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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 262
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/16/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SWUNG AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD AND INJURED FOREARM. DX-LACERATION LEFT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| FOREARM CT-INJURED WHILE USING AN AXE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| FOREIGN BODY FOREARM - 37 YO MALE REPORTS USING AN AXE LESS THAN ONE HO UR AGO - PIECE OF AXE BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED IN PT'S RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT FOREARM WITH HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT SELF ON FOREARM WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| R ARM HAS BEEN SWELLING AND TINGLING SINCE CHOPPING A TREE W AXE 3 DAYS AGO DX OVERUSE INJ R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LACERATION REPAIRED: SHARPENING AX WITH A WET STONE AND IT SLIPPED CUTTING FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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