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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 324
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 32 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER HAD FOREIGN BODY IN PALM OF R HAND, UNKNOWN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| USING A WOOD SPLITTER CRUSH INJURY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CRUSHED HAND IN A LOG SPLITTER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + MULIT FINGER FXS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER/CLIPPER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + TENONDON INJ/TEAR" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| SPRAIN HAND - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT HAND PAIN - ONSET WHEN PULLIN G STARTER CORD FOR WOOD SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT WAS USING LOG SPLITTER AFTER 6 BEERS AND CAUGHT HAND. DX: L 4/5 METACARPAL AMPUTATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LAC L HAND/43YOM CUT L HAND ON METAL RAIL OF LOG SPLITTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT. CUT L.HAND ON LOG SPLITTER, WHILE SPLITTING WOOD. DX. L. HAND LAC. # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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