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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 735
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2003 | Age: 30 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 |
| PT WAS CUT W/HATCHET WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: 3 CM LAC L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET AND CAUGHT HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT CUT HAND W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: 2.75CM L HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| L HAND LAC/42YOM CUT L HAND ON AN AXE WHILE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 29 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 |
| L HAND LAC/29YOM AT HOME CUT WEB SPACE BETWEEN L THUMB & IND FINGER WIT H AN AXE AT 4PM YESTERDAY. APPROX 10 1/2 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CUT W/HATCHET. DX: L HAND LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| AXE HANDLE BROKE WHILE SPLITTING WOOD PW TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL IN GARAGE AND HAND GOT LAC ON AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| DX: LAC L HAND. CHOPPING WOOD CUT HAND WITH AX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 28 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 |
| STATES HE WAS SPLITTING WOOD AND CUT HIMSELF WITH THE AXE. 4CM V-SHAPED LACERATION TO LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT HIT HAND W/AXE. DX: 2 CM LAC/CONT R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CHOPPING DOWN A TREE WITH AN AXE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT WAS USING HATCHET AND HIT HAND. DX: L PALM LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT HAND WITH AXE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2003 | Age: 29 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: Crushing |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Floors or flooring materials |
| P SMASHED FINGE BETWEEN AN AXE HANDLE AND FLOOR DX: CRUSH INJ RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT HAND CONTUSION.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT FIREWOOD AND INJURED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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