Accidents - Log splitters - 26-50 years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,936
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Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT (L THUMB) BETWEEN WOOD AND WOOD SPLITTER. DX. LAC/CONT L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LEFT 2ND DIG FX.. PT WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND INJURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LEFT INDEX FINGER FRACTURE.PT GOT FINGER STUCK IN WOOD SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A WOOD SPLITTING MACHINE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT THUMB CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
42 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
INJURED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L 4TH FINGER FX. / LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 29 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: Log splitters
29 YO USING WOOD SPLITTER AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
AMPUTATION FINGER TIP- 35 YOM MISSING PAD OF LEFT INDEX FINGER, GOT CAU GHT BETWEEN PIECE OF WOOD AND THE SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
L POINTER FINGER TIP SMASHED IN LOG SPLITTER DX: L INDEX FINGER TIP PARTIAL AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER; CRUSH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE FINGER - PATIENT CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN LOG SPLITTER AND PIECE O F WOOD AT HOME 20 MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
41 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB WHEN GOT CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTED WHILE INTOXICA TED AT HOME. DX; R THUMB NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN WOOD & METAL WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH HEAVY CHOPPER DX: L 3RD FINGER FX. / LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT'S FINGER WAS IN BETWEEEN WOOD & SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
26 YOM AMPUTATES L RING FINGER AFTER HE CATCHES IT BETWEEN A LOG SPLITT ER AND A PIECE OF WOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WOOD BLOCK AND METAL WEDGE ON LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2004	Age: 45 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: Log splitters
FINGER AMPUTATION-WORKING ON AN ENGINE TO A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2004	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: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
AVULSION INJURY FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS LEFT PINKY FINGER CAUGHT IN WO OD SPLITTER AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
THUMB CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER THUMB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHED FINGER WITH WOOD SPLITTER WHILE LOADING IT INTO HIS TRUCK DX LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGER LAC-CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG & LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER WHILE USING A LOG SPLITER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	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: Log splitters
32YOM UNKNOWN LOCALE CUT L THUMB ON LOG SPLITTER WHILE USING IT DX/L THUMB LAC 2CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
PT.REPORTED RT.HAND 3RD FINGER SPLINTER UNDER NAIL DX-FOREIGN BODY RT.2RD DIGIT S/P REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PINCHED FINGER WHILE UNLOADING WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
THUMB CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER - FRACTURE THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
HIT FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L 3RD FINGER FX. / LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
INJURED SELF USING LOG SPLITTER DX. FINGER AMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PINCHED R FOREFINGER IN A WOOD SPLITTER 20 MINS PTA. DX. LAC/CONT R IN DEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND LACERATED HIS THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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