Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Year 2007 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,100
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Date: 12/28/2007	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
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH AN AXE. DX: LACERATION OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PAIN AFTER USING AXE LT THUMB STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	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, Fences or fence posts
RT THUMB LACERATION.PT WAS USING AN AXE ON A FENCE AND LACERATED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 47 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 CUT FINGER W/AN AXE. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 3 CM/FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
41Y/O,M,CUT THUMB WITH AXE WHILE PULLING AXE OUT OF A KNOT, L THUMB PARTIAL EXTENSOR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 34 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
PT.INJ.L.THUMB AT HOME WHEN USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD & CUT TIP OF THUM B. DX; L.THUMB NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
ACC CUT FINGER ON AN AX TRYING TO CUT WOOD >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 37 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 AX DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WITH AXE WHILE CUTTING KINDLING AT HOME. DX; OPEN TUFT FRAC TURE, LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT INJURED FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE. D: AMPUTATED FINGERTIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 43 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
CRUSHED LT THUMB WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE THUMB FX *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD, CUT FINGER WITH AXE/ LAC LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD/ FX LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
FOREIGN BODY FINGER - 43 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT INDEX FINGER PAIN A ND SWELLING - WAS CUTTING WOOD AT HOME AND HIT AXE W/HAMMER & FB FLEW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	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 CUT FINGER W/AN AXE. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 50 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 SUST LAC TO FINGER ON AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	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
30 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH HACHETT WHILE CUTTING WOOD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A THUMB FROM AN AX WHILE CAMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 35 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
35 YOF STRUCK SELF ON LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH AN AXE SUSTAINING A LACERA TION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 32 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
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH AN AXE. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	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, Hammers
49YOM CUTTING WOOD AT HOME,CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SLEDGEHAMMER AND AXE;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 26 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 AT HOME CHOPPING WOOD AND AXE SLIPPED AND LACERATED LEFT THUMB. DX: 3 CM LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 48 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
PT AT HOME USING A PIC AX CUT L INDEX FINGER / DX 1IN LAC L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 46 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
BIB EMS FOR EVAL OF FINGER INJ WHILE USING AXE > AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 36 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 WAS CUT W/AXE. DX: FIRST DIGIT FX/NAILBED LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 48 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 CHOPPING WOOD @ HOME WITH AXE - LAC TO L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 49 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 CUT THUMB W/AXE. DX: L THUMB OPEN DISPLACED TUFT FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2007	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 CUT FINGER W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX: L INDEX LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 32 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
CHOPPING WOOD WITH RUSTY AXE LAST NIGHT, HIT HAND/ LAC 2ND MIP JOINT WI TH MILD CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 50 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
50YOM WAS CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME STRUCK THE DISTAL LEFT THUMB WITH A AX HANDLE;FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL TUFT OF THE THUMB,HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 42 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 LAC LT INDEX FINGER WITH HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	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: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT USING AXE WHEN AXE SLIPPED. GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN AXE AND CORNER OF HOUSE. D:NAIL AVULSION, LACERATION, CRUSH INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX PARTIAL AMPUTATION LEFT INDEX FINGER: CUT FINGER WITH HATCHET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 31 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
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING AN AX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
SPLITING WOOD WITH AN AXE PC METAL FROM AXE GOT IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CONTUSION LEFT RING FINGER-HIT WITH PICK AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 45 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
STRUCK THUMB WITH HATCHET SPLITTING KINDLING WOOD AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE LA CERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 48 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 LAC LT THUMB WHILE USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 34 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
ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER WITH SMALL AXE LEFT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 35 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
LACERATES FINGER WITH AN AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	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
ELFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN USING A HATCHET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 50 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
50 YO CHOPPING WOOD W/AXE INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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