Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,820
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,473	Lower Leg:	687
Hand:	557	Lower Trunk:	539
Foot:	353	Knee:	234
Ankle:	146	Shoulder:	146
Toe:	131	Head:	117
Face:	101	Elbow:	95
Wrist:	70	Mouth:	59
Neck:	59	Lower Arm:	15
Eyeball:	15	Upper Trunk:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
38 YOM CHOPPING WOOD WITH HATCHET LAC TO R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT THUMB W/AXE. DX: AVULSION LAC L THUMB 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs
LACERATION FACE - 44 YO MALE SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT LATERA L ASPECT OF THE EYEBROW BY AN AXE HE WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT OF TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	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
C/O PT STATES WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH A AXE AND INJURED BACK DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT WRSIT SPRAIN.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD ANDN INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 33 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
PATIENT CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AND NOW EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 29 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 LAC, A PIECE OF WOOD RICOCHETED WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 44 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/AN AXE. DX: L INDEX LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Alcohol
31 Y/0 F INJURED L INDEX FINGER WHEN USING HATCHET WHILE INTOXICAT4D AT HOME. DX; L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 50 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
PATIENT WAS CHOPPING SOME WOOD WITH AN AX AND STRUCK THE DORSUM OF HIS LEFT HAND. DX-LACERATION TO DORSAL ASPECT OF LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 45 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. CUT R HAND W/AXE AT 5 PM. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AND SLIPPED AND FELL RESULTING IN ACUTE THORACIC CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 45 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
FOREHEAD LAC, PT WAS USING AN AXE TO SPLIT WOOD AND A PIECE FLEW UP HIT TING HIM IN FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 32 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
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH AXE WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER USING AXE CUTTING WOOD DORSAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	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
PT CUTTING WOOD FOR A FIRE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB WIT H THE AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD AND DULL SIDE OF HATCHET HIT TOP OF FOOT. DX: CONTUSION FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 42 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
42 Y/O M INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME. DX;L BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2006	Age: 37 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 TO FINGER WHILE USING AN AX DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 37 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
LACERATION FINGER - 37 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CUT TO LEFT LITTLE FINGER - CUT SELF WHILE SHARPENING A AXE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 30 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 FINGER WITH A HATCHETT / AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX. L INDEX FINGER LATERAL PIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 40 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
FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER WHILE SWINGING AXE AT HOME. DX: SHOULDER STRAIN .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 48 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
CUT HAND ON AX LAC. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 35 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
35 YO M LACERATION TO HAND WITH HATCHET*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 30 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
HIT SELF IN LEG WHILE SWINGING AX DX: CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 34 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
USING AN AXE LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 34 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
SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME WITH DOUBLE HEADED AXE, USED HAND TO OPEN WOOD A PART, SLIPPED CUTTING HAND. DX: LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
TWISTED ANKLE WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 47 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 AND HAS LOW BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 27 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
27YOM WAS SPLITTING WOOD ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs
LACERATION KNEE - 30 YOM WAS CUTTING A BUSH WITH AN AXE AND LACERATED H IS RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
FINGER LAC-CUT ON HATCHET-@ CAMPGROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 50 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 TO FINGER HIT WITH AX DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
GOT SLIVER IN HAND FROM AXE HANDLE WHILE CAMPING. DX: FB HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 33 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
33YMC CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AX AND MISSED WOOD STRIKING TOE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
47 YO HIT IN HEAD BY AXE HANDLE LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 35 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A AXE CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT LWR LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Alcohol
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO BASE OF LEFT TH UMB - CUT WITH NEW AXE APPROX 30 MINS AGO - ADMITS TO ETOH JUST PRIOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
STS: STRUCK ON HEAD C AN AX ACC, H/A SINCE " H/A"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 30 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
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY HIT LEG WITH AX DX RT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT USING A HATCHET IN YARD AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EY E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 30 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
PT HIT HEAD WITH HATCHET TRYING TO PULL IT OUT OF A TREE ~LACERATION HEAD~
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 31 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: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
LOW BACK PAIN/31YOM WAS SPLITTING FIREWOOD THIS AFTERNOON AT HOME WITH AXE. THEN PT C/O BACK PAIN. NO FIRE OR FIRE DEPT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 42 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, Alcohol
PT, WHO WAS USING AXE AS A HAMMER, LACERATED HAND. ETOH SMELL TO BREATH . D: HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hatchets or axes
FACIAL RASH-AFTER CHOPPING FIREWOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 44 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
