Accidents - Hatchets or axes - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 8,118
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	223
6-15 years old:	1,549
16-25 years old:	1,802
26-50 years old:	3,366
50+ years old:	1,176

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	3,005	Hand:	1,095
Foot:	507	Lower Leg:	481
Toe:	440	Knee:	440
Eyeball:	304	Face:	267
Lower Trunk:	244	Shoulder:	218
Upper Leg:	195	Head:	171
Ankle:	159	Wrist:	145
Lower Arm:	143	Upper Trunk:	84
Ear:	68	Mouth:	67
Neck:	30	All Of Body:	15
Elbow:	15	Upper Arm:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT L INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET ACCIDENTALLY. DX. FX L INDEX FINGER, LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HOMELESS IN THE WOODS CUTTING OFF SOME TREE LIMBS WITH A HATCHET TO MAKE A FIRE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: FX/LAC L RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT LOWER LEG WHEN PUNCTURED WITH STEEL FROM AXE WHILE SHOPPING WOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A TREE, FOR CHRISTMAS, WITH AN AXE WHEN SHE MISSED AND CUT HER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT WITH AXE-LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 79 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: Hatchets or axes
79 Y.O. W MALE W/CHEST CONTUSION. PT FELL ON AN AXE HANDLE. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
19 YO BM - LACERATION FINGER L HAND - ACCIDENTALLY CUT WITH AX DROPPED ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, CUT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT FINGER WHILE SHARPENING AX DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
50 Y/O W/M CUT TOP OF FOOT WITH AX WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Clothing accessories
SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN BLUNT END HIT GLOVED HAND AND LAC FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
43 YO M HAD HATCHET FALL LANDING ON FINGER AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD; AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
L HAND LAC/31YOM CUT L HAND WITH AN AXE APPROX 5 MIN AGO. WAS CUTTING CHICKENS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LACERATION TO HAND 14 YO WM HURT HAND ON AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
CARDIAC ARREST-COLLAPESED -CHOPPING WOOD-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
11 YOM USING HATCHET FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT IN (L) HAND W/AXE. C/O PAIN @ BASE OF THUMB. SMALL CUT ON DORSAL HAND. DX: CONTUSION (L) HAND W/SUPERFICIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
WHILE WALKING BAREFOOT CAME ACROSS AXE RT 4TH TOE LAC DX LAC RT 4TH TOE 1CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT MIDDLE FINGER LAC-DROPPED AN AXE ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
15 YOWM WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE. AXE GOT CAUGHT IN A CLOTHES LINE AND CUT PTS EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hatchets or axes
POISON IVY BOTH HANDS - DEVELOPED RASH AND SWELLIN OF HANDS AFTER CHOPP ING UP WOOD FOR A FIRE USING AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT EYE ABR. PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LACERATION OF FOREHEAD, CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND HIT SELF WITH AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX LACERATION LEFT HAND: CUT HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD AND CUT FINGER W/AXE. DX: RADIAL TIP AVULSION L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT WAS SWINGING AXE AND SHOULDER. POPPED. DX: SPRAIN TO RIGHT SH OULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT SHOULDER STRAIN-SINCE CHOPPING WOOD-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
LOW BACK PAIN-AFTER "CHOPPING WOOD"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
35 YOWM WAS USING AN AXE TO BREAK UP CONCRETE WHEN THE AXE BECAME CAUGH T IN A CLOTHES LINE AND "RECOILD BACK ON PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
RIGHT EYEBROW LAC, PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND A PIECE OF WOOD CAME FLYING UP AND HIT FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT HAND WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, PIECE FLEW AND HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 18 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: Hatchets or axes
18 YOM SWINGING AXE AT SCHOOL FELT WRIST POP SPRAIN R WIRST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LAC L GRT TOE; CHILD PLAYNG BAREFOOT OUTSIDE @ HOME, PER RN, MOM UNSURE WHAT CHILD CUT ON, PER MD, "FOUND HATCHET & HIT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING FIREWOOD. DX: 1.5 CM LAC R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/ AXE, HURT RT. SHOULDER DX: STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
USING AXE, CHOPPED PIECE OF WOOD WHICH THEN SLIPPED & CUT RT 4TH DIGIT. ACUTE 2IN. FLAP LAC RT 4TH FINGER@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT L SHIN WITH A HATCHET WHILE CUTTING DOWN A TREE DX: LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
