HAMMER, RIM HIT R LEG,LUG BOLTS HIT L RIB CAGE, NOT COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
BACK CT-STRUCK W/A WOOD HAMMER-NO DETAILS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 9 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
ACCID HIT IN CHEST W HAMMER BY UNCLE AT HOME DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Snow skiing
C/O PAIN IN RIB AREA WHEN SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER, HAD COLLISION ON SKI SLOPES LAST WEEK/ RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 55 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
FELL ON THE HANDLE OF A SLEDGEHAMMER. DX- CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
UPPER BACK MUSC PAIN/34YOM C/O BURNING MID/UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER SPLITT ING WOOD WITH A MAUL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 39 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
PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME STRUCK A HAMMER AGAINST THE AXEL A PIECE OF RUST FLEW OFF INTO CHEST FOREIGN BODY CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
43 YEAR OLD MALE USED SLEDGEHAMMER ON CONCRETE TODAY LEFT RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PAIN AFTER SWINGING HAMMER DX. UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
HITTING METAL WITH A HAMMER GOT A PICE OF METAL STUCK IN SKIN DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM TRUNK AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
FELL, HIT HAMMER ON R UPPER CHEST. DX CHEST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: HAMMER FELL ONTO CHEST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
47 YO M USING SLEDGE HAMMER HAND METAL INLODGE IN CHEST FOREIGN BODY CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT SELF IN CHEST WITH A HAMMER DX: CHEST LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT W/HAMMER 4 DAYS AGO, UNABLE TO BREATHE DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 24 YOM C/O PAIN LEFT RIB CAGE S/P LEANING ON A P IPE WHILE TRYING TO FIX IT THIS PAST TUESDAY, BANGING PIPE W/HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PENETRATING THORACIC WOUND. PT WS TRYING TO BREAK APART A PIECE OF META L AND A PIECE OF IT FLEW HITTING CHEST WHEN USING A SLEDGEHAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT PICKED UP A SLEDGE HAMMER INJURING HIS BACK AND NECK. DX-ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN, T3-T4 FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Clothing
PT STATES SHE FELL IN SNOW DRIFT AND HAD A HAMMER IN HER POCKET WHEN SHE FELL IT JABBED HER IN THE CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 31 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
BACK PAIN MID BACK TO LT SIDE. 2 DAYS AGO FELT PULL AND POP IN MID BACK WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER. DX; BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WORKING WITH A MALLET/DRIVING A 2 X 4 BOARD. HE LOST BALANCE & FELL. DX:BLUNT TRAUMA INJURY & PAIN TO UPPER RIB CAGE/UPPER TRUNK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
LEFT TRAP STR. PT WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 26 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, Containers
PT FELL LANDING ON A HAMMER WHEN CARRING BOXES AT HOME CAUSING CHEST INJ DX:CHEST BRUISES/ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
WAS STANDING BEHIND SOMEONE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER& THE HEAD CAME OFF STR IKING HER IN THE CHEST. CHEST TRAUMA
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 64 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAMMERING WITH A TACK, TACK FLEW IN RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT SWINGING A HAMMER IN TRADE SCHOOL CLASS STRAINED CHEST WALL MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 43 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
PT INJ SHOLDER BREAKING UP CEMENT WITH HAMMER DX: THORACIC STRAIN +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 37 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
PT SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME STRAINED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT WAS BREAKING UP TILES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 43 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: Other
Product: Hammers
SUBACUTE MI - CHEST AND SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT SELF IN R RIB AREA WITH A HAMMER. OP X-RAY SHOWS NO FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/2001	Age: 35 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2001	Age: 24 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2001	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2001	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2001	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2001	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2001	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2001	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2001	Age: 41 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2001	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/22/2000	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2000	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2000	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2000	Age: 23 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2000	Age: 37 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, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2000	Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Toolboxes or tool kits
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/1999	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1999	Age: 71 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/1999	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/25/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/1998	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/1998	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/1998	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/1998	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Tables
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/1998	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/1997	Age: 23 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/1997	Age: 35 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/1997	Age: 72 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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