Accidents - Log splitters - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,480
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	22
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	23
Year 2002:	68
Year 2003:	208
Year 2004:	29
Year 2006:	40
Year 2007:	151
Year 2008:	161
Year 2009:	378
Year 2010:	327

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	256
16-25 years old:	181
26-50 years old:	600
50+ years old:	436

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/23/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
31 YOM PIECE OF METAL TO L WRIST USING LOG SPLITTER DX: FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
46 YOM-C/O WRIST PAIN FOR A FEW DAYS-USING WOOD SPLITTER ON MON-MOVING THINGS TODAY DX NO DX DR LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters, Ceilings and walls
27YOM WAS SLPITTING LOGS AND CAUGHT L WRIST BETWEEN 2 LOGS AND KICKED A WALL DX- WRIST CONT, TOE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
72 YOM INJURED WRIST USING WOOD SPLITTER. DX-LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
14YOM SPRAINED WRIST INJURED WHEN PULLING ON WOOD SPLITTER TRYING TO ST ART IT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
13 YOF USING WOOD SPLITTER; C/O WRIST PAIN DX: WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
14YOF USING LOGSPLITTER WHEN A LOG "KICKED BACK" HITTING (L) WRIST D X;# CONTUSION (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
ACUTE L WRIST PAIN: WAS USING A *** LOG SPLITTER WHEN A LOG CRACKEDAPAR T, PRESSURE PUSHED HAND BACK, PAIN WRIST, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE WRIST - 47 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT WRIST SUSTAINED WHEN SHE FELL AT HOME AND HIT WRIST AGAINST WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
DEEP PENETRATING LAC TO WRIST BY LOG SPLITTER WITH TENDON INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/15/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
PT TWISTED (L) WRIST SPLITTING WOOD DX;* (L) WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
GOT ARM STUCK IN A SPRIRAL WOOD CHOPPER/ TISSUE AVULSION LT MEDIAL WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT TRYING TO START LOG SPLITTER-CORD PULLED ARM-FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT S/P SLAMMING HAND IN A WOOD SPLITTER @ 1800 YESTERDAY. NOW C/O L WR IST PAIN. CRUSH INJURY TO L WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
WAS LOG SPLITTING WHEN PULED A PIECE OF THE PILE&LARGE LOG ROLLED OVER HIS WIRST>> FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME TRYING TO START A LOG SPLITTER, STARTER CORD SNAPPED BAC K CAUSING A FX TO RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT FRACTURED A WRIST BY CATCHING BETWEEN A LOG AND WOOD SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
17Y/O,M,CAUGHT R ARM IN LOG SPLITTER, INJURED R HAND & FOREARM,R FOR- ARM,WRIST, & HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
INJURY TO R WRIST FROM LOG SPLITTER AT HOME., DX. FX R DISTAL RADIUS ( WRIST).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN LOG AND SPLITTER. DX: L WRIST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
11 YOWM GOT HIS WRIST CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER. DX. CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LOG SPLITTER LACERATION DX - RIGHT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE WRIST - PATIENT USING A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME HAD PIECE OF WO OD SWERVE UP AND HIT RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
WAS USING WOOD SPLITTER AND WOOD JUMPED UP AND INJURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2001	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/1997	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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