Accidents - Hatchets or axes - Years 1997-2010 - Elbow

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 783
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	154
Year 1999:	193
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	83
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	58
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	110
Year 2007:	85
Year 2010:	32

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	165
26-50 years old:	433
50+ years old:	179

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
23 YOM HAS PART OF AXE STUCK IN ARM. DX: L ELBOW PW W/FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
FRIEND WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/HATCHET AND HIT PT'S ELBOW WHEN HE BROUGHT IT UP WHILE CAMPING. DX: L ELBOW CONT, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT INJURED ELBOW WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE. DX: LEFT OLECRANON BURSITIS, POSSIBLE GOUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT SWINGING AXE 3 WEEKS AGO, C/O SWOLLEN, PAINFUL L ELBOW RADIATING DOW N FOREARM DX: ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
FELL WHILE USING AN AXE CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT ELBOW WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE; ELBOW CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS TRYING TO BEND RIM ON TIRE, HIT ARM WITH AX, FX ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH 2 LB. HATCHET ALL WEEKEND. NOW UNABLE TO STRAI GHTEN ARM. D:ELBOW TENDONITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT WAS USING AN AXE AND CUT HIS RIGHT ELBOW. DX-5CM ELBOW LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT ELBOW TENDONITIS-PAIN SINCE CHOPPING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2000	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1999	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/1999	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Pipes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/1999	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/1997	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1997	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/1997	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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