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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 529
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2010 | Age: 43 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 |
| 43 YOM CUT RT SHIN W/ AX. DX: LAC RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 26YOF, FOREIGN BODY (WOOD) TO LOWER LEG WHILE SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME, SPLINT OF WOOD IN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47 YOM PT WAS CHOPPING A STUMP WITH AN AXE. AXE HANDLE BROKE SELF AND PT CHOPPED LEG. LAC L LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 27 YOM LAC TO LEG WHEN USING AN AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2010 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 32 YOM FX FEMU WITH 3 IN LAC, WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE WITH A NEW AX AND MISSED THE TREE HIT HIS OWN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 50 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 50 YOF PICK AXE FELL OFF WALL, HIT RLL DX: RLL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2010 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39YOM WAS USING AXE TO CHOP WOOD AT HOME WHEN A LOG CAME BACK STRIKING HIS L LOWER LEG DX CONTUSION L LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 35 YOM HIT LEG W/HATCHET WHILE CLEARING BUSHES. DX: R LEG LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT WITH AXE CUTTING WOOD 32 YO M FRACTURE AND LACERATION TIBIA# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | Age: 34 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 |
| 34 YOM HIT SHIN W/AXE WHILE SPLITTING WOOD. DX: R LEG LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2010 | Age: 45 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 |
| 45YOM CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, HIT HIS LOWER LGE DIAGNOSIS: CONTUSION LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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