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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 582
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 34 Y/O M ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS L KNEE WITH AN AXE AT HOME DX: L KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC TO KNEE, COMPLICATED. PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT FIRE WOOD AND IT HIT HIS LEG, CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT SELF WITH AXE DX: RT KNEE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| ACCIDENTLY CUT L KNEE WITH AN AXE DX TRAUMATIC LAC L KNEE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 13YOM WHILE BUILDING A CABIN ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LT KNEE WITH AN AX; KNEE LACERATION,0.5CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A KNEE WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| WAS USING AN AX TO CHOP WOOD; ACCIDENTALY HIT RIGHT KNEE WITH AX. LACER ATION, RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT LT LEG W/HATCHET, LAC TO LT SIDE OF KNEE. DX: LT KNEE LAC, CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE - HIT KNEE CAP WITH AX HANDLE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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