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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,980
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 25 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: Hatchets or axes |
| 25 YO M LACERATION TO THUMB AND 2ND FINGER CUT WITH AXE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AND GOT HIT BY FLYING CHIPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 16 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: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LEFT FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER USING AXE AT HOME TO CHOP KINDLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT. CUT R GREAT TOE W/AXE AT HOME. DX. LAC R GREAT TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT C/O LEG LAC. PT WAS PLAYING WITH HATCHET AND CUT LEG. DX CONT LFT LE G LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD AND ACCID HIT LEG W/HATCHET. DX: R LOWER LEG LAC 5 CM, POSS RETAINED FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT CAUGHT HIS AXE ON SOMETHING HITTING HIS HEAD WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX-CHI, HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT IN L EYEBROW W/SPLITTING AX WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD DX; SUPRAORBITAL LACERATION / |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Footwear |
| PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND MISSED THE WOOD AND CUT THRU HIS SHOE LACERATING A TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PATIENT HAD AN AXE/HATCHET & WAS BREAKING WINDOWS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD & CUT HIS HAND ON BROKEN GLASS. DX - RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUTTING FIREWOOD - HATCHET BOUNCED OFF WOOD TOE LACERATION - NO FD RESPONSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT LEFT FINGER ON AXE DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER 2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| USING HATCHET, BLADE DEFLECTED&STRUCK L.LEG " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT HAND WITH AXE CLEANING BARN AT GRANDFATHER'S LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET AT HOME WHILE SPLITTING LOGS. *DX: LACERATION OF THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 19 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING AX AT HOME. DX; L INDEX FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| WAS USING AN AX TO CUT DOWN TREES; WAS EXPOSED TO POISON IVY. DERMATIT IS, GEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 16YOM R ANKLE LAC ON AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX RIGHT FOOT LACERATION: AX SLIPPED WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT PULLED AXE OUT OF LOG AND CUT LEG. DX: L LEG LAC 13 CM COMPLEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AND CHIP FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING AND DRAGGING WOOD 3 DAYS AGO, HAS LOWER BACK PAIN. DX: LOW BA CK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING FOR BONFIRE & AX CAME APART & HIT FOOT, FELL INTO FIRE & GOT M ILD BURNS/DX R ANKLE BURN. FD UNKNOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAYERED RT FOOT LACERATION WITH REPAIR: CUT FOOT WITH HATCHET 20 MINUTES PTA, 5 CM, STATES WAS AN ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STRUCK SELF IN HEAD WITH AXE,LACERATION TO FOREHEAD# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC TO UPPER LIP. PT HIT HIMSELF IN THE FACE WHEN WORKING WITH A PICK A XE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HAD SHOULDER PX CHOPPING WOOD W/AN AXE. DX: R SHOULDER SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE, TREE LIMB HIT HEAD DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT TO ANKLE, HIT WITH AXE @HOME, DX; ANKLE LACERATION/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT SELF WITH AXE/LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT R LEG W/AXE WHILE CUTTING STUMP AT HOME. DX. LAC R LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND WITH AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME, HAS BACK PAIN. DX: LOW BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2006 | Age: 24 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: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON AX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 17 YOM FRACTURES FINGER WITH AN AXE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT HAND WITH SHARP- EDGED AXE WHILE CUTTING SMALL CHUNKS OF WOOD AT HO E. DX: LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 24 YOF CONTUSION HAND USING AN AXE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND WOOD WENT INTO PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| JPT CUT KNEE WHEN CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT FINGER W/HATCHET WHILE CUTTING TREE. DX: L SMALL FINGER 2 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD AND HIT FINGER W/AXE. DX: R INDEX LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L INDEX LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 17 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: Hatchets or axes |
| 17 YOM CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET LAC THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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