Accidents - Log splitters - Year 2003 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,768
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	86
16-25 years old:	240
26-50 years old:	1,399
50+ years old:	1,041

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
70 Y/O F INJURED L THUMB WHILE USING LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
42YOMC SMASHED THUMB BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTTER AND TRAILER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT MASHED HIS FINGERS IN A WOOD SPLITER. DX-LEFT 3RD PROXIMAL PHALANX FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER DX: L THUMB LAC. / FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGER LAC-INJURED ON A LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FX R 4TH FING/44YOM CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
TOSSING WOOD-HIT FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER OPEN FX INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
AMPUTATION FINGER - 51 YOM AMPUTATED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER W ITH A WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER FINGER FROM GETTING IT CAUGHT BETWEEN W OOD AND A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT. CUT THE END OF RING FINGER ON L HAND WITH A WOOD SPLITTER. DX. LAC /FX L INDEX FINGER TUFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
INJURED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC. / CRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT INJURED USING A LOG SPLITTER; CRUSH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND CAUGHT FINGER IN HYDRAULIC MECHANISM AMPUTATI NG HER FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
37 YOM FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LT THUMB FX-@ HOME-CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN A LOG & LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF FINGER FROM WOOD WHILE USING WOOD SPLITT ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
68YOM-LACERATION LEFT LITTLE FINGER-INJURED WHILE SPLITING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
PT.REPORTED WOOD SPLINTER IN LT.THUMB LT.HAND C/O TENDERNESS DX-FOREIGN BODY WOOD SPLINTER LT.THUMB LT.HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND METAL BLADE....FX R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. LAC TO BOTH INDEX FIGNERS ON WOOD SPLITTER THIS PM, STRONG ODOR ETO H. DX. LAC R/L INDEX FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
70 Y/O M INJURED RT FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX: AVULSION DISTAL PAD RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT. CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITER, AMPUTATED L INDEX FINGER, HANGING ON O HAND BY SKIN ONLY. DX. AMPUTATION L 2ND PHALANX PROX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGER LAC-FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A LOG & LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE FX AND LACERATED HIS RT THUMB WITH A LOG SPLITTE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
OPEN FX DISTAL PHALANX LEFT 3RD FINGER - CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTIN G MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PARTIALLY AMPUTATED 3 FINGER ON WOOD CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LIF NOT WORK RELATED, HAPPENED AT HUNTING CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
47 YOWM GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN A *** LOG SPLITTER. DX. OPEN FX L 4THFIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LEFT INDEX FNGER LAC, PT INJURED FINGER USING A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
28 YOF CUT HER FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER LACERATION AND FX TUFT R LONG FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
46 YEAR OLD MALE FINGER SMASHED BY LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER OPEN FX TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE, LACERATION RT MIDDLE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS SECONDARY TO CRUSH INJURY, CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
71 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
RT 5TH FINGER FX-SMASHED FINGER IN A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT HER FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER, NEAR COMPLETE AMPUTATION OF L 4TH RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
38YOM USING WOOD SLPITTER INJ TO FINGER AT HOMEDX/CRUSH INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
52 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
HAND GOT CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER AND LAC 2 FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER @ 12 NOON. DX. LAC INDEX, MIDDLE AND SMALL FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT R THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER AT 8:30 AM. DX. FX R THUM B, CRUSH INJURY R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER AND METAL WHILE SPLITTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
OPEN FRACTURE TO TWO FINGERS - INJURED ON WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT THUMB. DX: DEGLOVING R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
FINGER AMPUTATED IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX: DISTAL FINGER AMPUTATIO N AT PIP JOINT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH/LAC L INDEX FINGER USING LOG SPLITTER @ FRIEND'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER INJURED ON WOOD SLITTER DX. FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
LOG SPLITTER HIT PT'S FINGER. DX: AMPUTATION L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH A LOG SPLITTER- HURT HIS FINGER INJURY TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
49 YO M USING LOG SPLITTER CUT FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
OPEN FRACTURE L 3RD FINGER WITH EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY, INJURED WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER, NO OTHER INFORMATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PUT HAND INTO WOOD SPLITTER AND CRUSHED TWO FINGER S FX THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION FINGER - 58 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A WOOD SPLIT TER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION FINGER COMPLICATED - 53 YOM LACERATED TO LEFT INDEX FINGER F ROM A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND HURT HIS FINGER CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH INJURY USING LOG SPLITTLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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