Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,846
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	66
Year 1998:	292
Year 1999:	312
Year 2000:	137
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	15
Year 2004:	157
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	226
Year 2008:	218
Year 2009:	287
Year 2010:	15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes, Other unpowered garden tools
DIGGING DITCH WITH A PICK AXE AND SHOVE. SPRAIN FOREARM LEFT. 31 YOM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
40YOM USING AN AXE AND SLIPPED STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT LOWER ARM LACERA TION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
30 YO M CUTTING TREE, AXE HANDLE SPRANG BACK AND HIT ARM.DX RADIUS FRAC TURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN HIS GARAGE CUTTING HIS LT FOREARM ON AX. DX: LT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
AXE HEAD HIT TREE AND BOUNCED OFF 5 CM FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	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
HIT WITH AXE HANDLE. CONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT FRACTURED LOWER ARM WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND LARGE PEICE FLEW UP AND HIT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 34 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
R FOREARM STR/34YOM STS WAS CHOPPING WOOD YESTERDAY AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND INJURED R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE, FOREIGN BODY HIT AND STUCK IN ARM. DX; REMOVAL FB FOREARM.
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: 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: 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: 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: 09/19/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PAIN R ARM AFTER CHOPPING WOOD ALL WEEKEND, DX; ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT TRYING TO BURY HER DOG WHEN HER SISTER WAS STRIKING AT THE ROOTS OF A TREE WITH A PICK AXE AND HIT HER IN THE LOWER ARM PW ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
44YOM AT HOME CUTTING WOOD LAC R ARM ON HATCHET DX/LAC R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 36 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
BIT BY MUSKRAT 3 WEEKS AGO, HAS RED STREAK RUNNING UP FOREARM,ALSO BLISTER ON RT THUMB FROM CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE/ ASCENDING CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT FOREARM LACERATION WITH FB REMOVAL.PT WAS USING AXE AND A PIECE O F AXE FLEW INTO PTS FOREARM.,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HOMELESS IN THE WOODS CUTTING OFF SOME TREE LIMBS WITH A HATCHET TO MAKE A FIRE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2001	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2000	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2000	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/1999	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/1999	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1999	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/1999	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/1999	Age: 46 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/1999	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/1998	Age: 34 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/1998	Age: 36 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: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/1998	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/1997	Age: 33 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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