NOTICED PAIN ONE HOUR AFTER CHOPPING WITH HATCHET AND PICKING UP STONES WHILE GARDENING. DX: LEFT 5TH FINGER EXT TENDON RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT HATCHET TO RT KNEE, CUTTING HIS KNEE. 11/2 CM LACERATION RT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND LACER ATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.CUT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER LT.HAND WITH AXE AT HOME. DX-LACERATION LT.INDEX /MID FINGER W/CONTUSION LT.HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT FINGER WITH AXE OPEN FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS HIT BY AXE 1 WK AGO, LACERATION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT FINGER W/AN AXE. DX: LAC L INDEX 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT AND BROTHER HOLDING ONTO AXE, BROTHER LET GO HITTING PATIENT ON BRIDGE OF NOSE AT HOME; NOSE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LACERATION L FOOT, CHOPPING WOOD, SLIPPED AND HIT ANKLE.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
F.B. RIGHT LOWR ARM - HELPING FATHER CHOP WOOD WITH HATCHET AND SOMETHING STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
AVULSION FINGER - PATIENT USING HATCHET AT HOME CHOPPED TIP OF RIGHT TH UMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STUCK FINGERS UNDER HATCHET WHILE NEIGHBOR WAS CHOPPING WOOD. DX: LACS R FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGER TIPS NONSUTURED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/ AXE, GOT PIECE INTO LT. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
20 YOWF WAS USING A HATCHET TO CUT WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
19-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FOOT FROM AN AX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT SUFFERED HAND SWELLING & NUMBNESS AFTER BEING HIT WITH AN AXE. DX: WOUND RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND. CUT HAND WITH AN AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
15 Y/O MALE WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
4 Y.O. B MALE W/LAC TO EYEBROW. PT GOT OUT HIS DAD'S PICK AXE & HIT SEL F IN THE FACE @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT HAND WITH AN AXE; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT METAL IN EYE FROM SANDING AN AXE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WITH AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD/ FX, LAC LT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT 2ND & 3RD FINGER LACS-AT HE PARK-CHOPPING WOOD-HATCHET HIT HIS FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT 1ST FINGER LAC-AT HOME-CHOPPING A HEDGE W/ HACHET-HIT FINGER W/ HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/AXE HANDLE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: FACIAL LAC 2 CM/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER ON AXE BLADE DX. FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT UPPER LIP LAC-HATCHET SLIPPED OFF A LOG & HIT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT WITH HATCHET-LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
=22YOM USING AXE HIT SELF IN FACE INJ TO HEAD DX/BLUNT TRAUMA FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
5YOM HIT IN HEAD W/ AX WHILE BROTHER WAS CHOPPING WOOD. DX: 1CM SCALPLA C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND WHILE SHARPENING AN AX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hatchets or axes
USING AXE PICK IN GARDEN HURT SHOULDER DX: DISLOCATION RT. SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT SELF IN KNEE WITH HATCHET/ LT KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT R THUMB WITH AXE 30 MIN PTA-DX-ACUTE THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET WHEN IT BOUNCE OF THE WOOD AND HIT HIS ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME, INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Ceilings and walls
SCALP LACERATION- HEAD INJURY- SUSTAINED WHEN HE FLUNG A PICK AXE OV ER HIS SHOULDER , HIT THE CEILING AND FELL ON HIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. WAS RUNNING WITH AN AX, FELL AND CUT HER FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT LEG WITH A HATCHET DX: LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
FRACTURE PATELLA, CLOSED - WAS PULLING A CAR OUT OF A MUD AREA, STATES THE HATCHET FLEW BACK HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE, CLAIMS SPEED ABOUT 90MPH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CARRYING A HATCHET AT HOME, BUMPED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HATCHET CAUSING A LACERATION. DX LACERATION LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS WALKING BEHIND UNCLE WHO WAS USING AN AXE - PT WAS STRUCK ON LEF T FOREHEAD. D: 1CM LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
SPLITTING WOOD WITH HATCHET AND HAMMER HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
