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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 426
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2006 | Age: 10 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 |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH HATCHET BY ACCIDENT DX SCALP LACERATION, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2006 | Age: 24 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 |
| PATIENT CAUGHT HIS AXE ON SOMETHING HITTING HIS HEAD WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX-CHI, HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT SLIPPED STRIKING HEAD AGAINST AXE LAYING ON GROUND, 5.4 CM LACERATION TO SCALP, STAPLE REPAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 47 YO HIT IN HEAD BY AXE HANDLE LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STS: STRUCK ON HEAD C AN AX ACC, H/A SINCE " H/A" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 30 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 |
| PT HIT HEAD WITH HATCHET TRYING TO PULL IT OUT OF A TREE ~LACERATION HEAD~ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SUPERFICIAL SCALP LACERATION WITH REPAIR: HATCHET FELL OFF SHELF IN SHED AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD, RT SIDE OF SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| BROTHER PICKED UP AX TO CUT WEEDS & HIT PT IN HEAD W/AX, DEEP LACERATIO N SIDE OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE, TREE LIMB HIT HEAD DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2006 | Age: 3 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 |
| LAC TO BACK OF HEAD, HIT SELF IN HEAD W/AXE DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CHOPPING WOOD AND A PIECE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. STATE S HE WAS STUNNED, DENIES LOC DX: 1.3 CM LAC TO FOREHEAD, CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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