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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,440
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT ON HEAD WITH HATCHET/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND HIT SELF UNDER THE EYE. D: FACIA L LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HAND INJURY FROM CHOPPING WOOD, MISSED WOOD WITH AXE BUT HIT HAND. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 7 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 |
| PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING AN AXE. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION, 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT MOVING WOOD WITH DAD, DAD DIDN'T SEE PT AND AXE AMPUTATED THUM B; THUMB AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Batteries |
| PT REPORTS HE & COUSIN PLAYING IN GARAGE WHEN COUSIN TOOK AXE & STRUCK CAR BATTERY SPLASHING BATTERY ACID IN HIS EYES. DX. CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 1 CM LACERATION RT LOWER LEG: HELPING GRANDFATHER IN GARAGE, MOVING HATCHET, DROPPED IT, CUT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| FOREHEAD CONTUSION.PT WAS HELPING CHOP A TREE DOWN WITH A HATCHET AND A CCIDENTLY HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| RLL LAC, HIT W/AXE DX; RLL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 15 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 CUT LEFT SHIN WITH HATCHET. LACERATION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| INJURED BY A THROWN AXE DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 6 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 DROPPED AN AXE ONTO RIGHT FOOT AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE, MISSED HITTING ANKLE; ANKLE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 14 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON AN AX, ?MECH, BLEEDING CONTROLLED >>AVULSION/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUTTING WOOD W/AN AXE, AXE SLIPPED AND HIT WRIST, NOW W/WRIST PAIN; SUPERFICIAL WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT HIT FOOT WITH A HATCHET. DX: LEFT FOOT LACERATION 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 WAS USING A HATCHET AT SCOUT CAMP AND CUT FINGER. DX: FINGER LACER ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| PT CUT HAND WITH HATCHET LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Other unpowered garden tools |
| CONTUSION HAND - 15 YOF CO PAIN IN RIGHT HAND - WAS GETTING A SHOVEL AN D BLUNT SIDE OF AXE FELL 4' ONTO HAND - HAND SANDWICHED BETWEEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 9 YO F LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH HATCHET WHILE SPLITTING WOOD AT CAMP* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| EYELID LAC-ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF W/A PICK AX-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 12 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC LEG ON AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 13 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 |
| LACERATION HEAD - 13 YO MALE WAS SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME - AXE HEAD FLEW OFF AND HIT PT ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD - SMALL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| IN YARD CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX,FRIEND HIT PTS R HAND,CUT 4TH-5TH DIGITS DX R 4TH-5TH FINGER LACERATION,TENDON INJURY 4TH-5TH DIGITS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND PIECE HIT LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| PT CUT HAND WITH AXE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUTTING TREE WITH AXE AND CUT LOWER LEG;DX LACERTED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| CUT FOOT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING FIRE WOOD AT HOME. DX; LACERATION FOO T. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 8 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 WAS USING AN AXE AT BOY SCOUTS, LACERATED RT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT TOES WITH BUSH AXE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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