Accidents - Hatchets or axes - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,307
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	217
Year 1999:	93
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	93
Year 2002:	195
Year 2003:	69
Year 2004:	99
Year 2005:	120
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	140
Year 2008:	150
Year 2009:	77
Year 2010:	15

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	75
6-15 years old:	34
16-25 years old:	186
26-50 years old:	778
50+ years old:	231

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX METAL FB R LEG: 32YOM METAL FRAGMENT F AXE; BROKE OFF & HIT R THIGH CHOPPING WOOD 5D AGO. LAC & BRUSING TO L, CAN FEEL HARD LUMP & BLDG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT THIGH LAC.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND HIT THIGH WITH AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD AND HIT LEG WITH AXE. DX UPPER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT LEG AFTER HITTING LEG WITH HATCHET WHILE CUT TING WOOD DX LACERATION TO LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS AT HOME WATCHING DAD CUT WOOD WITH AN AXE, DAD PUT IT DOWN FOR A SECOND, PT PICKED IT UP AND LACERATED RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS CAMPING; USING AN AX TO CUT DOWN A TREE; AX HANDLE BROKE AND HE WAS CUT IN UPPER LEG. LACERATION, LEFT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
R THIGH LAC/40YOM AT HOME CUT R THIGH WITH AN AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
14 YOM TOOK A HAMMER TO THE HEAD OF AN AXE TO TIGHTEN AND A CHIP FLEW U P AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT INNER THIGH. PT WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
2CM THIGH LAC-@ HOME-ACCIDENTLY HIT LEG W/A HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LAC TO L THIGH FROM HATCHET APPROX 1: LONG. DX. LAC L THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS INJURED WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH A HATCHET DX: 3 CM. LEFT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT FELL ONTO AXE. D: 6 CM L THIGH LAC, ALCOHOL INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
STATES FELL ON BUSH AX AND SUBSTAINED LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH. LACER ATION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
52 YOM WAS CUTTING DOWN THORN TREES WITH AN AX; GOT A THORN IN LEFT UPP ER LEG. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT UPPER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS HIT BY AXE 1 WK AGO, LACERATION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS HIT BY HATCHET SWUNG BY 4 Y/O AT PARK.DX: 3 CM R THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
REPORT OF FB IN L THIGH. PT SPLITTING LOG WK AGO. AXE HEAD CHIPPED INTO L THIGH. DX: METALLIC FB L THIGH/REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT IN KNEE W/ AXE HANDLE; DISTAL FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2001	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/1999	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1999	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/1998	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/1998	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1998	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/1998	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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