AXE FELL ON HYAD ACUTE THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 31 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 WAS AT HOME USING A HATCHET, LACERATED LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 48 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
CUT FINGER ON OWN AXE CHOPPING WOOD " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HATCHET SLIPPED CUTTING WOOD WHILE CAMPING INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: 8-1 0CM. LACERATION LOWER EXTREMITY WITH NERVE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 46 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 CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH AXE TODAY AT HOME DX// RIGHT LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
INJURED TOE WITH AXE. DX- L GREAT TOE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAQS UISNG AN AXE TO CUT UP A TREE AND BACK BEGAN TO H URT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 41 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 LAC-CUT WHILE CHOPPING WOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF WITH HATCHET ON LEG DX: LACERATION LEFT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT KNEE W/AXE @ HOME DAY BEFORE NEW INFECTED DX LAC RT KNEE INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 29 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
PT AT HOME HIT LEG WITH AN AXE DX R KNEE LAC 1.5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT TO LEG HIT WITH AX BLOW DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 34 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
PT REACHED FOR AXE AND TWISTED. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT SELF W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L HAND LAC 16 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT DROPPED AN AXE ON LT FOOT DX: AB / CONTUSION LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 39 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
PT WAS USING PICK AXE WHILE NOT WEARING SHOES AND HIT FOOT. DX: LACERA TION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
30 Y/O M INJURED L KNEE WHILE USING AX AT HOME. DX; L KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Exercise
PT CUT HAND W/AXE WHILE HIKING. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/AN AXE AND CAME DOWN ON FINGER. DX: NEAR AMPUTATION L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
USING AN AXE WHEN A PIECE OF THE AXE HEAD BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 49 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
49 YOM HAS LACERATION TO RIGHT 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS FROM BROKEN WOODEN A X HANDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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, Fireplace equipment
PATIENT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD DX; LACERATION TO R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT SWINGING AXE 3 WEEKS AGO, C/O SWOLLEN, PAINFUL L ELBOW RADIATING DOW N FOREARM DX: ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 26 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
PT CUT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 39 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 LARGE CUT ON SHIN. PT WAS HIT IN SHIN WITH AXE. DX LFT LEG LOWER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 40 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
40 Y/O W/M BRUISED LOWER LEG WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE AND PEICE OF WOOD FELL ON HIS LEG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 28 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
ACCIDENTALLY HIT MOUTH WITH AN AXE DX: LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 34 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
C/O PT ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER OFF WHILE USING A AXE DX LT FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 41 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
PT LACERATED RIGHT ANKLE WITH A AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
HURT NECK CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 34 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: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
FOOLING AROUND CHOPPING WOOD WITH FRIEND WITH AXE AND AMPUTATED FIFTH F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 34 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
R FOOT LAC - DROPPED AN AXE ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 44 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 WHILE CHOPING WOOD WITH HATCHET AT HOME. DX; LACERATION FIN GER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 31 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.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD & CUT HAND. DX; LAC.RT.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD WHILE CAMPING IN CANYON SUST LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHEN A XE SLIPPED DX LACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 35 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
PATIENT HIT FOOT WITH AXE AT HOME. DX: LACERATION LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH AN AXE AND THE LOG FELL ONTO LEFT LOWER LE G LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2006	Age: 30 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
OPEN FRACTURE RT INDEX FINGER.PT WAS USING AN AXE ON WOOD AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2006	Age: 26 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
PT TWISTED BACK WHEN AXE CAME LOOSE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ACCIDENTLY FELL ON AXE WHILE WEEDEATING EXTENSIVE RIGHT WRIST LACERA TION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 44 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
SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE AND BLADE MISSED THE WOOD BUT HIT WITH THE BLUN T PART OF AXE AND JARRED SHOULDER STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	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
IST DIGIT LACERATION WITH FINGERNAIL INJURY: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AX, CUT LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 34 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
CUTTING WOODS. AXE SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	Age: 27 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. DX: R INDEX LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	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
THUMB LAC, PT HIT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH A HATCHET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 26 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 LACERATED THUMB WITH AN AXE DX: LEFT THUMB LACERATION, 3 CM. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CHOPPING WOOD AND A PIECE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. STATE S HE WAS STUNNED, DENIES LOC DX: 1.3 CM LAC TO FOREHEAD, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT ELBOW WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE; ELBOW CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 40 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 CUT FINGER WHILE SPLITTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET. DX: LAC LEFT 2ND FIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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