=13YOM AXE FEL ON TOE AT CAMPGROUNDS DX/LAC L GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT LACERATED LEG CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, R LOWER EXTREMITY LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes, Chain saws
PUNCHED A CAR WITH HAND 2 DAYS AGO, MORE PAINFUL NOW WHEN RUNS CHAIN SA W OR CHOPS WOOD WITH AXE. DX; BOXER FRACTURE HAND. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT CUT HER FOOT WITH A HATCHET AT HOME. DX-LACERATION FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT KICKED WITH AX AT CAMP, ABRASION L LEG SUPERFICIAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, AXE HIT HEAD THEN FINGER. DX: OPEN FRACTURE FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
DROPPED AN AX ON HER L KNEE 3-4 DAYS AGO. L KNEE PAIN $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT 1ST FINGER LAC-HIT FINGER W/AN AX WHILE CUTTING WOOD WHILE CAMPING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WITH AN AX DX: FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER ON HATCHET-MULTIPLE LACERATIONS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 6 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: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
6-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HIS TOE WHEN AN AXE FELL ON HIS FOOT WHI LE CAMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
28 Y/O M C/O LAC LEFT HAND - CUTTING WOOD WITH AX.DX: LACERATION LEFT H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PARENTS STATE CHILD STEPPED ON A RECENTLY SHARPENED AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD.DX: 3.5 CM LAC L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS HIT BY HATCHET SWUNG BY 4 Y/O AT PARK.DX: 3 CM R THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX LACERATION RIGHT KNEE: CUT SELF WITH AX WHILE CHOPPING TREES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER CHOPPING WOOD WITH 100 LB.AX E. D: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT HAND WITH AN AXE/RT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT HAND CONTUSION: CAMPING, CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET, CUT SELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PAIN BASE OF (L) THMB. CAR DOOR SLAMMED 1WK AGO FELT "POP". TODAY USING AXE FELT "POP" AGAIN. X-RAY(-). DX: (L) THUMB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT MEDIAL ANKLE LAC. CUT ON AXE BLADE WHILE AT THE RIVER. DX; 1 CM FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT HAND ON AN AXDX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
LOWER LEG CONTUSION - WAS CUTTING BRANCHES WITH A HATCHET STRIKING HISL EFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hatchets or axes
CRUSHED W/ HATCHET; CRUSH INJ TV FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. STRUCK SELF WITH AN AXE ON LOWER LEG WHILE CUTTING A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT DX LOW BACK STRAIN - AFTER SWINGING A HEAVY AXE "I HURT MY BACK"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LACERATION KNEE - VICTIM WAS USING A HATCHET TO CLEAR BRUSH - HATCHET B OUNCED AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
LT UPPER ARM FB-WHILE CAMPING-CHOPPING WOOD W/ HATCHET-HATCHET GOT STUC K IN WOOD-PT HIT HATCHET W/ A HAMMER-HAMMER BROKE & HIT PT'S ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
LT CORNEAL AB-WOOD CHIP IN EYE WHILE HELPING CHOP A TREE STUMP @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT ANKLE W/ AXE HANDLE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD; LT ANKLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Tables
A HATCHED FELL OFF A TABLE AT HOME AT 2200 AND STRUCK HER LEFT GREAT TOE. DX LACERATION LEFT GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-CHOPPING WOOD-CHIP HIT HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT LEFT HAND WITH A HATCHETDX: LACERATION RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
46 YO M CUT FINGER WITH AN AXE LAC FINGER,COMPLICATED W/TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS OUT IN THE WOODS CUTTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET AND CUT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRAIN LOW BACK - VICTIM STATES ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER CHOPPING W OOD WITH AN AXE - PAIN AND TENDERNESS IN LOW BACK MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT USING AN AXE AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
WAS OUT IN WOODS CUTTING A LOG WITH AXE AND OIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND HIT SIDE OF FACE , CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET MISSED AND HIT KNEE LAC RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT 5TH FINGER CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A HATCHET IN YARD AND FELT A POP I N FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STRIKING AT A TREE STUMP WITH AN AXE AT HOME WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STRU CK HIMSELF IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT BENT OVER WHEN STRUCK ON EYE BY AXE HANDLE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LAC (L) FOREARM, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH AN AX, C/O BLEEDING. LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PARTIALLY AMPUTATED THUMB WITH AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX RIGHT SHIN LACERATION: HIT SELF WITH AXE HANDLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT-INJURED FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE DX-2.5 CM FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT-INJURED LEFT HAND WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD DX- 10 CM LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CORN ABR. PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AX AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING AN AXE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
