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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,520
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT ON HAND WITH AXE HANDLE/ CONTUSION RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 63 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 |
| L PALM LAC/63YOM WAS CUTTING KINDLING WITH SMALL HATCHETT, MISSED WOOD AND HIT INNER L PALM WITH HATCHETT SUSTAINING LACERATION.(2 HRS AGO) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 29 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 HURT WHEN USING A HATCHET TO CHOP FIREWOOD AT HOME. NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPT.DX: LT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 38 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, Tables |
| 38 YO HAD HATCHET FALL OFF TABLE TRIED TO CATCH IT INJURED HAND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HAND INJURY FROM CHOPPING WOOD, MISSED WOOD WITH AXE BUT HIT HAND. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | 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 - 47 YO FEMALE ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND WITH A HATCHET WHEN TRYING TO CHOP A PIECE OF WOOD AT HOME JPTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 47 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 |
| LACERATED L HAND WITH HATCHETT# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 56 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 HAND WITH A HATCHET AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 28 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 AXE WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD LAST NIGHT. DX: LACERATIO N LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 15 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 CUT HAND WITH HATCHET LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | 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, Other unpowered garden tools |
| CONTUSION HAND - 15 YOF CO PAIN IN RIGHT HAND - WAS GETTING A SHOVEL AN D BLUNT SIDE OF AXE FELL 4' ONTO HAND - HAND SANDWICHED BETWEEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 30 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 WHEN SHARPENING A HATCHET AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 42 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 LEFT HAND WITH HATCHET DX: LEFT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A HATCHET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 33 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 HIT L HAND WITH AXE CAUSING LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 37 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 WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: 10 CM L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX OPEN PUNCTURE WD/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION/SINUSITIS: CUTTING TREE WHILE GARDENING WITH AX (CULTIVATOR) AND HIT SELF THE DULL SIDE OF AX IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 29 YO M INJURED (L) HAND WHILE SHARPENING HATCHED BLADE IN JAIL DX: (L) HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 42 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 AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 65 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 |
| DX 2.8 SUPERFICAL LAC L PALM: ACC CUT HIS L PALM WHILE REMOVING HATCHET FROM CASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 15 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 CUT HAND WITH AXE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| HAND CT-HIT HAND W/ HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 23 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 LACERATION HAND # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| STRUCK LT HAND WITH AN AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD DX LACERATION TO HAND AND LT THUMB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| ACC CUT HAND USING HATCHET >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: L PALM SKIN AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 55 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/HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 0 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 |
| DX HAND LAC: PT STATES HE FELL ONTO AXE INJ THE RADIAL ASPECT OF RIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | 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 |
| CUT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX- 3 CM HAND LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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