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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 212
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CUTTING WOOD W/AXE. DX: MID UPPER BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT. WAS CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME WITH AN AX, HAD CHEST PAIN DX: UNSTABLE ANGINA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/10/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| C/O MID CHEST PAIN AFTER PICKING UP HEAVY AXE/ COSTOCHONDRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHEST PAIN STARTED YEST, HAD BEEN CHOPPING WOOD W/AX 2 DAYS AGO. DX. A CUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN, CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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