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Accidents - Log splitters - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 768
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:67
Year 2003:69
Year 2004:17
Year 2005:75
Year 2006:126
Year 2009:78
Year 2010:316

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/11/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters, Hatchets or axes
11 YOM-@ HOME FATHER STATES CHILD WAS SPLITTING LOGS W/BROTHER & GOT TO CLOSE TO BROTHER & WAS STRUCK IN HEAD W/AXE DX SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2010Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
65YO MALE SPLITTING WOOD AND MAUL BOUNCED OFF OF A BEAM THEN CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM ON BACK OF HEAD. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
61 YO M HIT IN HEAD WITH LOGSPLITTER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2010Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
70YOM WALKING BACKWARDS, FELL AGAINST LOG SPLITTER/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
19YOM SPLITTING LOGS, ONE BOUNCED UP & HIT PT IN HEAD DX;* N.S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
PT PRESENTS TO ER FROM SCHOOL DUE TO HEAD INJURY AFTER FALL INTO LOG SP LITTERS- DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Log splitters
49YOM WAS HOME SPLITTING WOOD USING A LOG SPLITTER,BOUNCED UP STRINKING FACE AND HEAD;CONCUSSION,ORBITAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
24 YOM SPLITTING WOOD ON LOG SPLITTER, PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
53 YO HIT IN HEAD BY CAP FROM HYDROLICLINE OFF WOOD SPLITTER HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/27/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON LOG SPLITTER; LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A WOOD SPLITER. DX-HEAD CONTUSION.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/05/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
WAS USING LOG SPLITER AT HOME AND ACCIDENTLY HIT FACE DX: CHI , LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2004Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
18 YO F BENDING DOWN WENT TO LIFT HEAD UP STRUCK ON LOD SPLITTER HEAD INJURY-CLOSED BRIEF LOC <1HR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
GETTING LOG SPLITTER OUT OF TRUCK. DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD AT HIS HOME, SPLITTER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2001Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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