20 Y.O. W MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT INJ SELF ON BRUSH AXE. E9204
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/AXE AND CUT THUMB. DX: CONT, NON SUTURED LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND HATCHET HAND, OPEN FX INDEX FINGER , TENDON, 4 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
SUPERFICIAL LAC L INDEX FINGER CT FINGER WITH AXE WHEN CUTTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRAIN LOW BACK - VICTIM PRESENTS FROM HOME AFTER USING AXE TO CUT FIRE WOOD AND EXPERIENCING SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING INTO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
RT EYE FB-@ HOME-SHARPENING AN AXE ON A GRINDER-GOT A SHAVING IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
FACIAL LACERATION - WAS SHARPENING A HATCHET AND FELL FORWARD LACERATIN G LEFT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT INDEX FINGER FX AND CONTUSION,DYSPNEA-BANGED FINGER WITH AN AX HAND LE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
LOW BACK PAIN, SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS HITTING A TREE STUMP WITH AN AX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes, Chain saws
HAND, WRIST PAIN AFTER CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AND SAWING WITH CHAIN SAW AT HOME. DX: TENOSYNOVITIS HAND, WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN HE HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FINGER LACERATING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
SWELLING PALMAR SURFACE OF HAND AFTER CHOPPING WOOD, AX HAND HURT HAND. RIGHT HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: L INDEX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
REPORT OF FB IN L THIGH. PT SPLITTING LOG WK AGO. AXE HEAD CHIPPED INTO L THIGH. DX: METALLIC FB L THIGH/REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT TOE WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT FINGER WITH AN AXE WHILE CHOPPING SPLINTERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/AXE. DX: 1 CM L FIFTH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT BY HATCHET; LT THUMB FX W/ EXTENSIVE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRAIN CHEST WALL - VICTIM PRESENTS WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN - ONSET WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
AMPUTATION FINGERTIP - VICTIM ACCIDENTLY CUT OFF TIP OF LEFT INDEX FING ER WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: LAC/PARTIAL AVULSION L INDEX 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT SELF ON LEFT ANKLE WITH AN AXE AT HOME, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT IN KNEE W/ AXE HANDLE; DISTAL FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
18 Y/O F INJURED L THUMB WHILE USING HAND AX AT GRANDMAS HOUSE. DX; AVULSION TIP OF L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT BY HATCHET; LT 2ND FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STRUCK LEG WITH AX, ACUTE LEG LACERATION WITH CORTICAL TIBIA DEFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME, AXE HANDLE FELL ON FOOT. DX: CONTUSON FOOT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT ELBOW TENDONITIS-PAIN SINCE CHOPPING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
19 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER WITH AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOM E. DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
ABRASION CORNEA - VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING WAS CHOPPING WOOD A ND GOT A PIECE OF WOOD INTO HIS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
CERVICAL STRAIN-SINCE CHOPPING WOOD-12-31-01
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING CHICKEN DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
CERVICAL STRAIN-1 DAY AFTER CHOPPING WOOD @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
FINGER LACERATION - CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT HIS RT KNEE ON AN AX. DEEP LACERATION LATERAL RT KNEE. 3CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AX DX: LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT SELF WITH AXE DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
29 Y.O. W MALE W/FACIAL LACS. PT STS WAS CHOPPING WOOD & AX HANDLE BROKE & HIT PT IN FACE. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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