|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,366
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 48 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 |
| HIT L INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET ACCIDENTALLY. DX. FX L INDEX FINGER, LAC L INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HOMELESS IN THE WOODS CUTTING OFF SOME TREE LIMBS WITH A HATCHET TO MAKE A FIRE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | 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 ATTEMPTING TO CUT A TREE, FOR CHRISTMAS, WITH AN AXE WHEN SHE MISSED AND CUT HER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | Age: 33 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 DX. THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 50 Y/O W/M CUT TOP OF FOOT WITH AX WHILE CUTTING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 30 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: Hatchets or axes, Clothing accessories |
| SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN BLUNT END HIT GLOVED HAND AND LAC FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 43 YO M HAD HATCHET FALL LANDING ON FINGER AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD; AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| L HAND LAC/31YOM CUT L HAND WITH AN AXE APPROX 5 MIN AGO. WAS CUTTING CHICKENS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT IN (L) HAND W/AXE. C/O PAIN @ BASE OF THUMB. SMALL CUT ON DORSAL HAND. DX: CONTUSION (L) HAND W/SUPERFICIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| WHILE WALKING BAREFOOT CAME ACROSS AXE RT 4TH TOE LAC DX LAC RT 4TH TOE 1CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 40 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 |
| LEFT EYE ABR. PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LACERATION OF FOREHEAD, CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND HIT SELF WITH AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 44 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 LACERATION LEFT HAND: CUT HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT WAS SWINGING AXE AND SHOULDER. POPPED. DX: SPRAIN TO RIGHT SH OULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LT SHOULDER STRAIN-SINCE CHOPPING WOOD-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LOW BACK PAIN-AFTER "CHOPPING WOOD" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 35 YOWM WAS USING AN AXE TO BREAK UP CONCRETE WHEN THE AXE BECAME CAUGH T IN A CLOTHES LINE AND "RECOILD BACK ON PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 26 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 |
| RIGHT EYEBROW LAC, PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND A PIECE OF WOOD CAME FLYING UP AND HIT FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 41 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 WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| NOTICED PAIN ONE HOUR AFTER CHOPPING WITH HATCHET AND PICKING UP STONES WHILE GARDENING. DX: LEFT 5TH FINGER EXT TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT HIT FINGER WITH AXE OPEN FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT SUFFERED HAND SWELLING & NUMBNESS AFTER BEING HIT WITH AN AXE. DX: WOUND RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT METAL IN EYE FROM SANDING AN AXE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/AXE HANDLE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: FACIAL LAC 2 CM/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 26 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 RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND WHILE SHARPENING AN AX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT SELF IN KNEE WITH HATCHET/ LT KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | 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: Hatchets or axes |
| DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME, INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Ceilings and walls |
| SCALP LACERATION- HEAD INJURY- SUSTAINED WHEN HE FLUNG A PICK AXE OV ER HIS SHOULDER , HIT THE CEILING AND FELL ON HIS HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| FRACTURE PATELLA, CLOSED - WAS PULLING A CAR OUT OF A MUD AREA, STATES THE HATCHET FLEW BACK HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE, CLAIMS SPEED ABOUT 90MPH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 36 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 |
| CARRYING A HATCHET AT HOME, BUMPED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HATCHET CAUSING A LACERATION. DX LACERATION LEFT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Chain saws |
| PUNCHED A CAR WITH HAND 2 DAYS AGO, MORE PAINFUL NOW WHEN RUNS CHAIN SA W OR CHOPS WOOD WITH AXE. DX; BOXER FRACTURE HAND. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 37 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 |
| CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, AXE HIT HEAD THEN FINGER. DX: OPEN FRACTURE FING ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DROPPED AN AX ON HER L KNEE 3-4 DAYS AGO. L KNEE PAIN $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT FINGER WITH AN AX DX: FINGER AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT FINGER ON HATCHET-MULTIPLE LACERATIONS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 28 Y/O M C/O LAC LEFT HAND - CUTTING WOOD WITH AX.DX: LACERATION LEFT H AND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 26 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 CUT W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD.DX: 3.5 CM LAC L INDEX. |
| 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: 06/01/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT KNEE: CUT SELF WITH AX WHILE CHOPPING TREES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 39 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 AN AXE/RT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PAIN BASE OF (L) THMB. CAR DOOR SLAMMED 1WK AGO FELT "POP". TODAY USING AXE FELT "POP" AGAIN. X-RAY(-). DX: (L) THUMB STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LOWER LEG CONTUSION - WAS CUTTING BRANCHES WITH A HATCHET STRIKING HISL EFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 36 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 |
| PT DX LOW BACK STRAIN - AFTER SWINGING A HEAVY AXE "I HURT MY BACK" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers |
| LT UPPER ARM FB-WHILE CAMPING-CHOPPING WOOD W/ HATCHET-HATCHET GOT STUC K IN WOOD-PT HIT HATCHET W/ A HAMMER-HAMMER BROKE & HIT PT'S ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT ANKLE W/ AXE HANDLE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD; LT ANKLE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 44 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 AB-AT HOME-CHOPPING WOOD-CHIP HIT HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 YO M CUT FINGER WITH AN AXE LAC FINGER,COMPLICATED W/TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 29 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 |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - VICTIM STATES ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER CHOPPING W OOD WITH AN AXE - PAIN AND TENDERNESS IN LOW BACK MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET MISSED AND HIT KNEE LAC RT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT 5TH FINGER CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A HATCHET IN YARD AND FELT A POP I N FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT BENT OVER WHEN STRUCK ON EYE BY AXE HANDLE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX RIGHT SHIN LACERATION: HIT SELF WITH AXE HANDLE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT-INJURED FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE DX-2.5 CM FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 36 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 |
| CORN ABR. PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AX AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - VICTIM PRESENTS FROM HOME AFTER USING AXE TO CUT FIRE WOOD AND EXPERIENCING SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING INTO BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT INDEX FINGER FX AND CONTUSION,DYSPNEA-BANGED FINGER WITH AN AX HAND LE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LOW BACK PAIN, SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS HITTING A TREE STUMP WITH AN AX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 46 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 SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN HE HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FINGER LACERATING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| SWELLING PALMAR SURFACE OF HAND AFTER CHOPPING WOOD, AX HAND HURT HAND. RIGHT HAND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: L INDEX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION. |
| 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: 02/02/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | 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. DX: 1 CM L FIFTH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STRAIN CHEST WALL - VICTIM PRESENTS WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN - ONSET WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| AMPUTATION FINGERTIP - VICTIM ACCIDENTLY CUT OFF TIP OF LEFT INDEX FING ER WITH AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 26 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 |
| HIT SELF ON LEFT ANKLE WITH AN AXE AT HOME, CUT |
| 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: 01/21/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT BY HATCHET; LT 2ND FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT ELBOW TENDONITIS-PAIN SINCE CHOPPING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-SINCE CHOPPING WOOD-12-31-01 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING CHICKEN DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-1 DAY AFTER CHOPPING WOOD @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 28 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 |
| FINGER LACERATION - CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 38 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 FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AX DX: LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT SELF WITH AXE DX. HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 29 Y.O. W MALE W/FACIAL LACS. PT STS WAS CHOPPING WOOD & AX HANDLE BROKE & HIT PT IN FACE. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
