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Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 460
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:19
Year 2000:53
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:67
Year 2003:68
Year 2005:38
Year 2006:15
Year 2007:150
Year 2010:31

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/09/2010Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ELBOW STR. 81 YOM WAS USING A HAMMER TO PULL OUT SCREWS FROM SHED THAT HE WAS TEARING DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2010Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
69 YOM DX ELBOW PAIN - PT WAS BREAKING UP CONCRETE USING A HAMMER AT WHEN EXPERIENCING PAIN TO ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2007Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
65 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO ELBOW HAMMERING STEEL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO ELBOW*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
51 Y/O M INJURED L ELBOW WHEN SPLITTING ROCK WITH MAUL AND STEEL WEDGE, PIECE OF METAL HIT ELBOW AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
USED SLEDGE HAMMER FOR 3 DYS NOW C ELBOW PAIN " ELBOW INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HYPEREXTENDED ELBOW WHEN MISSED OBJECT WHILE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER YEST . DX. FX R DISTAL HUMERUS (ELBOW).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
HURT ELBOW YESTERDAY WHILE HAMMERING DX RIGHT ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
56YM USING A HAMMER ALOT, WHILE BUILDING A GARAGE DX; R ELBOW PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2001Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2000Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2000Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/1997Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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