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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,116
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	2,100	Hand:	374
Foot:	305	Lower Trunk:	304
Shoulder:	299	Eyeball:	281
Lower Leg:	265	Knee:	242
Lower Arm:	226	Face:	210
Upper Leg:	140	Head:	110
Elbow:	85	Wrist:	70
Neck:	70	Upper Trunk:	15
Ankle:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE @ HOME, PIECE OF WOOD STRUCK PT IN FACE - CONTUSED FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 42 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, Footwear
CUT FOOT WHEN AXE WENT THROUGH BOOT WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX- 1 CM FOOT L ACERATION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 12/25/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD AND AXE CAME OFF THE WOOD AND HIT HIS FOOT DX FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	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
PT INJ SHOULDER USING AX STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 29 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
CUT LIP AND CHIN WHILE USING AXE ON WOOD LAC LIP/CHIN *
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: 12/11/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STRUCK KNEE W/AXE YESTERDAY WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L KNEE CELLULITIS, DJD.
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: 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
PT WITH FOOT LAC FROM AN AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD
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: 11/23/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hatchets or axes
31 Y/O M INJURED L SHOULDER WHILE SWINGING AXE AT HOME. DX; L SHOULDER DISLOCATION.
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: 11/14/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT FOOT WITH AXE CHOPPING WOOD FX FOOT/LARGE LACERATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 48 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
48YOM WHILE HOME,USING AX TO CHOP WOOD,HYPEREXTENDED WHEN HE MISSED STUMP;HIP STRAIN
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: 10/30/2007	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes, Alcohol
PT C/O HITTING L LOWER LEG W/ AN AXE, + ETOH DX: ABRASION, ETOH INTOXICATION
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: 10/22/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
WOOD CHIP FLEW INTO EYE WHEN HUSBAND SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE DX CORNEA LACERATION
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: 10/15/2007	Age: 37 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 CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING AN AXE AND CHOP WOOD AND A PIECE GOT IN TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
FOREARM CT-INJURED WHILE USING AN AXE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2007	Age: 37 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
FOREIGN BODY FOREARM - 37 YO MALE REPORTS USING AN AXE LESS THAN ONE HO UR AGO - PIECE OF AXE BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED IN PT'S RIGHT FOREARM
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: 10/08/2007	Age: 43 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
43YFC TAKING DOWN A GARAGE WITH A BIG AXE C/O LOW BACK PAIN STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Footwear
CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE - WENT THROUGH SNEAKER 2 CM FOOT LACERATION
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: 10/06/2007	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
PT CUT HAND WITH AN AXE AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
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: 09/15/2007	Age: 45 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
45 YO MALE HAS BACK PAIN AFTER CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX YESTERDAY BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
TWISTED MID BACK CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME MID BACK PAIN CH
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: 08/21/2007	Age: 41 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
CUT HAND WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WHILE CAMPING. DX; LACERATIO N HAND.
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: 07/21/2007	Age: 46 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
LACERATION HAND 4 CM: CUT LT PALM WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 45 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 ACCIDENTLY LAC LT HAND WITH AN AXE
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: 06/10/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRAIN SHOULDER - 28 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT SHOULDER PAIN - ONSET W HEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 37 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 LACERATED KNEE WITH AN AXE. DX: RIGHT KNEE LACERATION.
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: 05/27/2007	Age: 33 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS CAMPING; USING AN AX TO CUT DOWN A TREE; AX HANDLE BROKE AND HE WAS CUT IN UPPER LEG. LACERATION, LEFT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HAND PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON AX HANDLE THAT BROKE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
~HIT IN FACE BY WOOD SPLITTING AXE YESTERDAY DX FACIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 39 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
LOW BACK PAIN WHILE SPLITTING AND CARRYING WOOD, HIVES, HURTS TO BREATH E. DX; LOW BACK STRAIN, PLEURISY, HIVES ETIOLOGY UNKNOWN.
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: 05/16/2007	Age: 27 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
27YOM WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE,IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER LEG;1-CM LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION
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: 04/30/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes, Plants, trees and shrubs
R ARM HAS BEEN SWELLING AND TINGLING SINCE CHOPPING A TREE W AXE 3 DAYS AGO DX OVERUSE INJ R FOREARM
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: 04/19/2007	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
CHOPPING WOOD FOR PARENTS, HAS SHOULDER PAIN. DX: SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
WRIST PAIN AFTER HITTING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME. DX; POSSIBLE WRIST FRA CTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 29 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 HIT LEG WITH THE AXE AT HOME DX; DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
FRIEND WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/HATCHET AND HIT PT'S ELBOW WHEN HE BROUGHT IT UP WHILE CAMPING. DX: L ELBOW CONT, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING FIREWOOD AT HOME WITH AXE, INJURED KNEE. DX: KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRUCK SELF INTO HEAD ACC BY AN AXE WHILE WORKING IN THE YARD " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT INJURED ELBOW WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE. DX: LEFT OLECRANON BURSITIS, POSSIBLE GOUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT OUT IN THE WOODS CAMPING CHOPPING WOOD WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 50 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 LEG ON BRUSH AXE DX LLE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 47 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, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
47 YOM WAS SWINGING AXE, AXE STRUCK CLOTHESLINE, THEN STRUCK HIM IN FOREHEAD - LAC/CONTUSIONS TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 26 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 LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, WOOD CHIP TO EYE AT HOME.
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: 03/03/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME: USING AX TO CHOP WOOD, PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND HIT PT'S HEAD AT HOME.
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: 02/27/2007	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
HIT RT ANKLE ACCIDENTALLY WITH A HATCHET AT FRIENDS HOUSE CONTUSION RT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STS AN AXE FELL ON LEFT LEG YESTERDAY,STILL BLEEDING TODAY DX LEFT LEG LACERATION
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: 02/18/2007	Age: 43 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 WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER CUTTING IT WITH AX WHILE CUTTING FIREWOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 27 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
LAC TO FH, HIT W/AX HANDLE. DX. CONT, LAC FACIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes, Manual snow or ice removal tools
49 YOM SHOVELING SNOW & CHOPPING WOOD LOWER BACK PAIN ACUTE EXACERBATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 32 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
32 YOM CHOPPING FIREWOOD WITH AXE - LAC TO R KNEE
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: 02/11/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
FB RT EYE.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND WOOD WENT INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 36 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
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON AN AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD-@ HOME
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: 01/29/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	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: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Footwear
LACERATION FOOT - 35 MALE WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND HIT HIS FOOT - AXE WENT THROUGH SNEAKER INTO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 42 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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LACERATION REPAIRED: SHARPENING AX WITH A WET STONE AND IT SLIPPED CUTTING FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH AN AXE HANDLE AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTU SIONS
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: 01/13/2007	Age: 31 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/A HATCHET. DX: L KNEE LAC 8 CM VERTICAL W/QUAD TENDON LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
R THIGH LAC/40YOM AT HOME CUT R THIGH 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: 01/04/2007	Age: 38 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
PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AND PEICE HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 43 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
43 Y/0 M INJURED NECK WHILE USING AX TO CHOP WOOD AT HOME. DX; CERVICAL STRAIN.
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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