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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 451
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/01/2005 | Age: 71 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 |
| CHOPPING ROOTS WITH AXE, AXE CAUGHT ON CLOTHESLINE AND HIT HEAD/ SCALP,FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 48 YO HIT IN BACK OF HEAD W/AXE HANDLE HEAD INJURY-TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 25 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 |
| *** FELL ON HEAD AT HOME INJURING SCALP. DX: LACERATION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT DX LACERATION OF SCALP/FOREHEAD - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW,HIT IN HEAD BY FIRE AXE BY FRIEND YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Basketball |
| SWINGING AXE HANDLE WITHOUT BLADE AT A BASKETBALL AND STRUCK FOREHEAD H EAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX HEAD CONTUSION: FELL WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE, HIT HEAD ON GROUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| AX HIT HEAD LACER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| SWINGING AXE & STRUCK SELF W/ BLUNT END OF AXE ON ACCIDENT. FACIAL LAC & HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHI, HIT IN HEAD WITH AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HATCHET FELL ON HEAD ACCIDENTALLY AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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