|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 978
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 21 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, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT WAS CHOPPING A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH HATCHET AND CUT HAND. DX: 2 CM LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHILE USING AXE AT HOME. DX; L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 24 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 |
| LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A HATCHET AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | Age: 41 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 WITH AN AXE AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 41 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 |
| CUT HAND WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WHILE CAMPING. DX; LACERATIO N HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2007 | Age: 14 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: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 14 YOM CELLULITIS TO HAND DEVELOPED BLISTERS ON HAND AFTER USING AXE 3-4 DAYS AGO NOW WITHRED STREKS ON HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 25 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 YESTERDAY W/AN AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: 3 CM LAC R PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 46 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 4 CM: CUT LT PALM WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT LAC HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY LAC LT HAND WITH AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON AX HANDLE THAT BROKE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 73 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT USING HACHET-FB INTO HAND- FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HANDLE OF AN AXE HIT HAND DX: R HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | Age: 13 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 |
| PATIENT HOLDING AN AXE THAT IS USED "FOR SHOW" AND IT DROPPED CUTTING H IS HAND; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER CUTTING IT WITH AX WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | 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 |
| PT STRUCK HIS HAND WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE - FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2007 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18 YOM HIT SELF ON LEFT HAND WITH AXE SUSTAINING A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| PT HIT IN HAND WITH A HATCHET DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 10 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, Basketball |
| PT CUT HAND AT HOME WHEN PLAYING BASKETBALL AN UNAWARE OF AXE ON GROUND. FELL ON AXE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
