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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,663
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	218
Year 1999:	80
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	50
Year 2002:	30
Year 2003:	197
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	130
Year 2006:	211
Year 2007:	239
Year 2008:	89
Year 2009:	84
Year 2010:	190

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
59YOM FELT POP RT WRIST WHILE SWINGING HAMMER/ RT WRIST INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials
61 YOM FELL ONTO FLOOR INJURING WRIST AND RE-INJURED WRIST WHEN HE BEGAN USING A HAMMER. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
51 YOM SUS PUNCTURE TO WRIST AFTER HITTING IT WITH HAMMER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Pipes
BRUISING, SPRAIN, CONT. LT WRIST: 52YOF DRIVING PIPE INTO GROUND WITH HAMMER, ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF W/ HAMMER, L HAND & WRIST HURT,HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
61YOM SUSTAINED WRIST SPRAIN WHILE USING A HAMMER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WITIH CONTUSION TO WRIST FROM USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
USING SLEDGE HAMMER AT HOME WHEN L HAND SLIPPED TWISTING WRIST DX SPRAIN L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
WRIST PAIN AFTER USING R HAND FOR HAMMERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
WRIST FX-HIT WRIST W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
WRIST SPRAIN-FELT PAIN WHILE SWINGING A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Hammers
70YOM WHILE AT HOME WAS USING A HAMMER,WAS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING AF IST;ACUTE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
R WRIST TENDONITIS/57YOM WAS HAMMERING REPETITIVELY 4 DAYS AGO AND DEVE LOPED PAIN. PAIN PERSISTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT WRIST LACERATION: USING HAMMER TO PULL NAILS FROM WOOD, HAMMER SLIPPED AND INJURED WRIST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. DX: FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT SUS STRAIN TO WRIST WHEN HAMMERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
C/O RT WRIST PAIN, WAS HAMMERING YESTERDAY/ TENDONITIS RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT HAMMERING YESTERDAY AT HOME HAS PAIN TODAY DX// RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Ladders
PT COMING DOWN LADDER HAMMER FELL HITTING WRST @ HOME DX L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Other toys
SPRAIN WRIST - 51 YOM C/O LEFT WRIST PAIN, USING HAMMER TO PUT TOY TOGE THER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PATIENT USING HAMMER AND NOW WRIST HURTS. DX: STRAIN TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
HIT WRIST YESTERDAY WITH HAMMER-LT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT STATES HE WAS HAMMERING; SWOLLEN RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT HIT WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS LT WRIST.+
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials
PT SWINGING A HEAVY HAMMER BREAKING UP FLOOR TILING STRAINED RIGHT WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O RT ARM INJURY.PT HIT RT ARM WHILE HAMMERING NAILS. DX WRIST SPRA IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LT WRIST CT-HIT WRIST W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.PT HAD A HAMMER FALL AND HIT PT IN THE WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes
PATIENT WAS HITTING A CHISEL WITH A HAMMER, PIECE OF STEEL FELL HITTING HIM IN THE WRIST. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT WRIST WITH FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
RT WRIST LAC-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS-AFTER HITTING & BREAKING GLASS W/A HAMMER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST - HIT WRIST WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2001	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2001	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2001	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers, Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/1998	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/1998	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/1998	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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