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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,447
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 33 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 HATCHET WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT HAND WITH A HATCHET IN SHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL DX: L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 44 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 |
| PT STRAINED HAND WHEN USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2004 | Age: 56 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, Vises or workshop clamps |
| DEEP HAND LACS-AN AX FELL OUT OF VISE-LANDED ON PT'S HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2004 | Age: 15 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 WAS CUT W/AXE. DX: R HAND LAC 7 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 40YMC AXE HANDLE BROKE AND PIECE OF WOOD EMBEDDED INTO HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RIGHT HAND IN. PT INJURED HAND ON AN AX WHEN SPLITTING WOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/24/2004 | Age: 26 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 WITH HATCHET TRYING TO CUT KINDLING/ LAC RT HAND WITH EXTENSOR TENDON LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT L HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/ HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| C/O PAIN R HAND BEHIND 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS W/BRUISING WHILE CHOPPING WO OD, AX HANDLE PULLED THE 5TH DIGIT. DX. FX R PROXIMAL #5 HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 30 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 |
| PATIENT WAS USING AN AX TO SPLIT LOGS FROM A LARGE TREE; WEDGE OF LOT H IT HAND. FRACTURE, RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2004 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT WAS CAMPING AND CUT THE BACK OF HIS HAND WITH A NEW AXE. DX: 4 CM LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 48 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 |
| LACERATION L HAND - AXE FLEW BACK AND STRUCK HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | Age: 42 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 |
| BUSTING WOOD WITH AX, HURT L HAND DX L HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12YOM USING HATCHET TO CUT LIMBS IN YARD AT HOME CUT HIS LEFT HAND. HX HEMOPHILIA FACTOR VIII - DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2004 | Age: 12 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC L HAND/12YOM CUT L HAND ON A HATCHET WHILE CAMPING THIS PM AT ***. PARK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2004 | Age: 14 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 |
| LACERATION HAND - PATIENT CUT HIS LEFT HAND WITH AN AXE WHEN CUTTING FI REWOOD AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 37 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 |
| USING A HATCHET CUT HAND LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 16 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 HATCHET DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CLEARING BRUSH WITH AN AXE, HAND CAME BACK AND HIT AXE/ LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT R HAND WITH AX HANDLE DX HAND CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2004 | Age: 8 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 LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND WITH A HATCHET AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT PALM OF HAND WHILE USING A HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2004 | Age: 22 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 |
| CUTTING WOOD W/ AXE HANDLE SPLINTED SOMEHOW AND STRICKING HIS LEFT HAND DX HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2004 | Age: 11 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 |
| HANDING AX TO FRIEND AT NEIGHBORS, SLIPPED AND CUT OWN HAND. DX. LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2004 | 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 W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: L HAND LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2004 | Age: 59 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 LEFT HAND LACERATION: DISTRACTED BY WIFE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, INJURED HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2004 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54 YOM CUT THUMB WITH AX LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 46 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 SPLITTING KINDLING AT HOME. DX: LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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