Accidents - Hatchets or axes - Year 2006 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,145
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	43
16-25 years old:	173
26-50 years old:	557
50+ years old:	370

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 50 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
PATIENT WAS CHOPPING SOME WOOD WITH AN AX AND STRUCK THE DORSUM OF HIS LEFT HAND. DX-LACERATION TO DORSAL ASPECT OF LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. CUT R HAND W/AXE AT 5 PM. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/AXE AND WOOD STRUCK HIM IN RIGHT HAND AND FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 48 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
CUT HAND ON AX LAC. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 35 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
35 YO M LACERATION TO HAND WITH HATCHET*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 75 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 HIT HAND WITH AN AXE AND LACERATED HAND. DX: LEFT HAND LACERATION, DORSAL ASPECT ABOVE INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 14 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 THE INSIDE OF HIS HAND W/ AN AX. DX. LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 34 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
SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME WITH DOUBLE HEADED AXE, USED HAND TO OPEN WOOD A PART, SLIPPED CUTTING HAND. DX: LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
GOT SLIVER IN HAND FROM AXE HANDLE WHILE CAMPING. DX: FB HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 58 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
PT WAS USING AN AXE AT HOME AND HIT HIS HAND. DX: RIGHT SECOND METACA RPAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 75 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 AND DIDNT SEE A BRANCH ST ICKING UP AND HIT HAND ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 42 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, Alcohol
PT, WHO WAS USING AXE AS A HAMMER, LACERATED HAND. ETOH SMELL TO BREATH . D: HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 85 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
AT HOME REPLACING AXE HANDLE AND IT SLIPPED AND LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 22 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 CLEANING BARN AT GRANDFATHER'S LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 51 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
SUPERFICIAL LT HAND LACERATION WITH REPAIR: CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH AXE, AXE SLIPPED, CUT LT HAND WITH AXE FIREWOOD, NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 34 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 CUT SELF W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L HAND LAC 16 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Exercise
PT CUT HAND W/AXE WHILE HIKING. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	Age: 24 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 AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	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 SHARP- EDGED AXE WHILE CUTTING SMALL CHUNKS OF WOOD AT HO E. DX: LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
24 YOF CONTUSION HAND USING AN AXE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 31 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.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD & CUT HAND. DX; LAC.RT.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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